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Ortho Array

In one sentence: Creates a 3-D rectangular grid of copies along up to three orthogonal axes, each with independent count and spacing.

Overview

Workbench: Draft
Menu: Draft → Modification → Array Tools → Ortho Array
Command: Draft_OrthoArray

Total elements = Number X × Number Y × Number Z. The Interval is centre-to-centre distance, not the gap.

Parameters

Property Description
Number X / Y / Z Count along each axis (includes original)
Interval X / Y / Z Spacing vector in each direction
Fuse Fuse all elements into one shape

Python API

import Draft

bolt = App.ActiveDocument.getObject("Body")
arr = Draft.make_ortho_array(
    obj=bolt,
    v_x=App.Vector(30, 0, 0),
    v_y=App.Vector(0, 30, 0),
    v_z=App.Vector(0, 0, 0),
    n_x=3, n_y=3, n_z=1,
    use_link=True
)
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Common mistakes and pitfalls

Interval is centre-to-centre, not gap

For a 20 mm part with 5 mm clearance, set Interval = 25 mm, not 5 mm.

See also