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Revision as of 11:12, 27 May 2018

The Draft workbench allows to quickly draw simple 2D objects in the current document, and offers several tools to modify them afterwards. Some of these tools also work on all other FreeCAD objects, not only those created with the Draft workbench. It also provides a complete snapping system, and several utilities to manage objects and settings.

Drawing objects

These are tools for creating objects.

  • Line: Draws a line segment between 2 points
  • Wire: Draws a line made of multiple line segments (polyline)
  • Circle: Draws a circle from center and radius
  • Arc: Draws an arc segment from center, radius, start angle and end angle
  • Ellipse: Draws an ellipse from two corner points
  • Polygon: Draws a regular polygon from a center and a radius
  • Rectangle: Draws a rectangle from 2 opposite points
  • Text: Draws a multi-line text annotation
  • Dimension: Draws a dimension annotation
  • BSpline: Draws a B-Spline from a series of points
  • Point: Inserts a point object
  • ShapeString: The ShapeString tool inserts a compound shape representing a text string at a given point in the current document
  • Facebinder: Creates a new object from selected faces on existing objects
  • Bezier Curve: Draws a Bezier curve from a series of points
  • Label: Places a label with an arrow pointing to a selected element introduced in version 0.17

Modifying objects

These are tools for modifying existing objects. They work on selected objects, but if no object is selected, you will be invited to select one.

  • Move: Moves object(s) from one location to another
  • Rotate: Rotates object(s) from a start angle to an end angle
  • Offset: Moves segments of an object about a certain distance
  • Trim/Extend (Trimex): Trims or extends an object
  • Upgrade: Joins objects into a higher-level object
  • Downgrade: Explodes objects into lower-level objects
  • Scale: Scales selected object(s) around a base point
  • Drawing: Writes selected objects to a Drawing sheet
  • Edit: Edits a selected object
  • Wire to BSpline: Converts a wire to a BSpline and vice-versa
  • Add point: Adds a point to a wire or BSpline
  • Delete point: Deletes a point from a wire or BSpline
  • Shape 2D View: Creates a 2D object which is a flattened 2D view of another 3D object
  • Draft to Sketch: Converts a Draft object to Sketch and vice-versa
  • Array: Creates a polar or rectangular array from selected objects
  • Path Array: Creates an array of objects by placing the copies along a path
  • Clone: Clones the selected objects
  • Mirror: Mirrors the selected objects
  • Stretch: Stretches the selected objects introduced in version 0.17

Utility tools

Additional tools available via right-click context menu, depending on the selected objects.

Preferences

File formats

The Draft module provides FreeCAD with importers and exporters for the following file formats:

Additional features

  • Snapping: Allows to place new points on special places on existing objects
  • Constraining: Allows to place new points horizontally or vertically in relation to previous points
  • Working with manual coordinates: Allows to enter manual coordinates instead of clicking on screen
  • Working plane: Allows you to define a plane in the 3D space, where next operations will take place

Scripting

The Draft module features a complete Draft API so you can use its functions in scripts and macros

Tutorials

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