Std Workbench

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Std Workbench
Menu location
View → Workbench
Workbenches
Workbenches
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Std Workbench command activates a selected workbench including its graphical user interface (GUI).

The Workbench dropdown list indicated by number 10 in the standard interface

Usage

1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
   • Select a workbench from the Workbench dropdown list in the Workbench toolbar. This option is not available if the current workbench is <none> (no workbench).
   • Select a workbench from the View → Workbench sub-menu.

Notes

• Additional External Workbenches can be downloaded with the Addon Manager.

Preferences

• The start up workbench can be changed in the preferences: Edit → Preferences... → General → General → Start up. See Preferences Editor.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To change the worbench use the activateWorkbench method of the FreeCADGui module. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("PartDesignWorkbench")

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Std View Menu

Std Base

• 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

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• Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Edit mode, Preferences

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• View:
  • Miscellaneous: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Bounding box, Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Texture mapping, Toggle navigation/Edit mode, Appearance, Random color, Workbench, Status bar
  • Standard views: Fit all, Fit selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right
  • Freeze display: Save views, Load views, Freeze view, Clear views
  • Draw style: As is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden line, No shading, Shaded, Flat lines
  • Stereo: Stereo red/cyan, Stereo quad buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue camera position
  • Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom
  • Document window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
  • 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
  • Toolbars: File, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure
  • 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

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• Tools: Edit parameters, Save picture, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Project utility, Measure distance, Add text document, View turntable, Units calculator, Customize, Addon manager

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• Macro: Macro recording, Stop macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint

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• Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Arrange Icons, Windows

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• Help: Help, FreeCAD Website, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, FreeCAD Forum, FreeCAD FAQ, About FreeCAD, What's This

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• Structure and Link: Std Part, Std Group, Make link, Make sub-link, Replace with link, Unlink, Import links, Import all links, Go to linked object, Go to deepest linked object, Select all links

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• Additional: Restore previous selection, Restore next selection

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• 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, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
• Deprecated or unmaintained workbenches: Complete, Drawing, Robot

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub

Interface

• 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