Wire

Wire feature creates a wire using edges already existing in other objects.

To create a wire in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Build - > Wire item or

  2. click feature_wire.icon Wire button in the toolbar

The following property panel will be opened:

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Create a wire

Select one or several edges in the viewer. For automatic selection of a closed contour starting from the selected edge it is necessary to press Add contour button.

Moreover, the full sketch can be selected. In this case, a set of wires is composed using edges of the sketch. Checkbox Compute intersections forces to split sketch edges in the points of intersection.

Apply button creates a wire.

Cancel button cancels the operation.

TUI Command:

model.addWire(Part_doc, Shapes, Intersect)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of shapes.

  • bool – Split edges by intersection points. False by default.

Returns

Result object.

Result

The result of the operation will be a wire created from the selected shapes:

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Result of the operation.

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Wire operation.