Macro Align Object BoundBox Center
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| Aligns 2 (or more) objects by the center of their bounding boxes. Macro version: 0.2 Last modified: 2024-11-10 Author: heda |
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| heda |
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| Macro Version |
| 0.2 |
| Date last modified |
| 2024-11-10 |
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Description
This macro aligns 2 (or more) objects by the center of their bounding boxes.
Macro Align Object BoundBox Center
Usage
Select and launch.
Install
Through the Addon manager.
Version
- v0.2 2024-11-10: Now handles draft/text as well.
- v0.1 2024-10-23: First release.
Code
Macro_Align_Object_BoundBox_Center.FCMacro
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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__Name__ = 'Macro_Align_Object_BoundBox_Center'
__Comment__ = 'Aligns 2 (or more) objects by bounding box'
__Author__ = 'heda @ fc-forum'
__Version__ = '0.2'
__Date__ = '2024-11-10'
__License__ = 'LGPL-2.0-or-later'
__Web__ = ''
__Wiki__ = 'https://wiki.freecad.org/Macro_Align_Object_BoundBox_Center'
__Icon__ = ''
__Help__ = 'Select and launch.'
__Status__ = 'functional'
__Requires__ = 'tested on FreeCAD v0.21'
__Communication__ = ''
__Files__ = ''
__doc__ = """
select 2 or more objects and run macro.
first object is reference, and all subsequent
selections will get a placement that has the
centre at same location as the reference object.
undo transaction is commented out,
since it moves the object back twice...
"""
import FreeCAD as App
import FreeCADGui as Gui
doc = App.ActiveDocument
sel = Gui.Selection.getSelection()
def getBBox(obj):
if hasattr(obj, 'Shape'):
return obj.Shape.BoundBox
elif hasattr(obj.'ViewObject'):
return obj.ViewObject.getBoundingBox()
else:
return None
if len(sel) > 1:
ref, *moves = sel
refbb = getBBox(ref)
msg_skip = 'could not find bbox for {}, skipping...)'
if refbb:
# doc.openTransaction('Bbox align objects')
moved = list()
for move in moves:
movebb = getBBox(move)
if movebb:
vec = refbb.Center - movebb.Center
move.Placement.Base = move.Placement.Base + vec
moved.append(move)
else:
print(msg_skip.format(move.Label))
doc.recompute()
# doc.commitTransaction()
if moved:
txt = [obj.Label for obj in moved]
print('moved {} to {}'.format(', '.join(txt), ref.Label))
else:
print('could not move any objects')
else:
print('could not find bbox for ref-obj, bailing...')