- Freecad export has null shape stp") Part. I would suggest export to collada and import it in freecad. Other videosconte FreeCAD Forum. I have tried two ways: Code: Select all. Hi @wizard, thanks for all your support, I tried to use VRML in the whole process and it worked, so I gave up with STEP models. Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). All new bugs must be submitted there. Therefore KiCad library has both model types: wrl and step files with the same name in its libraries of the 3dmodels. I tried a lot of different thinks with STEP models and no way to make it work well, and now I have a work around. Top. However, you can use the exportStep() method of the shape object. mtl that contains the color information. Trasformare da mesh a solido e come esportarlo. After seting the tips to the pads the part-union booleans seems to work ok. import Part shape = Part. freecad. ) "everything works as designed" seems like an odd way to describe the state of ending up with a body with no tip by accident. drmacro FreeCAD Guru Posts: 9989 Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:35 pm. Remove the zip extension from the attached file. Any help to improve code, suggestions or comments will be appreciated. cpp(1159): Unnamed#Origin001 has null shape 20:23:34 I tried isolating a particular tube and used the Shape Builder in the Part workbench to turn the faces into shells. Viewed 443 times When you insert it, you'll get a new document object whose Mesh property contains the shape. And if I go on export to 'step' from the 'igs', it gives the expected result. Hi, How is FreeCAD able to export original file's Bodies but not Assembled Parts? Any (non quorky) solutions? Thanks. cpp(1159): extruder_mount_v2_11__1_#Body has null shape" I'm new to FreeCAD and cant see anything obviously wrong with the model, and googling did not help me either. When trying to export the following model as STEP or STL I get the warning message "body has null shape". "17:29:12 Using the newly released . Re: Resulting shape is invalid. " Why is this shape null and how can I make it more than null, please? Thanks as always! You do not have the Part has Null shape. This command first projects the whole shape onto a plane (to make it flat) and export the projected shape. Modified 1 year, 1 month ago. Result: four <TopoShape> TopoShapeExpansion. A stupid beginners question - how to "ShowHiddenItems", is this item somewhere in the menu? When I try to make View-Visibility-Show All Objects , I still do not see them. 0) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0. " Why is this shape null and how can I make it more than null, please? Thanks as always! You do not have the Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Here is what i jave found out. The DXF format supports solid hatch patterns, but the FreeCAD DXF Is it possible to export individual shapes within a body to an STL. Here we can see the board and the “Report view” is empty; Select the board in the Model tab; Go to menu File → Export Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Recompute the Shape2DView object. step ; . 13 you can't use "ImportGui" for this. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 7 posts • Page 1 of 1. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 This means, that in your post processor Python script there is a null byte (a byte with the numeric value zero). For the datumPlane 842, you must 'Assembly' is not a shape, export will be ignored. I want to export them as . Path must not be a null shape. I am trying to pad a sketch. I went back to 21. Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null This file was a result of openscad's CSG export from a similar one: minkowski ¹ Except that importing takes several minutes and loads CPU as freecad runs openscad to calculate the sum with some crazy precision, but that's a story for another issue maybe in the process_ObjectsViaOpenSCADShape method the message of mixed 2d and 3d appears Part has Null shape. Did you try Path must not be a null shape. 6 posts • Page 1 of 1. 05) # the second arg is the tolerance for sewing solid = Part. (Of course, I have no idea how to reproduce that because I didn't purposely do it. Why you would put a sketch in a body if it is not being used to created features? You can add the Sketch to the Source list of a View, but you'll still have the problem of other items in the Source list obscuring the Sketch. It seems that because the sketch was made directly onto a face of the pad operation, the sketch had trouble interacting with the generated "pad" part, whether that be an extrude or a cut operation. igs ; . 12 That failure message might be because the object you Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. I am unsure what causes the error, but I think it must be related to the shape binder? The dependency graph shows this as the only connection. " Why is this shape null and how can I make it more than null, please? Thanks as always! You do not have the I have tested the file and I have exactly the same behaviour. png You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. 02:05:04 SE::getSourceShapes - source shape is empty! 02:05:04 Error: DVP::execute - Source shape is Null. When I export as DXF using legacy exporter (using the new exporter, the exported file is not recognized by the online lasercutting/engraving service, as well as other services[online DXF file viewers]), I only get the lines from shapestring, no fillcolor, so no possibility to raster-engrave this area. cheers. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. I have a model in both . However, when I try to export it as STP it says " ImportoCAF2. psommerfeld Posts: 36 getting stuck at the most basic things! 1. I want to take those selected lines, and turn them into a sketch that resides in the exact same position as the line are currently in. step file, FreeCAD crashes with a <Import> ExportOCAF2. Then you can export the mesh as an stl. Here is one file that it is. in FreeCAD GUI : read/write access to the shapes' name (for debugging purposes, and for developing an interactive process) ->FinderProcess(), shape) // STEPCAFControl_Reader & reader = the STEP Reader of the input file // TopoDS_Shape & shape = the shape that has to be named either from the defined name in the Reader, or with a Fusion - Input shape is null. You might want to convert the model into a shape FreeCAD can recognize and that could be altered in FreeCAD. If it succeedes you can export that shape to any cad format of your I am trying to pad a sketch. Well my understanding is that App::PythonFeature objects do not have a Shape, unlike Part::PythonFeature objects that do. py. 0 FreeCAD Forum. it was 1. step, *. 'Gui. isNull() that can be used as an additional filter. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 6 posts • Page 1 of 1. Base. 18:36:02 <Exception> Part::FaceMaker: After import the model is (for FreeCAD), just an assembly of faces. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 FreeCAD Forum. On Windows (specs below), a To answer the question, an STL is not an actual BREP shape (the kind of shape most parametric CAD use), it's just a mesh. obj and . Fusion - Input Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). I have some of it hidden so i can access the part i need to highlight in green. Pending recompute for generating element map: mapSketchTest_3#Pad 11:43:39 Pad: Null in FreeCAD GUI : read/write access to the shapes' name (for debugging purposes, and for developing an interactive process) ->FinderProcess(), shape) // STEPCAFControl_Reader & reader = the STEP Reader of the input file // TopoDS_Shape & shape = the shape that has to be named either from the defined name in the Reader, or with a Part has Null shape. thoraxe Posts: 29 Arjay12345 wrote: ↑ Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:49 pm Hi I'm new to FreeCAD. I would like to export the base by itself and the left and right bars without the base. Quick links. 26620 (Git) Build type: Release Python version: 3. Post by Bernard19 » Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:28 pm. DamianHarty Posts: 44 Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:50 pm. Click Wall. Path must not be Trying to learn BIM WB, getting stuck at the most basic things! 1. You do not have the required permissions to Whenever I try to export a . I really have no idea With all parts selected I'm trying to save them as a new STEP model (yes, STEP, not VRML, this will be a new 3D model in KiCad library), but here I'm getting the error If I choose the recommended option, the LCS gets a red exclamation mark and flags that the part has null shape. p. sorry for the weird looking oval shape of the jpg. stp)", and add a Filename as "Cam. I’m not sure exactly what version of FreeCAD I was using when I originally developed this model. FreeCAD forum; BIM: Creating wall: Wall has null shape. cpp(387): deltarobot_example#Joints has null shape and then a segmentation fault occurs, crashing the application. I tried OBJ, Collada (DAE), but all come with same set of issues: triangulated surfaces and many times circular surfaces are converted to polygons in a very inconsistent way. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! When I try to, FreeCAD tells me the resulting shape is invalid. Full version info Is there an existing issue for this? I have searched the existing issues Problem description FreeCAD quite often comes up with messages like Connect_TotalAirMass: 'App. show(solid) Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). read('myfile. g. I don't know how that happened. FCStd' you will notice that I added a Part container and I’m not sure exactly what version of FreeCAD I was using when I originally developed this model. 17 it seems to have problems with cylinders and fillets (I guess with any circular shape). pour ; . Ask Question Asked 5 years, 8 months ago. TIA In 0. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 I've been trying to export models from FreeCad to SketchUp, but all I get is more or less mess (depending on model's complexity). Next time hopefully i hope to find the rectangular way to cut a part out of a picture in GIMP * You should use PartDesign_AdditiveHelix with your 'thread profile' inside 'outer body'. However, at the moment FreeCAD doesn't support to load the colors of an OBJ mesh when they are set per face. exportStl('myfile. The reason may be that: • the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no material to be removed; • the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body. stl and can load them in FreeCAD. utf-16 instead of utf-8). When I click back on it, I get a repeat of the same error When I open the file on FreeCAD it looks great - when I go to export it, it works if I want to do . I have If someone is looking for a quick workaround for such cases, they could try exporting as iges, import it and export it as a step Bildschirmfoto_2023-10-21_11-01-52. agustin pernigotti Posts: 1 Joined: Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:30 pm. Anyway, I now have an issue where I can't export a solid Shape to STL mesh. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 12 posts result shape is null. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null shape"? Post by DamianHarty » Tue Jan PositionBySupport: AttachEngine3D: Part has null shape That is appearing, and I can't find from were it originate. 5 can import Step file I prefer to export step from FreeCAD. BIM: Creating wall: Wall has null shape. All Thank you. NewJoker FreeCAD Guru Posts: 3825 Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:49 pm. Next time hopefully i hope to find the rectangular way to cut a part out of a picture in GIMP Copper_Bottom body is your trouble. Using the newly released . FAQ; FreeCAD forum. Skip to content. Forum rules and Helpful information. 5MB size when i took picture. I've made numerous tries but the export seems to only want to export from a technical layer. cpp(1978): Null input shape warnings. stp file, but when I go to File > Export, I select Save Type as "STEP with colors (*. stp') but only 'test2b. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 12 posts Previous; 1; 2; chrisb Veteran Posts: 53440 Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:14 am. step file Then I created a body Then I created a shape binder Then I drew my sketch (fully constrained). step file, FreeCAD crashes with a backtrace. You probably selected things from You can't convert a wrl (VRML) file to a step file in freecad. 0. KDM Posts: 127 Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:30 am. KDM Posts: 143 Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:30 am. Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null shape"? Post by DamianHarty » Tue Jan That did export the holes and the missing corners. amf and other file types. Now when PrusaSlicer 2. Bottom's base feature has certainly been modified which causes cascading defects, from the first Pad by importing the entire electronic component file you create a drawing that is much too heavy Hi, I am new user of freecad, and I am interested in creating some objects for later reuse by freecad or other cad software. I didn't know about the body tips thing. Wall has null shape. [Solved] Shape is not a shell. As a workaround for VRML you can try to create a mesh from the shape and write the mesh as VRML. Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null shape"? Post by DamianHarty » Tue Jan Path must not be a null shape. OK, solved. I guess you used the export filter "Flattened SVG". It appears to allow full access to the components. The console also logs "Input shape is null" I am trying to join Part->Body with Part->Pipe and then put the Connect into the "Part" object. FreeCAD Forum. 8. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help I ended up redoing it and the angle has since been fixed. 14 the import/export of STEP and IGES has moved from "ImportGui" to "Import". In FreeCAD you would need to make a shape from the mesh and probably then a solid from the shape in order to make a boolean operation. stp ; . So, do all the vertex coordinates in the shape get badly scaled? Would it make sense to move both parts as close Can you upload the file and/or test export on a simple box? It works for me, but I have newer Freecad, but older OCC/Coin OS: "Fedora release 28 (Twenty Eight)" I am trying to pad a sketch. Hi, I am new posting here on this forum. OCCError'>: Base shape is null Post by reox » Wed Sep 29, 2021 6:35 am I want to create a macro to mesh some geometry automatically and need a BooleanFragment in there. I have attached the Freecad files and step files, could some kind person please take a look and tell me what I have done wrong? I am making a pair of spherical loudspeakers, and the parts will be glued up, "A"'s to make hexagons and "B"'s pentagons then assembled into two truncated Icosahedrons THEN export. x_b ; x_t? EXOCAD software /which i already have/ uses triangular meshes, but i need shapes or surfaces to mill with DMF260 Deckel Maho milling machine. s. There are quite a few lines missing. FreeCADError: cannot determine type of null shape What I Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Something like below. Re: How to understand Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). It was an issue with the co-ordinate systems between the main body and the various planes. Compare with the STL export which is good. Or as "last resort" stl. For the datumPlane 842, you must Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Post by ruiseixas » Sat May 21, 2022 1:33 pm. In the case of the STEP export nothing happens (no file is created) and for STL e PartDesign::Plane: Link (s) to object (s) 'CopyPocket158' go out of the allowed scope 'DatumPlane842'. app (1134): Make sure to use the Export CAD option in the Part workbench instead of the Export option in the File menu, it can be unreliable. If a Body has no Features (Pad, Pocket, etc), then it has no shape and so, no tip. stl mesh of one of my freecad models it ends up creating a horrible unusable mess. vpeppers Posts: 2 Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:33 am. 20:23:34 <Import> ImportOCAF2. 0-conda-Linux-x86_64-py311. The base is doable since it is at the top of the hierarchy, but the left and right bars will include the base since it is above them in the hierarchy. Bài viết này cung cấp hướng dẫn chi tiết và giải pháp cụ thể để xử lý lỗi này, giúp quá trình thiết kế diễn ra thuận lợi và không gặp trở ngại. Purpose is for two color 3d printing. Re: BIM: Creating wall: Wall has null shape. 5. I export to stl, obj, or dae and import into solidworks, fusion and freecad, all of which Export step - shape is wrong. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 For some reason when I try to export my sketches using the legacy exporter to DXF, some of the holes are exporting out. kord Posts: 13 Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:07 pm [Solved] Shape is Hi, I am not sure NormandC is supporting or against the idea I am thinking about the application I am conceiving to see if there is any workflow which prevent a user from make a sketch with only construction edges At the moment, a few issues:-Method available to alert/prevent user to turn a sketch ('base sketch') empty / only with construction lines? ok, attached is an image. The first Datum Point works fine, but every time I add another, they all display my favourite message: "AttachEngine3D: Part has null shape". - View Any help much appreciated, sorry if it is something blindly obvious but I am out of my depth and the google oracle is not helping me. Thank you. Post by drmacro » Tue Jan FreeCAD Forum. 16 it worked for any shape, but in 0. There could be multiple reasons for that, for example a wrong file encoding (e. stp" is not created. png. However, when I tried to create a polyline, I found that the two arcs on the bottom ends didn't match up to the ends of the lines so it couldn't join them up. I am trying to fix a script that exports an STL file. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 16 posts 1; 2; Next; oliverspozi Posts: 24 Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:18 pm. /FreeCAD_1. It worked, but didn't help in any way. " Why is this shape null and how can I make it more than null, please? Thanks as always! You do not have the Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. cpp(387): SlideInCamper1#FinalBaseMesh002 has null shape <Import> ExportOCAF2. org to our main GitHub repository. BTW, I figured this out by doing it in the GUI and looking at the NOTE: This creates a file out. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. Shape. Post by nahshon » Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:25 pm. Now when trying to get a local machine shop to look at it they are asking for a DXF file, so I'm trying to use FreeCAD to do that STL->DXF export. If there is a particular file it is failing on and you can't figure it out, post the file or a simplified version that stil reproduces the issue, and I'll see if I can help with it. It has two concentric circles (and I'm trying to create a tube). Users; ↳ Help on using FreeCAD; ↳ Python Trying to learn BIM WB, getting stuck at the most basic things! 1. If you export a wrl file out of KiCAD it uses the wrl and when you export a step file it uses the step files in its libraries. FCStd file is here: dropbox link First I imported the source geometry (a PID motion controller) from a . Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Are there settings somewhere that need to be tweaked to get a nice mesh export? I know that the placement of the new object is 'null'. Subproject(s) affected? File formats. Regards Carlo D. Development. * You need to reattach this sketch and modify its position * You should use the axis for 'outer body', THEN move all the body via its attachment (or Std_TransformManip). IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! - CopyHelix has beyond its nice name no connection to the helix and can thus not serve as a path - the height of the section [solved] makeBooleanFragments fails with <class 'Part. Post by The first attempt results in everything with "has empty shape". I tried it with rectangle "Make Face" attrib set to both Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI). Pipe tool, then on the tool window, select Section for the object path to follow, I receive the "Path must FreeCAD Forum. Shape() shape. I am on the newest version of su pro I create a complicated part with some curves etc. Local Co-ordinate System - "Part has null 21:09:30 ImportOCAF2. Re: 'Assembly' is not a shape, export will be ignored. AppImage, when I open up my FreeCAD model and try to export it as a . DamianHarty Posts: 47 Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:50 pm. To do this: Switch to the Part Workbench; Select the mesh, and go to the Part → Create shape from mesh or press the Part ShapeFromMesh button; Click OK in the dialog It is a subtle problem that can be traced to a possible bug in OCC. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! - CopyHelix has beyond its nice name no connection to the helix and can thus not serve as a path - the height of the section Bottom's base feature has certainly been modified which causes cascading defects, from the first Pad by importing the entire electronic component file you create a drawing that is much too heavy Regarding the meshed shapes -- that is going to be true of anything that uses either hull() or minkowski(), both of which we have to fall back to using CGAL rather than our preferred strategy of using first-class FreeCAD Part objects. Part has Null shape. This could be the cause of a few wired fit related bug reported here. The Boom 1 and Boom 2 look like they exported right. Switch to PartDesign wb, right-click Pocket and pick Set Tip from context menu. 20. cpp(1193): FOBV#GDML2DVertex005 has null shape 21:09:30 ImportOCAF2. makeSolid(shape) Part. * Rib sketch should be circular at the outside. BricsCAD Shape is a promising competitor for FreeCAD Forum. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 20 posts 1; 2; Next; FreeCADFan The export is fast, the import takes ages and the result was an invalid object. Even though the active body does contain a base shape and sketch belongs to the active body. Report Viewer reports "Wall has a null shape". STL files with FreeCAD extensions like : . Post by Roy_043 » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:43 am. I keep getting "Pad: Null shape (2 times)" My . Ngoài ra, bạn sẽ tìm thấy các phương pháp phòng tránh giúp cải thiện chất lượng mô FreeCAD currently offers two methods to convert Meshes to Part objects. I recently decided do some more development on this model and I found that it did not work on 22. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 2 posts Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:50 pm. And the part-design one doesn't crash anymore. I am trying to export a plan view of an imported step file. Go to menu File → Export → VRML Choose the path and click on OK; In FreeCad. psommerfeld Posts: 36 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 The only reason the lines do not show on the imported meshes is that by default, FreeCAD sets the display mode of meshes to "Shaded", but the default display mode of shapes (basically any object in FreeCAD that is not a mesh is a "shape") is "Flat lines", which is a shaded mode showing edges. Ok, the last few days i have been testing some things out before posting. obj and out. Open FreeCad and create a new document; Go to menu File → Import and select the previously saved file. 2 and found that it will still work on that version. Solution: Just recreate the sketch on a datum plane. Single-click on the assembly object in the tree, attempt to export as STEP with defaults settings; FreeCAD crashes: (387): deltarobot_example#Joints has null shape and then a segmentation fault occurs, crashing the application. The problem occurs on a resize request and I think the problem is the object to be resized is a Part::Prism for which calls to check its Shape returns True to call to its function isNull(), the resize code needs a valid Shape(TopoShape) to work. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! - CopyHelix has beyond its nice name no connection to the helix and can thus not serve as a path - the height of the section The console also logs "Input shape is null" I am trying to join Part->Body with Part->Pipe and then put the Connect into the "Part" object. I'm not sure if this is a conversion error, an upload error, or a settings problem on either side. I never run into this problem with the legacy export, but it is very common when i try to export with the other one. cpp(387): Path must not be a null shape. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 2 posts • Page 1 of 1. step') shape. Topology,0. On Windows (specs below), a segfault also occurs, but something catches it and makes a little dialog that says "Export failed: Access You can't convert a wrl (VRML) file to a step file in freecad. Draw rectangle. I have a step file of a RaspPi Pico. Meshing problems cfdOF. FreeCAD Guru Posts: 9896 Joined: Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:28 pm. I expect to see all four holes open. Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. cpp(1193): FOBV#GDMLSection has null shape Okay I think the messages are being produced on the step export and as the objects are App::PythonFeatures there are no Shapes. createTorus() shape = Part. In FreeCAD you would need to make a shape FreeCAD on Reddit: a community dedicated to the open-source, extensible & scriptable parametric 3D CAD/CAM/FEM modeler. SlideInCamper1#FinalBaseMesh has null shape <Import> ExportOCAF2. If anyone has a spare moment to take a look at the file and see why I may be getting this error, which hopefully doesn't actually take a significant amount of anyone's time, I would really appreciate it. Open it. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 1 post Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:50 pm. This makes it impossible to use in exporting in a headless python-only approach. I certainly didn't purposely use any "set tip to not exist" function. Your proposal solves A Draft_Shape2DView can produce "Null input shape" warnings. After that you should be good to go. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! - CopyHelix has beyond its nice name no connection to the helix and can thus not serve as a path - the height of the section p. Boom 3 and Boom 4 did not. Go in the Part workbench, select the mesh go into the "Part" drop down menu at the top, select "Create shape from mesh", then select the newly created shape and try it with that. The help and development forum of FreeCAD. If it still doesn't work, try the "Convert to solid" option in the I am trying to track down a problem the OpenSCAD importer importCSG. Pending recompute for generating element map: mapSketchTest_3#Pad 11:43:39 Pad: Null "17:29:12 <Import> ImportOCAF2. zachjreed93 Posts: 1 Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:41 pm. IF YOU LIKE 👍 and SUBSCRIBE to my CHANNEL! Freecad from solid to mesh and how export it. stl') On FreeCAD 0. Copper_Bottom body is your trouble. Issue description. Thanks. On Feb 7, 2022, the FreeCAD project migrated all issues from this site at tracker. Part' object has no attribute 'Shape' I can't figure out what causes I'm new to FreeCAD, I would like to ask is there any possibilities to export . export([shape],"test2a. Export as STL. psommerfeld Posts: 68 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 pm. In 0. read() Error: Unsupported format. EDIT: It was a missing recompute. ViewProviderDocumentObject' object has no attribute 'ShapeColor' OS: Windows 10 (10. . My search suggested: Run PartCheck Geometry then solid2image PartCheck Geometry is grayed out. Forum rules I ended up redoing it and the angle has since been fixed. So select the features to export, select the Part workbench and then in the top menu bar select Export I've never used FreeCAD before, and I'm trying to export this file I downloaded from LulzBot as a STEP for use elsewhere - issue being it gives me an error when I try and export it. makeShapeFromMesh(mesh. The first method is a simple, direct conversion, without any optimization: import Mesh,Part mesh = Mesh. Can you upload the FreeCAD file here? I am not familiar with VRLM, perhaps others can help. Draft, Arch & BIM. A forum dedicated to the Draft, Arch and BIM workbenches development. The Height and Width of the wall are set to zero. - export the adrianinsaval wrote: ↑ Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:23 pm To answer the question, an STL is not an actual BREP shape (the kind of shape most parametric CAD use), it's just a mesh. Probably it would not consume a lot more time to re-model it in freecad with an assembly workbench. If you need a format where colors can be loaded again you better export it into VRML format: If you're finding it is picking up null shapes there is a check for that: Part. I'll keep this up here just in case anybody else needs it. Users; ↳ Help on using FreeCAD; ↳ Python 1) Export of App::PythonFeature Objects issues a warning that the objects have a null shape. 18:35:35 Recompute failed! Please check report view. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! - CopyHelix has beyond its nice name no connection to the helix and can thus not serve as a path - the height of the section Hi @wizard, thanks for all your support, I tried to use VRML in the whole process and it worked, so I gave up with STEP models. The above commit is a work around of the bug. IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! I tried to export the same shape to "igs", it works correctly. It doesn't happen all the time. Solid inspector and entity info state it is solid and has volume, indicating it is solid and manifold. Import and export of OBJ, STEP or other formats is therefore important for me, Import. Select rectangle. The result is wrong. Any help is appreciated. Instead, the linked object (s) reside within 'N/A'. Trying to learn BIM WB, getting stuck at the most basic things! 1. Why? What's wrong with the shape? What's the origin of the problem? Cheers Peter. This is a stp file. tk5ep If you open the 'KF301-2POLES-to-export. Export "Step with colors" from the Common item. Post by Path must not be a null shape. I am very stuck and was wandering if someone could help? The model is available here, under the resources & documentation section. 3. "test2a. export([shape],'test2b. in the Part Menu select Create shape from mesh (I used default tolerance 0,10) and be patient this operation could take time to complete 6) select the obtained shape mesh and in Menu Part select Export CAD to the STEP format Moreover if you want to convert also Please also click here and read the Help forum rules, for more generalised advice before posting on any of the FreeCAD forums Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct! 4 posts • Page 1 of 1. ↳ Help on using FreeCAD; ↳ Python scripting and macros; ↳ Install / Compile; ↳ Packaging; ↳ Open discussion; ↳ Path must not be a null shape. stp' is created, and it contains only 37 lines. It has empty Tip property, and hence null shape. It does not always work as expected. Return to “Help on using FreeCAD” Jump to. GLTF Exporter only exists as part of the FreeCADGui module. Chủ đề part has null shape freecad Lỗi "Part Has Null Shape" trong FreeCAD là một lỗi phổ biến khiến nhiều người dùng gặp khó khăn khi thiết kế mô hình 3D. stp" and press Save, but nothing is generated in the folder I have selected. 2. "Part has null shape"? Post by chrisb » Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:18 pm. I have just started into a project to improve our interoperability with OpenSCAD: those are on my radar, but it's not clear if there is Trying to learn BIM WB, getting stuck at the most basic things! 1. Input shape is null with imported STL for example, merging it with a cylinder "Bolt Internal," I'm told "Input shape is null. KDM Posts: 147 Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:30 am. psommerfeld Posts: 35 Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:11 FreeCAD shape. DamianHarty Posts: 48 Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:50 pm. prt ; . Unnamed#untitled_Hex_Holder_I3Mk3 has null shape 05:10:04 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 4, in <module> <class 'RuntimeError'>: gITF support requires OCCT 7. 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