Rebar tool isssue with columns

[Joel_graff]

I'm working with the rebar tool to build box culvert designs. I've even added a new rebar shape - the J-shape or "hook" shape.

At the moment, though, I'm trying to lay out two sets of straight bar which lie orthogonal to each other in a cubic shape. It's easy enough to do with a horizontal arrangement, but I can't make it work in the vertical.

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In the image above, the "front" lies on the X-Z plane and the first run of vertical bar was achieved by picking the front face and specifying a vertical / right alignment.

I attempted to generate the horizontally-oriented bar by picking the bottom face and using the same layout.

After poking through the code, the first problem is that the center-of-mass of the lower face is returned incorrectly. The error occurs in Rebarfunc.getParametersOfFace(). It actually identifies the center of mass of the lower face correctly, but then changes the values because of the face's orientation on the XY plane.

I can fix it, but I'd have no idea what I'm breaking if I do. Am I misunderstanding how to go about doing this?

[yorik]

It actually identifies the center of mass of the lower face correctly, but then changes the values because of the face's orientation on the XY plane.

I don't know why it is so, @Amritpal should be able to tell he he reads this... Otherwise, if it works correctly for you that way I would fix it then make a pull request on his repo, so he'll be able to see if it's good or not

[thschrader]

I attempted to generate the horizontally-oriented bar by picking the bottom face and using the same layout.

Hi Joel,
you can generate the horizontal rebars by using the "custom-rebar" option.
Select the upper face and draw a sketch on it.

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[Joel_graff]

Hi Joel,
you can generate the horizontal rebars by using the "custom-rebar" option.

I'll give that a try. I spent a couple hours sorting out the code and didn't get it done...

[Kunda1]

Calling reinforcements

ping

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[chakkree]

In vertical panel, I cannot put rebar's mesh in the correct position.

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[Joel_graff]

I should have solved this, but something's wrong. Probably something stupid I'm doing.

See post in the Python Scripting forum:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=28396

[Joel_graff]

My post got moved, but I've made a little progress on this bug.

Basically, I need to figure out how to rotate a sketch.

That is, I need to change the SketchObject.Placement.Rotation property, which appears to be read-only.

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28396

[yorik]

That is, I need to change the SketchObject.Placement.Rotation property, which appears to be read-only.

You cannot change the rotation of a placement that is already used by an object. The solution is to copy that placement ( newPlacement = App.Placement(originalObject.Placement) ), then you'll be able to change the rotation, then replace the placement: originalObject.Placement = newPlacement

[Joel_graff]

You cannot change the rotation of a placement that is already used by an object. The solution is to copy that placement ( newPlacement = App.Placement(originalObject.Placement) ), then you'll be able to change the rotation, then replace the placement: originalObject.Placement = newPlacement

I had that same thought after I created the post. No effect.

Here's the code I used (adjusted to match your use of 'App.Placement()':

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    default_placement = FreeCAD.Placement(sketch.Placement)

    sketch.Support = [(structure, facename)]

    sketch.Placement = default_placement

    FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

The value of default_placement doesn't change (I was afraid it was a reference and not static - Python is still a bit of a mystery to me at times).

The value of sketch.Placement still reverts to it's 180-degree rotation after recompute() is called.