Std ViewFront

From FreeCAD Documentation

Std ViewFront

Menu location
View → Standard views → Front
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
1
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std ViewTop, Std ViewRight

Description

The Std ViewFront command points the camera in the active 3D view in the direction of the positive Y axis.

Arrow 1 points in the direction of the front view

Usage

  1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Std ViewFront button.
    • Select the View → Standard views → Front option from the menu.
    • Select the Standard views → Front option from the 3D view context menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: 1.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To change to front view use the viewFront method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.viewFront()
FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getViewDirection()