Draft Shape2DView

Description
This tool places in the document a 2D object which is a flattened view of a selected Shape-based object.



How to use

 * 1) Select the object you want to extract a 2D view from
 * 2) Press the  button

Options

 * If the selected object is an Arch SectionPlane, the 2D projection will be of the contents of the Section plane.

Properties

 * The direction of the projection

Scripting
The Draft Shape2DView tool can by used in macros and from the python console by using the following function:

makeShape2DView (object,[projection]): adds a 2D shape to the document, which is a 2D projection of the given object. A specific projection vector can also be given. Returns the generated object.

Example:

import FreeCAD,Draft Draft.makeShape2DView(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject)