TechDraw Workbench

From FreeCAD Documentation

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.


Template:TechDraw Tools

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.
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