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# Press the {{Button|[[Image:TechDraw_Symbol.svg|16px]] [[TechDraw_Symbol|Insert SVG Symbol]]}} button
# Press the {{Button|[[Image:TechDraw_Symbol.svg|16px]] [[TechDraw_Symbol|Insert SVG Symbol]]}} button
# A File Save dialog will open.
# A File dialog will open.
# Select a location and file name.
# Select a location and file name.
# Press {{KEY|OK}}
# Press {{KEY|OK}}

Revision as of 08:52, 8 August 2022

TechDraw Symbol

Menu location
TechDraw → Insert SVG Symbol
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
TechDraw Templates, Draft SVG

Description

The Symbol tool inserts an SVG file into the page. This symbol can be anything that helps annotating your drawing, and that doesn't need to be further modified.

Compass rose added to the drawing page; this symbol is available by installing the "symbols_library" addon with the Addon Manager

Usage

  1. Press the Insert SVG Symbol button
  2. A File dialog will open.
  3. Select a location and file name.
  4. Press OK

If the symbol appears larger than expected, use the scale property to adjust its size.

Notes

  • DataScale Type for Symbols is always set to Custom at creation. This is for convenience, since symbols are almost always scaled differently from the rest of the objects on the page.

Properties

Base

See TechDraw View

  • DataX
  • DataY
  • DataLock Position
  • DataRotation
  • DataScale Type
  • DataScale
  • DataCaption

Drawing view

  • DataEditable Texts: List of editable texts, if any.

Scripting

See also: TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Symbol tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions:

sym = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol','TestSymbol')
rc = page.addView(anno)
f = open(unicode(symbolFileSpec,'utf-8'),'r')
svg = f.read()
f.close()
sym.Symbol = svg
rc = page.addView(sym)