Std ViewIvStereoQuadBuff

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Std ViewIvStereoQuadBuff

Menu location
View → Stereo → Stereo quad buffer
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std ViewIvStereoRedGreen, Std ViewIvStereoInterleavedRows, Std ViewIvStereoInterleavedColumns, Std ViewIvStereoOff

Description

The Std ViewIvStereoQuadBuff command changes the active 3D view to quad buffer stereo view mode. To use this stereo mode a special graphics card, a special display and shutter glasses are requires.

Usage

  1. Select the View → Stereo → Stereo quad buffer option from the menu.

Preferences

  • The eye to eye distance can be changed in the preferences: Edit → Preferences... → Display → 3D View → Eye to eye distance for stereo modes. See Preferences Editor.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To change the view to quad buffer stereo use the setStereoType method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.setStereoType('QuadBuffer')
FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getStereoType()