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The '''Std WhatsThis''' command opens the help documentation for a specific command. |
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Since FreeCAD version 0.20 this command and the Help system are managed by a separate Help Module. For versions 0.20 and 0.21 this module is an [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-Help addon] that must be [[Std_AddonMgr|installed]] separately. In later versions the Help Module is integrated in FreeCAD. |
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# There are several ways to invoke the command: |
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# Press the {{Button|[[ |
#* Press the {{Button|[[Image:Std_WhatsThis.svg|16px]] [[Std_WhatsThis|Std WhatsThis]]}} button. |
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#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Help → [[Image:Std_WhatsThis.svg|16px]] What's This?}} option from the menu. |
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#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|Shift}}+{{KEY|F1}}. |
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# The help documentation for the selected command opens. |
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{{Emphasis|Note:}} Some commands are not documented, in that case the offline help will open on a blank page and report that the page could not be found. |
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* The Help system has a number of preferences. See [[Preferences_Editor#Help|Preferences Editor]]. |
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On Debian/Ubuntu and possibly other Linux systems, the offline documentation may not be included with the main FreeCAD package, and may need to be installed separately. |
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See [[Installing_Helpfile|Installing Helpfile]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 27 October 2023
Std WhatsThis |
Menu location |
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Help → What's This? |
Workbenches |
All |
Default shortcut |
Shift+F1 |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
Std OnlineHelp |
Description
The Std WhatsThis command opens the help documentation for a specific command.
Since FreeCAD version 0.20 this command and the Help system are managed by a separate Help Module. For versions 0.20 and 0.21 this module is an addon that must be installed separately. In later versions the Help Module is integrated in FreeCAD.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the Std WhatsThis button.
- Select the Help → What's This? option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: Shift+F1.
- Click a toolbar button or a menu option.
- The help documentation for the selected command opens.
Notes
- The Help system has a number of preferences. See Preferences Editor.
Std Base
- File: New, Open, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save a Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge project, Project information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Recent files, Exit
- Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Edit mode, Preferences
- View:
- Miscellaneous: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Bounding box, Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Texture mapping, Toggle navigation/Edit mode, Appearance, Random color, Workbench, Status bar
- Standard views: Fit all, Fit selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right
- Freeze display: Save views, Load views, Freeze view, Clear views
- Draw style: As is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden line, No shading, Shaded, Flat lines
- Stereo: Stereo red/cyan, Stereo quad buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue camera position
- Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom
- Document window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
- Visibility: Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement
- Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure, Help
- Panels: Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Tasks, Python console, DAG view, Model, Report view
- Link navigation: Go to linked object, Go to the deepest linked object, Select all links
- Tree view actions: Sync view, Sync selection, Sync placement, Pre-selection, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward
- Tools: Edit parameters, Save image, Load image, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Project utility, Measure distance, Add text document, View turntable, Units calculator, Customize, Addon manager
- Macro: Macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint
- Help: Help, FreeCAD Website, Donate, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, FreeCAD Forum, FreeCAD FAQ, Report a bug, About FreeCAD, What's This
User documentation
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub