Std UserEditMode

Menu location
Std UserEditMode
Edit → Edit mode
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Std UserEditMode command allows the user to choose what would be the behavior when editing an object when double-clicking it on the Tree view.

Usage

Choose an edit mode among available ones :

File:EditModeDefault.svg Default : the object will be edited with its default mode. The edit mode is defined internally to be the most appropriate according the object type : for example, it will be shape properties edition for Part primitives and PartDesign features, placement edition with transform tool for boolean operations, ...
File:EditModeTransform.svg Transform : the object will have its placement editable with the Transform manipulator
File:EditModeCutting.svg Cutting : ??? this mode is implemented as available but seems to be currently not used by any object in FreeCAD
File:EditModeColor.svg Color : the object will have its individual faces color editable with the face color editor

Notes

Not all objects support all edit modes. In case the selected edit mode isn't supported by the edited object, it will fall back to its default mode

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To list existing editing modes :

import FreeCADGui
FreeCADGui.listUserEditModes()

To know currently active mode :

import FreeCADGui
FreeCADGui.getUserEditMode()

To change active mode :

import FreeCADGui
FreeCADGui.setUserEditMode(MODENAME) # With MODENAME a string available in list of modes

Edit

DlgPreferences

Std Edit Menu

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

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