Draft Shape2DView

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Draft_Shape2DView

Menu location
Draft -> Shape 2D View
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

This tool places in the document a 2D object which is a flattened view of a selected Shape-based object.

How to use

  1. Select the object you want to extract a 2D view from
  2. Press the Draft Shape2DView button

Options

  • If the selected object is an Arch SectionPlane, the 2D projection will be of the contents of the Section plane.

Properties

DataProjection: The direction of the projection

Scripting

The Draft Shape2DView tool can by used in macros and from the python console by using the following function:

makeShape2DView (object,[projection]): adds a 2D shape to the document, which is a 2D projection of the given object. 
A specific projection vector can also be given. Returns the generated object.

Example:

import FreeCAD,Draft
Draft.makeShape2DView(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject)
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