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Attachment OXY etc.

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@drmacro mentioned that this mode was poorly/explained/obsolete in the wiki. He wrote; https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Advanced_Attachment_OYX

I was inspired to make a little tool to explore this. The model has a cube and a glider stuck together that can be attached to a pair of skew-lines, joined at a vertex. You get to choose the AttachMode in the Dynamic Data enumeration. (OXY, OXZ, OYX, OYZ, OZX, OZY).
In the file, I used Vertex, Vertex, Vertex - but other choices work. Selection1 is the Apex, Selection2 is the end of the blue lIne and Selection3 is the end of the yellow line.

After playing with it, the net result is that for mode OAB (A, B are X, Y, Z). The origin is at the Apex. The A-direction of the glider goes along the blue line towards Selection2. The B-direction of the glider lies in the blue/yellow plane, orthogonal to the A-direction with the yellow direction having a positive projection.

If you play with it you'll quickly get the idea.
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There doesn't appear to be FeaturePython points and lines, so I used the following to create them:

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class Line:
    def __init__(self, obj, start, end):
        ''' Add two point properties '''
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyVector","Start","Line","Start point")
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyVector","End","Line","End point")
        obj.Start = start
        obj.End = end
        obj.Proxy = self

    def execute(self, obj):
        ''' Print a short message when doing a recomputation, this method is mandatory '''
        obj.Shape = Part.makeLine(obj.Start,obj.End)

class ViewProviderLine:
    def __init__(self, obj):
        ''' Set this object to the proxy object of the actual view provider '''
        obj.Proxy = self

    def getDefaultDisplayMode(self):
        ''' Return the name of the default display mode. It must be defined in getDisplayModes. '''
        return "Flat Lines"

def makeLine(start = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0), end = FreeCAD.Vector(10, 10, 10)):
    doc=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument
    a=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython","Line")
    Line(a, start, end)
    ViewProviderLine(a.ViewObject)
    #a.ViewObject.Proxy=0 # just set it to something different from None
    doc.recompute()
    return a

class Point:
    def __init__(self, obj, loc):
        ''' Point location '''
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyVector","Location","Point","Location")
        obj.Location = loc
        obj.addExtension('Part::AttachExtensionPython')
        obj.Proxy = self

    def execute(self, obj):
        obj.Shape = Part.Point(obj.Location).toShape()
        obj.positionBySupport() #add attachment

class ViewProviderPoint:
    def __init__(self, obj):
        ''' Set this object to the proxy object of the actual view provider '''
        obj.Proxy = self

    def getDefaultDisplayMode(self):
        ''' Return the name of the default display mode. It must be defined in getDisplayModes. '''
        return "Points"

def makePoint(loc = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)):
    doc=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument
    a=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython","Point")
    Point(a, loc)
    ViewProviderPoint(a.ViewObject)
    #a.ViewObject.Proxy=0 # just set it to something different from None
    doc.recompute()
    return a

doc = App.ActiveDocument
p = makePoint(FreeCAD.Vector(10,10,10))
p.ViewObject.PointSize = 6
l1 = makeLine(FreeCAD.Vector(10,10,10), FreeCAD.Vector(20,20,20))
l1.ViewObject.LineColor = (0.0, 0.333, 1.0, 0.0)
l2 = makeLine(FreeCAD.Vector(10,10,10), FreeCAD.Vector(20,20,0))
l2.ViewObject.LineColor = (1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

Post by onekk »

edwilliams16 wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:05 am...
Thanks forvexplainig this thing.

And thanks even to drmacro for having made the wiki page.

It would be a good thing to have maybe the "glider" costructed with a FPO maybe to have a way to reuse some code for other tutorial or scripting.

Maybe with some option to tune center point of the object like tip, tail and center.

What do you think?

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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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The glider is a Lattice workbench object.
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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It has been discussed many times that the sketch needs a visual cue while defining an Attachment. And, that a visualization of the current attachment, that could be toggled on.

The Lattice2 kite would be a good for this. It fits this function really well in the Lattice2 workbench.

I recently suggested that hovering over a sketch have the possibilty of displaying a Datum plane like visualization.

I suppose you could just add a kite to a sketch and hide it...
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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When choosing an element from the Dynamic Data enumeration I get

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18:50:56  <string>(1)<class 'TypeError'>: list indices must be integers or slices, not str
ddStringList[ddAttachType]
in property binding 'ddString'
18:50:56  Recompute failed! Please check report view.
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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I'm guessing you need to change the enumeration, not the string in the working area.
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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This is how it is supposed to work right?
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18:05:00  Loading GUI of Part module... done
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class Point
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class Line
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class Line
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class ViewProviderLine
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class ViewProviderPoint
18:05:00  <string>(1)<class 'AttributeError'>: Module __main__ has no class ViewProviderLine
18:05:08  <string>(1)<class 'TypeError'>: list indices must be integers or slices, not str
ddStringList[ddAttachType]
in property binding 'ddString'
18:05:08  Recompute failed! Please check report view.


BTW, your file requires lattice WB (which I did not had), maybe this info could be useful to someone who can't get it to work.
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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I do get some error messages about python classes I used, but are not provided, but it works without. Here's a cleaned up version that produces fewer such messages. I do have Dynamic Data and Lattice2 installed - they are likely required. You need to do recomputes after changing the enumeration.

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OS: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.29177 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 0.20)
Hash: 68e337670e227889217652ddac593c93b5e8dc94
Python 3.9.13, Qt 5.12.9, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.5.3
Locale: C/Default (C)
Installed mods: 
  * Curves 0.4.4
  * DynamicData 2.46.0
  * fasteners 0.3.44
  * fcgear 1.0.0
  * GDML 1.8.0
  * Help 1.0.2
  * lattice2 1.0.0
  * MeshRemodel 1.8919.0
  * toSketch
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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edwilliams16 wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:02 am ...
I did not had the Dynamic Data WB installed, I thought it was some build-in Freecad feature. Anyway, I installed it but to no avail, same message about class TypeError. Maybe it's because you are on 0.20 and I on 0.19. Will test when my distribution upgrades to the newer version.
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Re: Attachment OXY etc.

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@drmacro

Here's my cut on documenting O-X-Y etc. I researched what the defaults did if one only selected two references. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/O-X-Y_type_attachment_modes
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