Translations:Draft ShapeString tutorial/21/en
5. Insert the text "FreeCAD".
- 5.1. Click on ShapeString.
- 5.2. Change X to
0 mm
. - 5.3. Change Y to
0 mm
. - 5.4. Change Z to
0 mm
. - 5.5. Or press Reset point.
- 5.6. Change String to
FreeCAD
; change Height to5 mm
; change Tracking to0 mm
. - 5.7. Make sure Font file points to a valid font, for example,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
. Press the ellipsis ... to open the operating system's dialog to find a font.- Note: for more details about working with fonts please refer to the Draft ShapeString Notes section.
- 5.8. Press OK. This will create a
ShapeString
object. - 5.9. Recompute the document by pressing Refresh.
- 5.10. In the tree view, select
ShapeString
, in the View tab change the value of Line Width to2.0
. - 5.11. In the tree view, select
Chamfer
, in the View tab change the value of Visibility tofalse
, or press Space in the keyboard. This will hide the object, so you can see theShapeString
better. - 5.12. To see the ShapeString from above change the view by pressing Top (XY), or 2 in the keyboard.
- 5.13. To restore the view to isometric, press View isometric, or 0 in the keyboard.