0004264: Constructor from the makeArray Function in the Draft Workbench does not Allow Polar Array - FreeCAD Tracker

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004264	Draft	Bug	public	2020-02-12 13:15	2022-02-06 23:16

Reporter	louisgag	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Target Version	0.20

Summary	0004264: Constructor from the makeArray Function in the Draft Workbench does not Allow Polar Array
Description	Yes, I have not created a thread because I think the bug is quite obvious. I verified it on 0.19 and 0.18.4 but it probably also affects other earlier versions. When in Python mode, trying to construct an array with a name using for example `Draft.makeArray(App.getDocument('Unnamed').getObject('Cylinder'),App.Vector(0,0,0),360,4,"testArray")` from the function (line 1249 from Draft.py) does not allow to directly make a polar array with a name. Indeed, the instructions in the code say `makeArray(object,center,totalangle,totalnum,[name]) for polar array` but because of this part from the code: `elif arg4: obj.ArrayType = "ortho"` it forces any call with a non-null "arg4" argument (in this case the name of the array) to make an Orthogonal array, or when the arguments for are polar array are given to simply return an error about wrong argument type.
Steps To Reproduce	This is just an example: Make a new document, go to Part workbench, make a cylinder, go to python console, type: `import Draft Draft.makeArray(App.getDocument('Unnamed').getObject('Cylinder'),App.Vector(0,0,0),360,4,"testArray")`
Tags	#pending-forum

FreeCAD Information	OS: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu) Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19.Unknown Build type: Unknown Python version: 2.7.17 Qt version: 4.8.7 Coin version: 4.0.0a OCC version: 7.3.0 Locale: C/Default (C)

openBrain 2020-02-19 13:06 developer ~0014162	@louisgag : according guidelines (big yellow bow on top of the page), could you please open a topic on the forum (Draft subforum) so it can be more widely discussed ? Please cross-post ticket number in forum, and forum thread in this ticket. Thanks.

louisgag 2020-02-19 15:53 reporter ~0014163	thanks for having a look at my report, here is the Forum thread I just opened.

yorik 2022-03-03 13:55 administrator ~0016864	This ticket has been migrated to GitHub as issue 6030.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-02-12 13:15	louisgag	New Issue
2020-02-19 13:06	openBrain	Status	new => feedback
2020-02-19 13:06	openBrain	Note Added: 0014162
2020-02-19 15:53	louisgag	Note Added: 0014163
2020-02-19 15:53	louisgag	Status	feedback => new
2021-02-06 06:45	abdullah	Target Version	=> 0.20
2022-02-06 23:16	Kunda1	Tag Attached: #pending-forum