Draft SetStyle
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Draft SetStyle |
Menu location |
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Utilities → Set style |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.19 |
See also |
Draft ApplyStyle |
Description
The Draft SetStyle command sets the default style for new objects. This command is still under development and suffers from some bugs.
File:Draft SetStyle taskpanel.png
The Style settings task panel
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the style button in the Draft Tray.
- Select the Utilities → Set style option from the menu.
- The Style settings task panel opens. See Options for more information.
- Optionally change one or more settings.
- Press the OK button.
Options
- From the dropdown list at the top of the task panel an exiting style can be selected. introduced in version 0.20
- Press the Save style button to save the style settings. introduced in version 0.20
- In the Lines and faces section the following settings can be specified:
- Line color. This is also used for Draft Labels and for the ViewPoint Color of objects.
- Line width. This is also used for Draft Labels.
- Draw style.
- Display mode.
- Shape color.
- Transparency.
- In the Annotations section the following settings can be specified:
- Text font.
- Text size. This is in fact the line height, the letters are smaller.
- Text spacing. This is used for Draft Dimensions. It is the distance between the text and the dimension line. introduced in version 0.20
- Text color. This is also used for the ViewLine Color of Draft Dimensions, which defines the color of the whole dimension including the text.
- Line spacing. This scale factor is applied to the line height. introduced in version 0.20
- Arrow style.
- Arrow size.
- Show units.
- Unit override.
- Press the Selected button to apply the settings to selected objects or groups. This feature currently does not work. introduced in version 0.20
- Press the Texts/dims button to apply the settings to all Draft Texts and Draft Dimensions. This feature currently does not work. introduced in version 0.20
Notes
- The settings in the Lines and faces section are not only used for Draft objects.
Preferences
Draft
- Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
- Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
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- Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
- Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid
- Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
- Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
- Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state
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