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TechDraw MoveView

From FreeCAD Documentation
This tool is obsolete, it is not available in 1.0 and above.
Views can now be dragged and dropped between pages in the Tree view.

TechDraw MoveView

Menu location
TechDraw → TechDraw Views → Move View
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.20
See also
TechDraw ShareView

Description[edit | edit source]

The TechDraw MoveView tool moves a View and all its dependents (Balloons, Dimensions, etc) to a different Page.

Usage[edit | edit source]

  1. Optionally select a View, a from Page and a to Page. The pages must be selected in that order.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • Press the Move View button.
    • Select the TechDraw → TechDraw Views → Move View option from the menu.
  3. A dialog will open to allow you to select a View, from Page and to Page.
  4. Press the OK button.

Scripting[edit | edit source]

See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

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

import TechDrawTools
TechDrawTools.MoveView(viewName, fromPageName, toPageName)