3D view

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Introduction

The 3D view of FreeCAD is an instance of a Coin3D scenegraph. Coin3D is a library that implements the OpenInventor 2.1 scene description standard.

By the default the 3D view shows a small widget with coordinate axes, and the navigation cube also with coordinate axes; the grid can be displayed and configured using the Draft Workbench.

Actions

When the default Start Workbench is active, right clicking on the 3D view shows only one command:

Navigation styles

However, once a Workbench is chosen, there are additional commands:

Link actions: creates different types of App::Link objects. introduced in version 0.19
Fit all
Fit selection
Draw style menu: solid, wireframe, and point options.
Standard views: isometric, top, bottom, left, right.
Measure menu: create some measurements.
Document window: docked, undocked, and fullscreen.

Additionally, depending on the workbench and object that is active, other command menus may become available. For example, with the Part Workbench and one object selected:

Appearance: color and sizes of lines and vertices, and color of faces.
Toggle visibility: hide or show.
Toggle selectability: set to be able able to be selected or not. Change the property by toggling the ViewSelectable in the Property editor.
Go to selection: select the object in the tree view.
Random color: assign a random color to the object.
Delete: delete the object.

For example, with the Draft Workbench and one object selected: