Object API
Being parametric, document objects in FreeCAD can have a lot of additional properties, but these are the basic ones, present in every FreeCAD Document Object. Objects can be retrieved simply by their name. Example:
myObj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.myObjectName
print myObj.PropertiesList
Returns: Gets/sets the Placement of an object. A placement defines an orientation (rotation) and a position (base) in 3D space. It is used when no scaling or other distortion is needed.
Description:
Returns: The documentation string of the property of this class.
Description:
Returns: The name of the group which the property belongs to in this class. The properties are sorted in different named groups for convenience.
Description:
Returns: The type of a named property. This can be (Hidden,ReadOnly,Output) or any combination.
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