{{Macro
|Name=Simulates hinge movement
|Icon=Macro hinge.png
|Description=Hinge simulation.
|Author=Mario52
|Version=1.0
|Date=2014-09-09
|FCVersion=All
|Download=The File [http://forum.freecadweb.org/download/file.php?id=7628 20140908b_Hinge-1.fcstd]
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}}
Simulates hinge movement
Open the 2 files (20140908b_Hinge-1.FCMacro and 20140908b_Hinge-1.FCStd) in FreeCAD with 2 screens (Menu: Windows > Tile) and click in the window and the macro and click F6 (debug macro) to run the macro or run the macro with 
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20140908b_Hinge-1.FCMacro
{{MacroCode|code= import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui, Draft, Part from FreeCAD import Base import time
ii = 0 pas = 0 for ii2 in range(180): if pas == 0: if ii > 90: pas = 1 ii += 5 else: if ii < 1: pas = 0 ii -= 5
App.getDocument("_0140908b_Hinge_1").Fusion.Placement=App.Placement(App.Vector(0,0,0), App.Rotation(App.Vector(0,0,1),ii), App.Vector(44.4,6.9,0))
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(ii2)+" " + str(ii)+" " + str(pas) +"\n")
Gui.updateGui()
time.sleep(0) #modify the time here
}}
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