TechDraw ArchView

Description
The TechDraw ArchView tool inserts a view of an on a TechDraw page.



Usage

 * 1) Select a single Arch section plane in the 3D view or Tree view.
 * 2) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally add the desired page to the selection by selecting it in the Tree view.
 * 3) There are several ways to invoke the tool:
 * 4) * Press the button.
 * 5) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 6) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document and you have not yet selected a page, the  dialog box opens:
 * 7) Select the desired page.
 * 8) Press the  button.

Options

 * The Arch View is rendered by the Arch Workbench.
 * Draft Dimensions, Draft Texts and any other 2D (Sketch or Draft) object considered by the section plane is rendered "as is" (no intersection or hidden lines) on top of the solid geometry
 * The volume of Arch Spaces is not rendered, only the label will be rendered
 * Cut lines, projected lines (if Show Hidden property is set to True) and 2D lines above can be rendered with different line widths. This can be configured in the Arch preferences.
 * The ArchView has two rendering modes:
 * Wireframe, which uses the OpenCasCade algorithms of the TechDraw Workbench, is fast and produces only lines (no face fill possible)
 * Solid, which is based on the Painter's algorithm, and is capable of rendering faces filled with their shape color. However, it is much slower and can fail in many situations.
 * The image below illustrates the difference between the two rendering modes:


 * [[Image:TechDraw Arch rendering.jpg]]


 * Only the base line of Arch Pipes is rendered, not the full volume of the tube:


 * [[Image:TechDraw Arch piping.jpg]]

Properties
See also TechDraw View.

Data

 * : The section plane object to be displayed.
 * : If hidden objects must be shown or not. If, only objects that are visible in the 3D view are rendered.
 * : The render mode to use, or.
 * : If, Arch Spaces are shown as a colored area.
 * : If the hidden geometry (the part of the geometry that lies behind the section plane) is shown or not. It will be rendered in dashed line, which can be configured in the Arch preferences.
 * : If cut areas must be filled with a grey color or not.
 * : The width of the main lines. Cut lines and projected/2D line widths ratios can be configured in the Arch preferences.
 * : The size of all texts that appear in this view.
 * : Width of the cut lines in this view.
 * : If, walls and structures will be fused by material.

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

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