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Created December 1, 2011 04:06
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Protractor script for FreeCAD, measures angle between two edges
from FreeCAD import Base
import math
class Protractor:
"""Reports the angle between two edges.
Select the edges and the result will be shown in Report View"""
def __init__(self):
self.firstEdge = None
Gui.Selection.addObserver(self)
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Select any 2 edges\n")
def addSelection(self, doc, obj, sub, pos):
o = App.getDocument(doc).getObject(obj)
if sub != '' and type(o) == Part.Feature:
e = getattr(o.Shape, sub)
if e.ShapeType == 'Edge':
if self.firstEdge is None:
self.firstEdge = e
else:
Gui.Selection.removeObserver(self)
d1 = e.Vertexes[0].Point.sub(e.Vertexes[1].Point)
d2 = self.firstEdge.Vertexes[0].Point.sub(self.firstEdge.Vertexes[1].Point)
angle = d1.getAngle(d2)
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Angle: %f\n" % math.degrees(angle))
if __name__ == "__main__":
Protractor()
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