Using constraints in Arch module

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Alexander Stepaniuk
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Using constraints in Arch module

Post by Alexander Stepaniuk »

Hi,

Is this possible somehow to use constraints when working with arch objects? Something similar to the constraints available for sketches.
I'm thinking about abilities like:
  • write vertical and horizontal constrained walls (in the XY view)
    constraining distance between walls (e.g. to fix the room sizes)
    constraining wall height
    constraining windows sizes and positions
    etc.
For now I'm trying to achieve this via referring to the spreadsheet variables and adding appropriate expressions (for wall height, windows positions). The distance between different walls is defined via external geometry and expressions. But this makes design complex and slow.

Is there any option to apply constraints directly to the arch objects?

Many thanks for your answers.
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Re: Using constraints in Arch module

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That's basically the purpose of the assembly workbench. So far it's not ready, but you can try the assembly 2 from https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons , it does a fairly good job already.
Alexander Stepaniuk
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Re: Using constraints in Arch module

Post by Alexander Stepaniuk »

I will try this. Thank you for the suggestion.
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