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Workbenches

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Introduction

Std Base is not really a workbench, but rather a category of 'standard' commands and tools that can be used in all workbenches.

Tools

Most Std Base tools can be accessed from the standard menu. Those that are only available via a toolbar or a context menu are listed under Additional tools.

Standard menu tools

The standard menu is composed of 7 sub-menus. Each sub-menu has a dedicated page. Just click on any of the names below:

File Edit View Tools Macro Windows Help

Additional tools

Std Part: Creates a new part and makes it active. introduced in version 0.17
Std Group: Creates a new group for ordering objects. introduced in version 0.17
Std LinkMake: Creates a link to the selected object(s). introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkMakeRelative: Creates a sub-object or sub-element link. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkReplace: Replaces the selected object(s) with link(s). introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkUnlink: Strips a link level. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkImport: Imports selected external link(s). introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkImportAll: Imports all links of the active document. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkMakeGroup: Creates a group of links. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkSelectLinked: Selects the linked object and switches to its owner document. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkSelectLinkedFinal: Selects the deepest linked object and switches to its owner document. introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkSelectAllLinks: Selects all links to the selected object. introduced in version 0.19
Std TreeSelectAllInstances: Selects all instances of the selected object. introduced in version 0.19
Std SelBack: Restores the previous saved selection. introduced in version 0.19
Std SelForward: Restores the next saved selection. introduced in version 0.19
Std Expressions: Expression actions. introduced in version 0.19
Std TransformManip / Std Transform: Transforms the selected object in the 3d view.

Toolbars

For quick access to the documentation of the tools in the Std Base toolbars their content is listed below. Most of these tools can also be accessed from the standard menu.

File toolbar

Workbench toolbar

Std Workbench

Macro toolbar

View toolbar

Structure toolbar

Workbenches

Arch Module

Index

Std Base

File: New, Open, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save a Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge project, Project information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Recent files, Exit

Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Edit mode, Preferences

View:
- Miscellaneous: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Bounding box, Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Texture mapping, Toggle navigation/Edit mode, Appearance, Random color, Workbench, Status bar
- Standard views: Fit all, Fit selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right
- Freeze display: Save views, Load views, Freeze view, Clear views
- Draw style: As is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden line, No shading, Shaded, Flat lines
- Stereo: Stereo red/cyan, Stereo quad buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue camera position
- Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom
- Document window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
- Visibility: Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement
- Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure, Help
- Panels: Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Tasks, Python console, DAG view, Model, Report view
- Link navigation: Go to linked object, Go to the deepest linked object, Select all links
- Tree view actions: Sync view, Sync selection, Sync placement, Pre-selection, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward

Tools: Edit parameters, Save image, Load image, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Project utility, Measure distance, Add text document, View turntable, Units calculator, Customize, Addon manager

Macro: Macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint

Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Windows

Help: Help, FreeCAD Website, Donate, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, FreeCAD Forum, FreeCAD FAQ, Report a bug, About FreeCAD, What's This

Structure and Link: Std Part, Std Group, Make link, Make sub-link, Replace with link, Unlink, Import links, Import all links

User documentation

Getting started
Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub

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+For quick access to the documentation of the tools in the [[Std_Base|Std Base]] toolbars their content is listed below. Most of these tools can also be accessed from the standard menu.
 ===File toolbar===