Std Base
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.
There are 7 standard menus. Each sub-menu has a dedicated page. Just click on any of the names below.
File Edit View Tools Macro Windows Help
Toolbars
For quick access to the documentation of the standard tools, they are listed below. Most of these tools can also be accessed from the standard menu.
Structure toolbar
Std Part
Std Group
Std LinkMake introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkActions
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
Macro toolbar
View toolbar
Std ViewFitAll
Std ViewFitSelection
Std DrawStyle
Std SelBoundingBox
Std SelBack introduced in version 0.19
Std SelForward introduced in version 0.19
Std LinkSelectActions
Std TreeViewActions
Std ViewIsometric
Std ViewFront
Std ViewTop
Std ViewRight
Std ViewRear
Std ViewBottom
Std ViewLeft
Std MeasureDistance
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
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
- 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
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
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub