TechDraw DetailView

Description
The Detail tool creates a view of small area of an existing view.



Usage

 * 1) Select a part view in the 3D window or tree.
 * 2) If you have multiple drawing pages in your document, you will also need to select the desired page in the tree.
 * 3) Press the  button to create the section view.
 * 4) select the created view in the tree and change its properties,  and/or  to adjust the position, size and magnification of the base view area that should be displayed in the detail view.

The Detail view can be displayed within a round or square viewbox. This is controlled by the preferences setting Detail View Outline Shape.

Detail View

 * : The view on which this Detail view is based.
 * : The center of the Detail view within the.
 * : The size of the area in the that is displayed in the Detail view.
 * : Magnification level.
 * : An identifier to indicate the area of the that is displayed.

Base View
A Detail view inherits all applicable properties of the view specified as. In the properties of this view you can change the appearance of the detail outline:


 * : Line color for the outline shape.
 * : Line style for the outline shape.

The default settings for these parameters are set via the settings Detail Highlight and Detail Highlight Style in the TechDraw preferences.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

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

Tricks

 * The space around the view outline and the view object border is by default a white area. This means it covers everything behind it. Sometimes there is not enough space on the page and you can save space by reducing this unnecessary white area. This is done by putting the Detail view into a clip group: