[FIXED] Ticket #3483: Simple paths cannot be upgraded

[Kunda1]

issue #3483: Simple paths cannot be upgraded
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[Kunda1]

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[carlopav]

I'm with @normandc:

I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish by upgrading these paths. Why do you need to upgrade to a Block? FYI a block is not a FreeCAD entity, it's a DXF/DWG entity so it's relevant only at import/export time, for DXF/DWG file formats. In FreeCAD the basic entities are vertex, edge, wire, face, shell, solid, compound and compsolid. Paths Nº 1 & 2 are not upgraded to Blocks, they are upgraded to Wires because they comprise 2 edges. Since Paths Nº 3 and 4 only comprise a single edge each, I'm guessing there is simply nothing to upgrade.

There seems to be no point in upgrading a single line segment...

[vocx]

I haven't read the full bug report.

For completeness sake, I just want to mention that you can manually turn a line into a block. You just have to call the appropriate function from the Python console, which is what the Draft_Upgrade tool and the DXF importer do behind the scenes when necessary.

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line = Draft.makeLine(App.Vector(0,0,0), App.Vector(500,0,0))
block = Draft.makeBlock([line])
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()

[Kunda1]

@carlopav what about vocx's idea ? Is it something we could consider adding to the GUI instead of using the Python console?

[carlopav]

@kunda1 I don't know why makeBlock is not exposed in the GUI. We should ask @yorik if there is a precise intention behind that.
At the end the Draft Block is a quite unuseful object... It's exactly a Part Compound... But confuses the user with its name, so he keeps thinking in an ACAD way, without obtaining the functionalities of an acad block....
Probably the intention was to limit its usage... ?

[Kunda1]

[Kunda1]

[yorik]

Thanks for the reminder... Fixed in git commit 8492cfb9eb
We should think of disabling/obsoleting this Draft Block... it was created at a time when there was no Part Compound, and it basically does just the same thing.

[Kunda1]

Thanks yorik! Marked as [FIXED]