Std Base

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 menus, and standard toolbars. Those that are only available via 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 TransformManip / Std Transform: Transforms an object in the 3d view.
• Std Expressions: Expression actions. introduced in version 0.19
• Std TreeSelectAllInstances: Selects all instances of an object. introduced in version 0.19
• Std LinkMakeGroup: Creates a group of links. introduced in version 0.19

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

• Std New
• Std Open
• Std Save
• Std Print
• Std Cut
• Std Copy
• Std Paste
• Std Undo
• Std Redo
• Std Refresh
• Std WhatsThis

Workbench toolbar

• Std Workbench

Macro toolbar

• Std DlgMacroRecord
• Std MacroStopRecord
• Std DlgMacroExecute
• Std DlgMacroExecuteDirect

View toolbar

• Std ViewFitAll
• Std ViewFitSelection
• Std DrawStyle
  • Std DrawStyle#As is
  • Std DrawStyle#Points
  • Std DrawStyle#Wireframe
  • Std DrawStyle#Hidden line
  • Std DrawStyle#No shading
  • Std DrawStyle#Shaded
  • Std DrawStyle#Flat lines
• Std SelBoundingBox
• 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 LinkSelectActions
  • Std LinkSelectLinked: selects the linked object and switches to its document. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkSelectLinkedFinal: selects the deepest linked object and switches to its document. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkSelectAllLinks: selects all links to an object. introduced in version 0.19
• Std TreeViewActions
  • Std TreeSyncView
  • Std TreeSyncSelection
  • Std TreeSyncPlacement
  • Std TreePreSelection
  • Std TreeRecordSelection
  • Std TreeSingleDocument
  • Std TreeMultiDocument
  • Std TreeCollapseDocument
  • Std TreeDrag
  • Std TreeSelection
• Std ViewIsometric
• Std ViewFront
• Std ViewTop
• Std ViewRight
• Std ViewRear
• Std ViewBottom
• Std ViewLeft
• Std MeasureDistance

Structure toolbar

• Std Part: creates a new part and makes it active.
• Std Group: creates a new group.
• Std LinkMake: creates an App Link. introduced in version 0.19
• Std LinkActions
  • Std LinkMakeRelative: creates a sub-object or sub-element link. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkReplace: replaces objects with new links. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkUnlink: replaces links with their linked objects. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkImport: imports selected links from another document. introduced in version 0.19
  • Std LinkImportAll: imports all external links from another document. introduced in version 0.19

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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

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• Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Windows

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub