#File: Ex003_Pillow_Block_With_Counterbored_Holes.py #To use this example file, you need to first follow the "Using CadQuery From Inside FreeCAD" #instructions here: https://github.com/dcowden/cadquery#installing----using-cadquery-from-inside-freecad #You run this example by typing the following in the FreeCAD python console, making sure to change #the path to this example, and the name of the example appropriately. #import sys #sys.path.append('/home/user/Downloads/cadquery/examples/FreeCAD') #import Ex003_Pillow_Block_With_Counterbored_Holes #If you need to reload the part after making a change, you can use the following lines within the FreeCAD console. #reload(Ex003_Pillow_Block_With_Counterbored_Holes) #You'll need to delete the original shape that was created, and the new shape should be named sequentially (Shape001, etc). #You can also tie these blocks of code to macros, buttons, and keybindings in FreeCAD for quicker access. #You can get a more in-depth explantion of this example at http://parametricparts.com/docs/quickstart.html import cadquery import Part #The dimensions of the box. These can be modified rather than changing the box's code directly. length = 80.0 height = 60.0 thickness = 10.0 #Create a 3D box based on the dimension variables above and add a 22mm center hole bb = cadquery.Workplane("XY").box(length, height, thickness) \ .faces(">Z").workplane().hole(22.0) \ .faces(">Z").workplane() \ .rect(length - 8.0, height - 8.0, forConstruction = True) \ .vertices().cboreHole(2.4, 4.4, 2.1) #Get a cadquery solid object solid = bb.val() #Use the wrapped property of a cadquery primitive to get a FreeCAD solid Part.show(solid.wrapped) #Would like to zoom to fit the part here, but FreeCAD doesn't seem to have that scripting functionality