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To change the active view to dimetric use the {{incode|viewDimetric}} method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.
To change the active view to dimetric view use the {{incode|viewDimetric}} method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.


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Revision as of 13:46, 27 March 2020

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Std ViewDimetric

Menu location
View → Standard views → Axonometric → Dimetric
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std ViewIsometric, Std ViewTrimetric

Description

The Std ViewDimetric command changes the view direction of the active 3D view to obtain a dimetric view. But the view will only be dimetric if it is in orthographic mode.

The axis cross and a cube in dimetric view

Usage

  1. Select the View → Standard views → Axonometric → Dimetric option from the menu.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To change the active view to dimetric view use the viewDimetric method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.viewDimetric()
FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getViewDirection()