TechDraw ActiveView

Description
The ActiveView tool inserts a copy of a 3D window into a Drawing page.



How to use

 * 1) Navigate to the 3D window you wish to copy.
 * 2) If you have multiple drawing pages in your document, you will also need to select the desired page in the tree.
 * 3) Press the  button
 * 4) A dialog will open to allow you to specify the size, border and background color of the copy.

Properties
see Symbol

Dialog Fields

 * : The width of the generated view.
 * : The height of the generated view.
 * : The amount of empty space to be left around the view (but within Width x Height).
 * : Show or hide a background.
 * : Color to paint the background, if applicable.
 * : Thickness of individual lines in the view.
 * : Various special effects. See Coin3d SoRenderManager for details.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The New View tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: