Translations:Draft tutorial/103/en

1. Open FreeCAD, create a new empty document with File → New.

1.1. Switch to the Draft Workbench from the workbench selector, or the menu View → Workbench → Draft.

1.2. Make sure you understand how to use the property editor, particularly the Data and View tabs to change the properties. When changing properties, you may have to do a Std Refresh action to see the result in the 3D view.

1.3. Since the Draft objects are planar shapes, they are better viewed from the top. Use View top to set the 3D view.

1.4. Although it is not used in this tutorial, the Draft grid is helpful to position geometrical elements. Use SelectPlane to set both the working plane and the grid, and then show and hide the grid with Toggle grid.