TechDraw New Default
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| Menu location |
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| TechDraw → New Default |
| Workbenches |
| TechDraw |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| TechDraw New Pick, TechDraw Templates |
Description
The New Default tool creates a new Page object using the the template file specified in the TechDraw Preferences.
Default template that comes with TechDraw: A4 page in landscape orientation, with editable text fields
Usage
- Press the
New Default button. An Active Document must exist.
Notes
- If a Page is marked as "do not keep updated" either through the KeepUpdated Property or by the setting in Preferences, it will ignore changes in the 3D model. You may notice anomalies (missing geometry, missing Dimension values, etc) in the appearance of the Page. These will correct themselves once the Page is updated. The Page will have this icon
in the tree while updating is suspended. This setting also affects the startup process. If the Page is marked "do not keep updated" it will not be drawn at program start.
If the default template is not specified in your user configuration file user.cfg, the tool will try
$INSTALL_DIR/Mod/TechDraw/Templates/A4_LandscapeTD.svg
Where $INSTALL_DIR is the directory where FreeCAD was installed, for example
/usr/share/freecad/Mod/TechDraw/Templates/A4_LandscapeTD.svg
Properties
- DataProjection Type: Default projection type (First or Third Angle) for this Page.
- DataKeepUpdated: If false, Page is not updated with changes to the 3D model. Useful for complicated/slow drawings. See Notes.
- DataTemplate: A link to this Page's Template object.
- DataViews: A list of links to the Views on this Page.
- DataScale: Default scale for Views in this Page.
Scripting
See also: TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
The New Default tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions:
page = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawPage','Page')
template = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawSVGTemplate','Template')
template.Template = templateFileSpec
page.Template = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Template
- Creates a new Page in the current document
Editable text fields
See also: TechDraw Templates for more information on creating templates.
Once a new page has been created, its Template attribute holds an EditableTexts dictionary with the name of the editable fields (keys) and their textual values. Copy this dictionary to a variable, make changes, and then re-assign the dictionary to the EditableTexts attribute to see the changes.
page = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Page
texts = page.Template.EditableTexts
for key, value in texts.items():
print("{0} = {1}".format(key, value))
texts["FC-Title"] = "The title of my page"
page.Template.EditableTexts = texts
- 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
- Clips: Insert Clip Group, Add View to Clip Group, Remove View from Clip Group
- Dimensions: New Length, New Horizontal, New Vertical, New Radius, New Diameter, New Angle, New Angle3Pt, New Links, New Balloon
- Decorations: Hatch Face using Image File, Apply Geometric Hatch to Face, Insert SVG Symbol, Insert Bitmap Image, Turn View Frames On/Off
- Annotations: Insert Annotation, Add Leaderline to View, Insert Rich Text Annotation, Add Cosmetic Vertex, Add Midpoint Vertices, Add Quadrant Vertices, Add Centerline to Face(s), Add Centerline between 2 Lines, Add Centerline between 2 Points, Remove Cosmetic Object, Change Appearance of Line(s), Show/Hide Invisible Edges, Add Welding Information to Leader
- Import/Export: Export Page as SVG, Export Page as DXF
- Additional: Preferences; Hatching, LineGroup, Templates; TechDraw API, TechDrawGui API
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Docker, AppImage
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- Deprecated workbenches: Complete, Drawing
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