I am using the following for exporting shapes as meshes into .stl: mesh_Cyl_2 = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Mesh::Feature","Mesh_Cyl_2") mesh_Cyl_2.Mesh=MeshPart.meshFromShape(Shape=obj_Cyl_2.Shape.copy(False), LinearDeflection=0.5, AngularDeflection=0.05, Relative=False) mesh_...

Basically you don't. That's one of the core concepts of FreeCAD that visual properties (color, etc...) are bound to the GUI part of FreeCAD. Thanks for the hint. Anyway in the meantime I found a solution that works perfectly for me. It is based on this post: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.p...

wmayer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:19 am You need one of the latest development snapshots (since October) for 0.18 where this is fixed.

Thank you very much for your fast support! Tried it on 0.18 and works perfectly!

In my script I have x-shifted an object using the following : App.ActiveDocument.getObject("Cyl_2").Placement = App.Placement(App.Vector(10,0,0),App.Rotation(App.Vector(0,0,1),0)) This works well on screen, but when I try to export it using Import.export(), this placement is ignored. Impor...

What do you get if you type "FreeCAD.GuiUp" in the console. I'm guessing you get "0" which means no Gui which is probably why your ViewObject is 'None'. Yes, it is 0 - but I cannot use the GUI since the script shall run automated on a headless server. I am searching for a way to...

Thanks for your answer. I tried it but get an error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'ShapeColor' import FreeCAD import Part App.newDocument("Unbenannt") App.setActiveDocument("Unbenannt") App.ActiveDocument=App.getDocument("Unbenannt") bx = Part.make...

How can I set the color of a shape without using the GUI (API)? Here is what I want to do: import FreeCAD import Part cube1 = Part.makeBox(3,4,5) cube2 = Part.makeBox(1,1,1) shape1 = cube1.cut(cube2) shape1.ShapeColor = (0.33,0.67,1.00) -> AttributeError: 'Part.Shape' object has no attribute 'ShapeC...

Congratulation for post # 6000! Wow - that's a lot! Mine was post # 1

And - thanks for the quick help! Tried cube.exportStep and it works just fine!

I am trying my first steps with the Python API (I dont want to use the GUI) but so far it does not work. Here is what I am trying to do: import Part cube = Part.makeBox(3,4,5) __objs__=[] __objs__.append(cube) Part.export(__objs__,"C:/Users/ORE/Desktop/2.stp") del __objs__ Everything works...