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The

Arch Workbench for working with architectural elements

The Arch workbench provides modern BIM workflow to FreeCAD, with support for features like IFC support, fully parametric architectural entities such as walls, structural elements or windows, and rich 2D document production. The Arch workbench also feature all the tools from the Draft Workbench.

Construction tools
These are tools for creating architectural objects.

Wall: Creates a wall from scratch or using a selected object as a base Structural element: Creates a structural element from scratch or using a selected object as a base Floor: Creates a floor including selected objects Building: Creates a building including selected objects Site: Creates a site including selected objects

Window: Creates a window using a selected object as a base

Section Plane: Adds a section plane object to the document

Axes system: Adds an axes system to the document

Roof: Creates a sloped roof from a selected face

Space: Creates a space object in the document

Stairs: Creates a stairs object in the document

Modification tools
These are tools for modifying architectural objects.

Add: Adds objects to a component Remove: Subtracts or removes objects from a component

Utilities
These are additional tools to help you in specific tasks.

Split Mesh: Splits a selected mesh into separate components Mesh To Shape: Converts a mesh into a shape, unifying coplanar faces Remove Shape: Turns cubic shape-based arch object fully parametric

Select non-solid meshes: Selects all non-solid meshes from the current selection or frm the document

CloseHoles: Closes holes in a selected shape-based object

Check: Check if the selected objects are solids and don't contain defects

File formats

IFC : Industry foundation Classes (import only) DAE : Collada mesh format OBJ : Obj mesh format (export only)