freecad-cam/Mod/Draft/draftmake/make_polararray.py
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"""Provides functions to create polar Array objects."""
## @package make_polararray
# \ingroup draftmake
# \brief Provides functions to create polar Array objects.
## \addtogroup draftmake
# @{
import FreeCAD as App
import draftutils.utils as utils
import draftmake.make_array as make_array
from draftutils.messages import _err
from draftutils.translate import translate
def make_polar_array(base_object,
number=5, angle=360, center=App.Vector(0, 0, 0),
use_link=True):
"""Create a polar array from the given object.
Parameters
----------
base_object: Part::Feature or str
Any of object that has a `Part::TopoShape` that can be duplicated.
This means most 2D and 3D objects produced with any workbench.
If it is a string, it must be the `Label` of that object.
Since a label is not guaranteed to be unique in a document,
it will use the first object found with this label.
number: int, optional
It defaults to 5.
The number of copies produced in the polar pattern.
angle: float, optional
It defaults to 360.
The magnitude in degrees swept by the polar pattern.
center: Base::Vector3, optional
It defaults to the origin `App.Vector(0, 0, 0)`.
The vector indicating the center of rotation of the array.
use_link: bool, optional
It defaults to `True`.
If it is `True` the produced copies are not `Part::TopoShape` copies,
but rather `App::Link` objects.
The Links repeat the shape of the original `obj` exactly,
and therefore the resulting array is more memory efficient.
Also, when `use_link` is `True`, the `Fuse` property
of the resulting array does not work; the array doesn't
contain separate shapes, it only has the original shape repeated
many times, so there is nothing to fuse together.
If `use_link` is `False` the original shape is copied many times.
In this case the `Fuse` property is able to fuse
all copies into a single object, if they touch each other.
Returns
-------
Part::FeaturePython
A scripted object of type `'Array'`.
Its `Shape` is a compound of the copies of the original object.
None
If there is a problem it will return `None`.
See Also
--------
make_ortho_array, make_circular_array, make_path_array, make_point_array
"""
_name = "make_polar_array"
found, base_object = utils.find_object(base_object, doc=App.activeDocument())
if not found:
_err(translate("draft","Wrong input: base_object not in document."))
return None
try:
utils.type_check([(number, int)], name=_name)
except TypeError:
_err(translate("draft","Wrong input: must be an integer number."))
return None
try:
utils.type_check([(angle, (int, float))], name=_name)
except TypeError:
_err(translate("draft","Wrong input: must be a number."))
return None
try:
utils.type_check([(center, App.Vector)], name=_name)
except TypeError:
_err(translate("draft","Wrong input: must be a vector."))
return None
use_link = bool(use_link)
new_obj = make_array.make_array(base_object,
arg1=center, arg2=angle, arg3=number,
use_link=use_link)
return new_obj
## @}