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The TechDraw workbench is used to produce technical drawings based on the 3D model. Each drawing is a Page, and a Page contains many |
The TechDraw workbench is used to produce technical drawings based on the 3D model. Each drawing is a Page, and a Page contains many Views of individual 3D objects. Dimensions can be added to Views. |
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* TechDraw is very much still in development. You should expect bugs! |
* TechDraw is very much still in development. You should expect bugs! |
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* TechDraw is not compatible with the Drawing module. It is possible to convert Drawing Pages to TechDraw Pages using Python. |
* TechDraw is not compatible with the Drawing module. It is possible to convert Drawing Pages to TechDraw Pages using Python. |
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* There are minor differences in specifying Editable Texts compare to Drawing templates. |
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* TechDraw is available starting with FreeCAD 0.17. |
* TechDraw is available starting with FreeCAD 0.17. |
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Revision as of 00:28, 1 May 2016
The TechDraw workbench is used to produce technical drawings based on the 3D model. Each drawing is a Page, and a Page contains many Views of individual 3D objects. Dimensions can be added to Views.
Preference settings
- The TechDraw module has a preferences screen to adjust default values.
Scripting
The TechDraw module features a Python API so you can use its functions in scripts and macros.
Limitations
- TechDraw is very much still in development. You should expect bugs!
- TechDraw is not compatible with the Drawing module. It is possible to convert Drawing Pages to TechDraw Pages using Python.
- There are minor differences in specifying Editable Texts compare to Drawing templates.
- TechDraw is available starting with FreeCAD 0.17.