Macro Automatic drawing

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Automatic drawing

Description
This code generates a Drawing page with three orthographic views (front, top and right) aligned to each other, and an isometric view placed at the top right of the page. It calculates the scale based on the model size and space available on the sheet. The iso view is scaled to 2/3 of the ortho views.

Macro version: 1.0
Last modified: 2016-09-26
FreeCAD version: All version using Drawing Workbench
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Macro Version
1.0
Date last modified
2016-09-26
FreeCAD Version(s)
All version using Drawing Workbench
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Description

This code generates a Drawing page with three orthographic views (front, top and right) aligned to each other, and an isometric view placed at the top right of the page. It calculates the scale based on the model size and space available on the sheet. The iso view is scaled to 2/3 of the ortho views.
It uses the first-angle projection.

Usage

An object needs to be selected before launching the macro.

Limitations

  • Scale is not standard. You may need to change the views manually to a standard scale.
  • It only works with a single object (this is a limitation from the Drawing Workbench)
  • Needs to be modified to work for third-angle projection used in the US and Canada.

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Macro_Automatic_drawing.FCMacro

import FreeCAD, Part, Drawing
if len(Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx())>1:
   App.Console.PrintError("Warning: Only the first item is generate")
if len(Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx())==0:
   App.Console.PrintError("Warning: Need to select one item")
Piece=Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0]
App.activeDocument().addObject('Drawing::FeaturePage','AutoDrawing')
App.activeDocument().AutoDrawing.Template = App.getResourceDir()+'Mod/Drawing/Templates/A3_Landscape.svg'
DH=20
DL=30
L=Piece.Object.Shape.BoundBox.XMax
H=Piece.Object.Shape.BoundBox.ZMax
P=Piece.Object.Shape.BoundBox.YMax
Sc=(400-3*DL)/(L+H)
Sc2=(250-3*DH)/(P+H)
if Sc>Sc2 : 
   Sc=Sc2
TopX=DL+Sc*L
FrontX=DL+Sc*L
RightX=2*DL+Sc*L
IsoX=2*DL+Sc*(L)
TopY=DH+Sc*P
RightY=DH+P*Sc
FrontY=2*DH+Sc*(P+H)
IsoY=2*DH+Sc*P

print TopX,RightX,TopY,FrontY

#Create topView
App.activeDocument().addObject('Drawing::FeatureViewPart','topView')
App.activeDocument().topView.Source =Piece.Object
App.activeDocument().topView.Direction = (0,0,1)
App.activeDocument().topView.Rotation=180
App.activeDocument().topView.X = TopX
App.activeDocument().topView.Y = TopY
App.activeDocument().topView.ShowHiddenLines=True
App.activeDocument().AutoDrawing.addObject(App.activeDocument().topView)
App.activeDocument().topView.Scale = Sc
#Create FrontView
App.activeDocument().addObject('Drawing::FeatureViewPart','FrontView')
App.activeDocument().FrontView.Source =Piece.Object
App.activeDocument().FrontView.Direction = (0,-1,0)
App.activeDocument().FrontView.Rotation=90
App.activeDocument().FrontView.Scale = Sc
App.activeDocument().FrontView.X = FrontX
App.activeDocument().FrontView.Y = FrontY
App.activeDocument().FrontView.ShowHiddenLines=True
App.activeDocument().AutoDrawing.addObject(App.activeDocument().FrontView)
#Create RightView
App.activeDocument().addObject('Drawing::FeatureViewPart','RightView')
App.activeDocument().RightView.Source =Piece.Object
App.activeDocument().RightView.Direction = (1,0,0)
App.activeDocument().RightView.Scale = Sc
App.activeDocument().RightView.X = RightX
App.activeDocument().RightView.Y = RightY
App.activeDocument().RightView.ShowHiddenLines=True
App.activeDocument().AutoDrawing.addObject(App.activeDocument().RightView)
#Create IsotView
App.activeDocument().addObject('Drawing::FeatureViewPart','IsoView')
App.activeDocument().IsoView.Source =Piece.Object
App.activeDocument().IsoView.Direction = (1,1,1)
App.activeDocument().IsoView.Rotation=60
App.activeDocument().IsoView.Scale = Sc*.6
App.activeDocument().IsoView.X = IsoX
App.activeDocument().IsoView.Y = IsoY
App.activeDocument().IsoView.ShowHiddenLines=True
App.activeDocument().AutoDrawing.addObject(App.activeDocument().IsoView)

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