Method shells

cadquery/cq.py:950–971

Select the shells of objects on the stack, optionally filtering the selection. If there are multiple objects on the stack, the shells of all objects are collected and a list of all the distinct shells is returned. :param selector: optional Selector object, or string

(
        self: T,
        selector: Optional[Union[Selector, str]] = None,
        tag: Optional[str] = None,
    )

        return self._selectObjects("Solids", selector, tag)

    def shells(
        self: T,
        selector: Optional[Union[Selector, str]] = None,
        tag: Optional[str] = None,
    ) -> T:
        """
        Select the shells of objects on the stack, optionally filtering the selection. If there are
        multiple objects on the stack, the shells of all objects are collected and a list of all the
        distinct shells is returned.

        :param selector: optional Selector object, or string selector expression
            (see :class:`StringSyntaxSelector`)
        :param tag: if set, search the tagged object instead of self
        :return: a CQ object whose stack contains all of the *distinct* shells of *all* objects on
            the current stack, filtered by the provided selector.

        If there are no shells for any objects on the current stack, an empty CQ object is returned

        Most solids will have a single shell, which represents the outer surface. A shell will
        typically be composed of multiple faces.
        """
        return self._selectObjects("Shells", selector, tag)

    def compounds(
        self: T,