TechDraw Symbol

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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 16 TechDraw 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.