Std Tools Menu

Tools

• Edit parameters allows many of the settings that control FreeCAD to be changed. It does not set parameters for a model.

• Save picture takes a snapshot of the current 3D window.

• Scene inspector displays details of the Open Inventor representation of the 3D window.

• Dependency graph shows how the various features in a model are related.

• Project utility assists in repairing damaged project files.

• Measure distance measures and displays the absolute distance between two points in 3D space.

• View turntable displays a rotating view of model in the 3D window.

• Units calculator provides quick conversions between measurement systems, ex mm to inches.

• File:Std InterfaceCustomization.svg Customize allows menus, shortcut keys and toolbars to be modified.

• Addon manager installs and manages external workbenches and macros provided by the FreeCAD community.

Std Base

• File: New, Open, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save a Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge project, Project information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Recent files, Exit

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• Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Edit mode, Preferences

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• View:
  • Miscellaneous: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Bounding box, Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Texture mapping, Toggle navigation/Edit mode, Appearance, Random color, Workbench, Status bar
  • Standard views: Fit all, Fit selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right
  • Freeze display: Save views, Load views, Freeze view, Clear views
  • Draw style: As is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden line, No shading, Shaded, Flat lines
  • Stereo: Stereo red/cyan, Stereo quad buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue camera position
  • Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom
  • Document window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
  • Visibility: Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement
  • Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure, Help
  • Panels: Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Tasks, Python console, DAG view, Model, Report view
  • Link navigation: Go to linked object, Go to the deepest linked object, Select all links
  • Tree view actions: Sync view, Sync selection, Sync placement, Pre-selection, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward

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• Tools: Edit parameters, Save image, Load image, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Project utility, Measure distance, Add text document, View turntable, Units calculator, Customize, Addon manager

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• Macro: Macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint

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• Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Windows

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• Help: Help, FreeCAD Website, Donate, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, FreeCAD Forum, FreeCAD FAQ, Report a bug, About FreeCAD, What's This

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• Structure and Link: Std Part, Std Group, Make link, Make sub-link, Replace with link, Unlink, Import links, Import all links

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub