TechDraw ToggleFrame

Description
The TechDraw ToggleFrame tool turns the display of View frames, labels and vertices on or off.



Usage

 * 1) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally activate the desired page by selecting it in the Tree view.
 * 2) There are several ways to invoke the tool:
 * 3) * Press the button.
 * 4) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 5) * If a page is displayed in the Main view area: right-click the page's window and select the option from the context menu.
 * 6) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document and you have not yet activated a page, the  dialog box opens:
 * 7) Select the desired page.
 * 8) Press the  button.
 * 9) Currently visible View frames will disappear. Currently invisible View frames will appear.
 * 10) It is possible for different Views to be in different states of frame display. If this happens, invoke this tool once or twice to resynchronize the Views.

Background
The dotted view frame and the vertex dots are just for reference, they aren't actually part of the drawing, so you won't see them once you export the page as PDF or SVG.

The suggested workflow is to use to deactivate the frame surrounding the view, and also the additional dots. With the dots, use the measurement tools to select the correct edges to measure, then toggle the frame (and dots) off to see the final result. Not satisfied? Toggle the frame (and dots) on again, select other vertices and create new measurements, then toggle the frame off again.

You can adjust the size of the vertex dots in the TechDraw Preferences/Scale tab. Please do not set their size to zero, just small or big enough so it's comfortable for you to pick them up.

Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Toggle tool currently doesn't have a programming interface.