TechDraw ActiveView

Description
The ActiveView tool inserts a copy of a 3D window into a drawing page.



Usage

 * 1) Navigate to the correct 3D view.
 * 2) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally select the desired page in the Tree view. This is not optional for.
 * 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.
 * 9) The  task panel opens. See Options for more information.
 * 10) Press the  button.

Options
The following can be specified:


 * : The width of the generated view.
 * : The height of the generated view.
 * : The amount of empty space to be left around the view (but within Width x Height).
 * : If checked a background with the specified color is added.
 * : The thickness of the lines in the view.
 * : The available modes are:
 * : Render primitives as they are.
 * : Render polygons as wireframe.
 * : Render only the vertices of the polygons and lines.
 * : Render a wireframe overlay in addition to the mode.
 * : As, but culls lines which would otherwise not be shown due to geometric culling.
 * : Only show the bounding box of each object.

Properties
See TechDraw Symbol.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

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