工作台
像许多现代设计应用程序,如Revit或CATIA,FreeCAD基于工作台的概念。工作台可以被认为是为特定任务分组的一组工具。在一个传统的家具车间里,你有一个工作桌子给木材工作的人,另一张桌子给金属件工作的人,也可能有第三张桌子给把所有这些部件组装在一起的人。
在FreeCAD中,相同的概念也适用。工具根据其相关任务分为工作台。
当您从一个工作台切换到另一个工作台时,界面上可用的工具发生变化。工具栏,命令栏和界面的其他部分可以切换到新的工作台,但是您的场景的内容不会改变。例如,您可以使用草图工作台开始绘制2D形状,然后使用零件工作台进一步处理它们。
请注意,有时工作台被称为“模块”。但是,工作台和模块是不同的实体。模块是FreeCAD的任何扩展,而Workbench是一个特殊的GUI配置,可以组合一些工具栏和菜单。通常每个模块都包含自己的工作台,因此交叉使用名称。
内建的工作台
Current
每个FreeCAD安装都可以使用以下工作台:
- Std Base. This is not really a workbench, but rather a category of 'standard' commands and tools that can be used in all workbenches.
- The Arch Workbench for working with architectural elements.
- The Draft Workbench contains 2D tools and basic 2D and 3D CAD operations.
- The FEM Workbench provides Finite Element Analysis (FEA) workflow.
- The Inspection Workbench is made to give you specific tools for examination of shapes. It is still under development.
- The Mesh Workbench for working with triangulated meshes.
- The OpenSCAD Workbench for interoperability with OpenSCAD and repairing constructive solid geometry (CSG) model history.
- The Part Workbench for working with geometric primitives and boolean operations.
- The Part Design Workbench for building Part shapes from sketches.
- The Path Workbench is used to produce G-Code instructions. It is still under development.
- The Points Workbench for working with point clouds.
- The Raytracing Workbench for working with ray-tracing (rendering).
- The Reverse Engineering Workbench is intended to provide specific tools to convert shapes/solids/meshes into parametric FreeCAD-compatible features. It is still under development.
- The Robot Workbench for studying robot movements.
- The Sketcher Workbench for working with geometry-constrained sketches.
- The Spreadsheet Workbench for creating and manipulating spreadsheet data.
- The Start Center Workbench allows you to quickly jump to one of the most common workbenches.
- The Surface Workbench provides tools to create and modify surfaces. It is similar to the Part Builder Face from edges option.
- The TechDraw Workbench for producing technical drawings from 3D models. It is the successor of the Drawing Workbench.
- The Test Framework Workbench is for debugging FreeCAD.
- The Web Workbench provides you with a browser window instead of the 3D view within FreeCAD.
Obsolete
The following workbenches are no longer included in the base installation after version 0.20:
- The Drawing Workbench was used for producing technical drawings. The TechDraw Workbench is its more advanced replacement.
- The Image Workbench was used for working with bitmap images. It functionality has been integrated in Std Base. See Std Import and Std ViewLoadImage.
外部工作台
FreeCAD工作台很容易在Python中编程,所以很多人在FreeCAD代码库之外开发了额外的工作台。
外部工作台页面有一些关于其中的一些信息和教程,FreeCAD Addons项目旨在收集它们,并使其可以从FreeCAD中轻松安装。亦可用Addon Manager进行安装,它在菜单中的位置为Tools → Addon manager。
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, Assembly, BIM, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub