The Arch workbench provides modern BIM workflow to FreeCAD, with support for features like IFC support, fully parametric architectural entities such as walls, structural elements or windows, and rich 2D document production. The Arch workbench also feature all the tools from the Draft Workbench.
These are tools for creating architectural objects.
Wall: Creates a wall from scratch or using a selected object as a base
Structural element: Creates a structural element from scratch or using a selected object as a base
Rebar: Creates a reinforcement bar in a selected structural element
Floor: Creates a floor including selected objects
Building: Creates a building including selected objects
Site: Creates a site including selected objects
Window: Creates a window using a selected object as a base
Section Plane: Adds a section plane object to the document
Axes system: Adds an axes system to the document
Roof: Creates a sloped roof from a selected face
Space: Creates a space object in the document
Stairs: Creates a stairs object in the document
Panel: Creates a panel object from a selected 2D object
Panel Cut: Creates a 2D cut view from a panel available in version 0.17
Panel Sheet: Creates a 2D cut sheet including panel cuts or other 2D objects available in version 0.17
Frame: Creates a frame object from a selected layout
Equipment: Creates an equipment or furniture object
Pipe: Creates a pipe
Pipe Connector: Creates a corner or tee connection between 2 or 3 selected pipes
Material: Attributes a material to selected objects
Schedule: Creates different types of schedulesThese are tools for modifying architectural objects.
Cut with plane: Cut an object according to a plan.
Add component: Adds objects to a component
Remove component: Subtracts or removes objects from a component
Survey: Enters or leaves surveying modeThese are additional tools to help you in specific tasks.
Component: Creates a non-parametric Arch component
Clone component:
Split Mesh: Splits a selected mesh into separate components
Mesh To Shape: Converts a mesh into a shape, unifying coplanar faces
Select non-solid meshes: Selects all non-solid meshes from the current selection or frm the document
Remove Shape: Turns cubic shape-based arch object fully parametric
Close Holes: Closes holes in a selected shape-based object
Merge Walls: Merge two or more walls
Check: Check if the selected objects are solids and don't contain defects
Ifc Explorer: Browse the contents of an IFC file
Toggle IFC Brep flag: Forces a selected object to be exported as an IfcFacetedBrep.
3 Views from mesh: Creates top, frontal and side views from a mesh.
BIM server: Opens a BimServer window.
Git: Manages files with GIT. Create IFC spreadsheet...:
Toggle Subcomponents: Shows or hides the subcomponents of an Arch object.
The Arch module can be used in python scripts and macros using the Arch Python API functions.
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