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==Description== <!--T:1-->
The [[Draft Tray]] allows you to quickly change the visual properties of [[Draft Workbench]] objects.


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[[Image:Draft Tray.png]]


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The '''Draft Tray''' allows selecting the working plane, defining style settings, toggling construction mode, and specifying the active layer or group. The four buttons show the current settings. The Draft Tray is available in the [[Image:Workbench_Draft.svg|24px]] [[Draft_Workbench|Draft Workbench]] and the [[Image:Workbench_Arch.svg|24px]] [[Arch_Workbench|Arch Workbench]] and cannot be disabled.
The line color and line width of Draft objects (and any other FreeCAD object) can easily be changed in the Draft module.


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===Anatomy of the Draft Tray=== <!--T:12-->
[[Image:Draft-linestyle.jpg]]
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{{Caption|The Draft Tray}}


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==Available tools== <!--T:20-->
[[Image:Draft Style 01.png]]
{{Caption|The Draft '''Command bar'''}}
[[Image:Draft_Style_Couleur_Ligne.png]] {{Caption|Sets the color for the line (edge)}}
[[Image:Draft_Style_Couleur_Face.png]]
{{Caption|Sets the background color (face) to the form}}
[[Image:Draft_Style_Epaisseur_Ligne.png]]
{{Caption|Sets the line thickness (edge)}}
[[Image:Draft_Style_Style.png]]
{{Caption|Applies all the parameters of '''[[Draft_Apply|style]]''' to the objects [[Draft_Select|selected]]}}


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* [[Image:Draft_tray_button_plane.png]] [[Draft_SelectPlane|Select Plane]]: selects the current Draft working plane.


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* [[Image:Draft_tray_button_style.png]] [[Draft_SetStyle|Set style]]: sets the default style for new objects.


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* [[Image:Draft_tray_button_construction.png]] [[Draft_ToggleConstructionMode|Toggle construction mode]]: switches Draft construction mode on or off.
On the '''Draft command bar''', you will see three buttons: a linewidth setting, a linecolor button, and an {{Button|Apply}} button. If objects are selected when you change those values, they will receive automatically the new values. If no object is selected, the changes you make will apply to objects you will create later. At any moment, you can hit the {{Button|Apply}} button to apply current settings to selected objects. You can also do that from the tree's context menu. If a group is selected, the settings will be applied to all objects in the group.


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* [[Image:Draft_tray_button_layer.png]] [[Draft_AutoGroup|AutoGroup]]: changes the active [[Draft_Layer|Draft Layer]] or, optionally, the active [[Std_Group|Std Group]] or group-like [[Arch_Workbench|Arch]] object.
If you would like to change the face color of filled objects, you can do it via the properties window.


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See also {{Button|[[File:Draft_Apply.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Apply|Draft Apply]]}}.
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Latest revision as of 12:37, 9 August 2022

Description

The Draft Tray allows selecting the working plane, defining style settings, toggling construction mode, and specifying the active layer or group. The four buttons show the current settings. The Draft Tray is available in the Draft Workbench and the Arch Workbench and cannot be disabled.

The Draft Tray

Available tools

  • Set style: sets the default style for new objects.