zisoft / freecad_zstools

Tools Workbench for FreeCAD

FreeCAD_zsTools

This is a small tools workbench for [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org) which provides some useful utilities.

Installation

Clone the repo (or download the zip) and put the folder in FreeCAD's preferences /Mod folder. To find where this folder is located on your system, enter this command into FreeCAD's Python console:

App.getUserAppDataDir()

Navigate to this folder, open the /Mod folder there and put the repo folder in there. Restart FreeCAD.

Utilities

This workbench provides the following functions/utilities:

PartInfo

Create PartInfo Attributes

This adds a new property group "PartInfo" to the selected object(s) where you can store additional part infos:

• Material
• Description

Parts Lists

Create Parts List Spreadsheet

This adds a new Spreadsheet to the current document with a parts list of all selected objects. These spreadsheets can then be further processed, added to TechDraw drawings etc.

The spreadsheet contains the following columns:

• Pos
• Count
• Name (Label of the part)
• Material (from PartInfo above)
• Description (from PartInfo above)
• Width
• Length
• Height

TechDraw: Export all pages to PDF

Export all TechDraw pages to PDF.

The files will be created in the current document directory.

TechDraw: Copy Editable Fields

Copy editable fields to subsequent pages.

The content of the editable fields are copied from the first page to subsequent pages.

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freecad_zstools's Issues

Error upon creating a part list

When trying to create a part list from an assembly4 model, an error message is getting displayed.

12:17:41  zsTools WorkBench initializing... done.
12:17:42  Activating zsTools WorkBench
12:41:00  Running the Python command 'zsTools_makeSpreadsheet' failed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/username/Library/Preferences/FreeCAD/Mod/FreeCAD_zsTools/makeSpreadsheetCmd.py", line 98, in Activated
    self.sheet.set('F' + sRowNum, str(Xsize))

local variable 'Xsize' referenced before assignment