TechDraw HowTo Page

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Introduction
This page provide a collection of hints and little guides on using the TechDraw Workbench. Adding new findings and best practices is encouraged.

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Enable/Disable Centermarks
When the centermarks are disabled hole centers and similar things can not be dimensioned. The centermarks are redndered as a little cross.


 * Select the view port (e.g. "Front")
 * In the property panel, 'View Tab set the value Arc Center Marks'' to true

Note in this tab are other settings for the view that might be useful.

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Keyboard shortcuts for Dimensions
Unlike the sketcher workbench, the TechDraw Workbench of FreeCAD 0.18 has not yet keyboard shortcuts for adding dimensions. Use the mouse to select the buttons in the tool bar. For FreeCAD 0.19 there is a discussion to add this.

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Change the Template File of a Drawing
When you have already made a drawing its possible to change the template file in the running program.

The new file will be opened directly.
 * click the desired page in the tree
 * if not already open the tree should open a small sub-tree with several leaves
 * Select the Template leaf
 * in the property panel/Data Tab/Template is the path to the template file. To change the file press the ellipsis button ('...'). This will open your default template folder (as set in Preferences/TechDraw).
 * select another template file.

When you want to update a changed template file (useful if you develop an own template file) note that you have to load another file before you can select the same file again. This is because the selection of the same file is ignored.

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