* Added Part::Feature::getTopoShape/getShape() function that can obtain
shape from any object with proper implementation of getSubObject(). It
can even construct compound from group object with proper implementation
of getSubObjects().
* Modified ViewProviderExt to work on any object, because it now obtain
the shape using Part::Feature::getShape()
* Modified various Part features to obtain base/tool shapes using
Part::getShape(), which allows them to be any type of object,
including Link and groups.
* Modified various Part command to relax type requirement on selected
objects.
* Add support of link and group to dimension, and add dimension refresh
command
* Support link and group in simple command command, and add a few more
copy command variations.
* Add special handling of 'Shape' attribute in PropertyContainerPy and
use Part::Feature::getShape() to return shape for any object without
Shape property. This allows many python feature work with any object
without modification.
* GeometrySurface/CurvePy, add convenience attribute 'Rotation'
* TopoShapePy:
* Extended support of sub shape attribute, e.g. Compound1, Solid2,
SubShape3 ('SubShape' is used to access child shape of a compound)
* makeWires(), new API to sort and return wires given a list of edges.
* transformed/translated/rotated/scaled(), return a new shape with
some transformation.
* findPlane(), find the plane of a planar shape
* isCoplanar(), check if two shape are coplanar
Unlike Part.__sortEdges__ which only return a list of connected edges,
and discard the rest. Part.sortEdges return a list of list of
connected edges, which includes all input edges.
Part::FaceMaker::ConstructFromType() could return null pointer if
abstract class type is supplied.
Here, it is fixed by checking for null pointer in facemaker itself,
rather than in every place ConstructFromType is being used.
* new Part.Shape.Face() constructor footprints with facemaker class
supplied as string mane of C++ class.
* add Part.makeFace method that uses facemaker.
Part.Solid(shape) now accepts compsolid as input, and creates a solid by
joining the compsolid.
Same done to Part.makeSolid().
+ change exception handling to expose the error message.
inherit Base.FreeCADError form RuntimeError
inherit Part.OCCError from Base.FreeCADError
inherit OCCDomainError from Part.OCCError
inherit OCCRangeError from Part.OCCError
inherit OCCConstructionError from OCCDomainError
inherit OCCDimensionError from OCCDomainError
Added PY_CATCH_OCC macro
replace PyExc_Exception
use FreeCADError in makeWireString
catch exception in BSplineCurve.increasedegree
Zheng, Lei