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Revision as of 20:37, 9 August 2018

TechDraw Symbol

Menu location
TechDraw → Symbol
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Symbol tool inserts an SVG file into the page as a view

How to use

  1. Press the Symbol button
  2. A File Save dialog will open. Select a location and file name.

Options

None.

Properties

  • n/a

Scripting

SVG files can be inserted into a drawing page using Python.

sym = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol','TestSymbol')
rc = page.addView(anno)
f = open(unicode(symbolFileSpec,'utf-8'),'r')
svg = f.read()
f.close()
sym.Symbol = svg
rc = page.addView(sym)


Notes

  • Symbol appear larger than expected. Use the Scale property to adjust the size.