GuiCommand: Name:Part Builder MenuLocation:Part → Shape builder... Workbenches:Part SeeAlso:Part Primitives

Part Builder

Description

A tool to create more complex shapes from various parametric geometric primitives.

Usage

This tool can create the following objects:

Edge from two vertices

Select two vertices
Click on Create

Wire from edges

Select a set of adjacent edges in the 3D view
Click on Create

Face from vertices

Select vertices bounding the face in the 3D view
Select if face should be planar
Click on Create
Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

Face from edges

Select a closed set of edges bounding the face in the 3D view
Select if face should be planar
Click on Create
Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

Shell from faces

Select faces in the 3D view
Select if the shape should be refined
Select if all faces should be included in shell
Click on Create
Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

Solid from shell

Select if the shape should be refined
Click on Create
Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

Notes

A possible workflow could be:

Draw a wireframe-model of your shape using the tools in the Draft Workbench (for example line and dwire)
Create all faces with "face from edges"
Create a "shell from faces"
Create a "solid from shell"

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