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Std View Menu

Std MacroMenu

Std Base

Introduction

The Tools menu is one of the 7 sub-menus in the standard menu:

File Edit View Tools Macro Windows Help

The Tools menu provides tools for debugging models, customizing FreeCAD's behavior, as well as auxiliary tools.

Tools

The following tools are available in this menu:

Edit parameters...: Opens the Parameter Editor.

Save picture...: Saves a screenshot of the active 3D view.

Scene inspector...: Displays an overview of all nodes in the scenegraph of the active 3D view.

Dependency graph...: Shows the dependency graph of objects.

Project utility...: Assists in repairing damaged project files.

Measure distance: Measures and displays the distance between two points.

Add text document: Creates an object capable of holding text.

View turntable...: Displays a rotating view of the model.

Units calculator...: Opens the Units calculator for the conversion of units.

Customize...: Opens the Customize dialog box for user customization.

Addon manager: Opens the Addon manager to install external workbenches or macros.

Std View Menu

Std MacroMenu

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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-* [[Image:Std_DlgParameter.svg|32px]] [[Std_DlgParameter|Edit parameters...]] allows many of the settings that control FreeCAD to be changed. It does not set parameters for a model.
+* [[Image:Std_DlgParameter.svg|32px]] [[Std_DlgParameter|Edit parameters...]]: Opens the Parameter Editor.
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-* [[Image:Std_ViewScreenShot.svg|32px]] [[Std_ViewScreenShot|Save picture...]] takes a snapshot of the current 3D window.
+* [[Image:Std_ViewScreenShot.svg|32px]] [[Std_ViewScreenShot|Save picture...]]: Saves a screenshot of the active [[3D_view|3D view]].
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-* [[Std_SceneInspector|Scene inspector...]] displays details of the Open Inventor representation of the 3D window.
+* [[Std_SceneInspector|Scene inspector...]]: Displays an overview of all nodes in the scenegraph of the active 3D view.
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-* [[Std_ExportGraphviz|Dependency graph...]] shows how the various features in a model are related.
+* [[Std_ExportGraphviz|Dependency graph...]]: Shows the dependency graph of objects.
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-* [[Std_ProjectUtility|Project utility...]] assists in repairing damaged project files.
+* [[Std_ProjectUtility|Project utility...]]: Assists in repairing damaged project files.
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-* [[Image:Std_MeasureDistance.svg|32px]] [[Std_MeasureDistance|Measure distance]] measures and displays the absolute distance between two points in 3D space.
+* [[Image:Std_MeasureDistance.svg|32px]] [[Std_MeasureDistance|Measure distance]]: Measures and displays the distance between two points.
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-* [[Image:Std_TextDocument.svg|32px]] [[Std_TextDocument|Add text document]] adds an object that is able to hold arbitrary text.
+* [[Image:Std_TextDocument.svg|32px]] [[Std_TextDocument|Add text document]]: Creates an object capable of holding text.
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-* [[Std_DemoMode|View turntable...]] displays a rotating view of model in the 3D window.
+* [[Std_DemoMode|View turntable...]]: Displays a rotating view of the model.
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-* [[Image:Std_UnitsCalculator.svg|32px]] [[Std_UnitsCalculator|Units calculator...]] provides quick conversions between measurement systems, ex mm to inches.
+* [[Image:Std_UnitsCalculator.svg|32px]] [[Std_UnitsCalculator|Units calculator...]]: Opens the Units calculator for the conversion of units.
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-* [[Image:Std_DlgCustomize.svg|32px]] [[Std_DlgCustomize|Customize...]] allows menus, shortcut keys and toolbars to be modified.
+* [[Image:Std_DlgCustomize.svg|32px]] [[Std_DlgCustomize|Customize...]]: Opens the Customize dialog box for user customization.
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-* [[Image:Std_AddonMgr.svg|32px]] [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon manager]] installs and manages [[external workbenches|external workbenches]] and [[macros|macros]] provided by the FreeCAD community.
+* [[Image:Std_AddonMgr.svg|32px]] [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon manager]]: Opens the Addon manager to install [[External_workbenches|external workbenches]] or [[macros|macros]].
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