TechDrawGui API

(November 2018) This information may be incomplete and outdated. For the latest API, see the autogenerated API documentation.

These functions are part of the TechDraw Workbench and can be used in macros and from the Python console once the TechDrawGui module has been imported.

See the TechDraw API for more functions.

Example:

import FreeCAD
import TechDrawGui

p = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Page

f = "/home/localuser/myPdfDirectory/savePage.pdf"
TechDrawGui.exportPageAsPdf(p, f)

f = "/home/localuser/mySvgDirectory/savePage.svg"
TechDrawGui.exportPageAsSvg(p, f)

exportPageAsPdf(pageObject, filePath)

Description: save a copy of pageObject in PDF format to location filePath

Returns: none

exportPageAsSvg(pageObject, filePath)

Description: save a copy of pageObject in SVG format to location filePath

Returns: none

copyActiveViewToSvgFile(document, filePath, (options))

Description: save a copy of the active view for "document" to file "filePath"

Returns: double (estimated scale)

Options:

• width - float - width of generated svg in mm
• height - float - height of generated svg in mm
• paintBackground - bool - paint/do not paint background
• backgroundColor - tuple - (r,g,b,a)
• lineWidth - float - weight of lines
• border - float - empty space around image
• mode - int - rendering mode (AS_IS, WIREFRAME, POINTS, WIREFRAME_OVERLAY, HIDDEN_LINE, BOUNDING_BOX)

addQGIToView(view, QGraphicsItem)

Description: add a QGraphicsItem (created using PySide) to a View

Returns: none

TechDraw

• Pages: Insert Default Page, Insert Page using Template, Redraw Page
• Views: Insert View, Insert Active View, Insert Projection Group, Insert Section View, Insert Detail View, Insert Draft Workbench Object, Insert Arch Workbench Object, Insert Spreadsheet View, Move View, Share View
• Clips: Insert Clip Group, Add View to Clip Group, Remove View from Clip Group

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• Decorations: Hatch Face using Image File, Apply Geometric Hatch to Face, Insert SVG Symbol, Insert Bitmap Image, Turn View Frames On/Off
• Dimensions: Insert Length Dimension, Insert Horizontal Dimension, Insert Vertical Dimension, Insert Radius Dimension, Insert Diameter Dimension, Insert Angle Dimension, Insert 3-Point Angle Dimension, Insert Horizontal Extent Dimension, Insert Vertical Extent Dimension, Link Dimension to 3D Geometry, Insert Balloon Annotation, Insert Landmark Dimension
• Annotations: Insert Annotation, Add Leaderline to View, Insert Rich Text Annotation, Add Cosmetic Vertex, Add Midpoint Vertices, Add Quadrant Vertices, Add Centerline to Faces, Add Centerline between 2 Lines, Add Centerline between 2 Points, Add Cosmetic Line Through 2 points, Remove Cosmetic Object, Change Appearance of Lines, Show/Hide Invisible Edges, Add Welding Information to Leader

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• Extensions:
  • Attributes and modifications: Select Line Attributes, Cascade Spacing and Delta Distance, Change Line Attributes, Extend Line, Shorten Line, Lock/Unlock View, Position Section View, Position Horizontal Chain Dimensions, Position Vertical Chain Dimensions, Position Oblique Chain Dimensions, Cascade Horizontal Dimensions, Cascade Vertical Dimensions, Cascade Oblique Dimensions, Calculate the area of selected faces, Customize format label
  • Centerlines and threading: Add Circle Centerlines, Add Bolt Circle Centerlines, Add Cosmetic Thread Hole Side View, Add Cosmetic Thread Hole Bottom View, Add Cosmetic Thread Bolt Side View, Add Cosmetic Thread Bolt Bottom View, Add Cosmetic Intersection Vertex(es), Add Cosmetic Circle, Add Cosmetic Arc, Add Cosmetic Circle 3 Points, Add Cosmetic Parallel Line, Add Cosmetic Perpendicular Line
  • Dimensions: Create Horizontal Chain Dimensions, Create Vertical Chain Dimensions, Create Oblique Chain Dimensions, Create Horizontal Coordinate Dimensions, Create Vertical Coordinate Dimensions, Create Oblique Coordinate Dimensions, Create Horizontal Chamfer Dimension, Create Vertical Chamfer Dimension, Create Arc Length Dimension, Insert '⌀' Prefix, Insert '〼' Prefix, Remove Prefix, Increase Decimal Places, Decrease Decimal Places

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• Export: Export Page as SVG, Export Page as DXF
• Additional: Line Groups, Templates, Hatching, Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, Preferences

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