Std Workbench
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Std Workbench |
| Menu location |
|---|
| View → Workbench |
| Workbenches |
| All |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Workbenches, Interface |
Description
The Std Workbench command is used to switch to any of the available Workbenches, and activate its graphical user interface (GUI).
This command can be launched from the Workbench selector or Workbench dropdown, the sole item of the Workbench toolbar. Or it can also be activated from the menu View → Workbench.
Workbench dropdown indicated by number 10 in the standard interface
Notes
- There are also two special options available: None (no workbench) and the Complete Workbench obsolete in version 0.17
- Additional External Workbenches can be downloaded using the
Addon Manager and will display in this dropdown menu as well.
Usage
Often the project starts in a workbench, for example with Sketch, then continues in a different workbench, for example with Part, to create objects. You can switch from the current workbench to a new one with one of the following ways:
- In the top menu, open the View → Workbench menu and select a workbench. Note: This menu is always available, even when you have previously selected the Completeobsolete in version 0.17 or None workbench.
- In the toolbar, open the drop-down menu and select a workbench. Note: This menu is not available when you have previously selected the Completeobsolete in version 0.17 or None workbench.
Via Python console
- Type the command in the Python console, for example: to invoke the Draft workbench type:
Gui.activateWorkbench ("DraftWorkbench")
Examples
Using the the Workbench drop-down menu
Invoking a different workbench using the Python console
Tip: If the Python console is open you will see that FreeCAD records the actions it executes in python code. Theoretically, the user can change something in the interface and see the comparable python code generated. This is a very useful way to learn python, FreeCAD, and how to automate redundant tasks (see Macros for more details).
Other references
For a general description of the workbenches, see the page Workbenches.
- Standard menu: File, Edit, View, Tools, Macro, Windows, Help
- Structure: Std Part, Std Group, Std LinkMake, Std LinkActions
- File: New, Open, Close, Close all, Save, Save as, Save a copy, Save all, Revert, Import, Export, Merge project, Project information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Recent files, Exit
- Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select all, Delete, Placement, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Preferences
- View: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Standard views (Fit all, Fit selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate left, Rotate right), Freeze display (Save views, Load views, Freeze view, Clear views), Draw style (As is, Flat lines, Shaded, Wireframe, Points, Hidden line, No shading), Bounding box, Stereo (red/cyan, quad buffer, interleaved rows, interleaved columns, Stereo off, Issue camera position), Zoom (Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom), Document window (Docked, Undocked, Full screen), Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Texture mapping, Visibility (Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement), Toggle navigation/edit mode, Appearance, Random color, Workbench, Toolbars (File, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure, Navigation), Panels (Report view, Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Combo view, Python console, DAG view), Tree view actions (Sync view, Sync selection, Sync placement, Pre-selection, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection), Status bar
- Tools: Edit parameters, Save picture, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Project utility, Measure distance, Text document, View turntable, Units calculator, Customize, Addon manager
- Macro: Macro recording, Stop macro recording, Macros, Execute macro, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint
- Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Arrange icons, Windows
- Help: Help, FreeCAD Website, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, FreeCAD forum, FreeCAD FAQ, About FreeCAD, What's This
- Preferences Editor, Interface Customization
- Main window: Standard menu, Main view area, 3D view, Combo view (Tree view, Task panel, Property editor), Selection view, Report view, Python console, Status bar, DAG view, Workbench Selector
- Auxiliary windows: Scene inspector, Dependency graph
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Docker, AppImage
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Workbenches, Preferences, Document structure, Properties, Mouse Model; Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base; Arch, Draft, FEM, Image, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Path, Points, Raytracing, Reverse Engineering, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface workbench, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
- Unmaintained workbenches: Plot, Robot, Ship
- Deprecated workbenches: Complete, Drawing
- Code: Addon Manager, Addons, Macros, External workbenches
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub
