So it could be a bit before I can address the Rotation parameter. The latest stable version simply refuses to properly load Tech Draw pages and Spreadsheets.
#FREECAD SCALE UPDATE#
Currently, I am having a great deal of trouble with a recent update to FC, and sadly, Tech Draw is one of those trouble children. Living in Canada, a great many of my clients insist upon imperial.Īs for rotation, I have not had need of that feature, so at the moment cannot speak to how it works. My choice is generally dictated by the units system for my project (e.g. 0.371 or some other irrational decimal) then I switch to Custom and proceed downward to the next "best fit" rational decimal. If the scale proves awkward for use (e.g. This provides an initial rough scaling that is often good enough with just some slight repositioning of the views. Initially I set the Scale Type to Automatic and click Apply. Thus reducing the clutter of measures around any one view. This means that all but the corner view become 2D and that any view can be used to provide at least one extent measure. I generally set my central/main view to be either the most complex, or most representative face. Above the check boxes, you can set you Perspective View (First or Third angle), the Scale Type (Page, Automatic, or Custom), and if custom was set as the scale type, then you can set the scale for the group as a whole.Īs I do custom joinery, I often have complex "one of" parts, and this multiple linked view method is handy to provide a good set of relational drawings.
#FREECAD SCALE SERIES#
This begins with the view shown in the model space and allows you to add views from the eight surrounding camera position and from the rear using a series of check boxes. top, front, right, top right 3D, etc.) then you can use the "Insert Multiple Linked Views" button on the Tech Draw workbench. However, if you wish several views of the same item (i.e. If you will be placing multiple different images on the same drawing, then you must change both scale type and scale for each image independently. You can them set any scaling of you choice for that image. To achieve the greatest flexibility of scaling, which is what I believe is your intention, change the scale type to "Custom". one that cannot be changed after the fact). This however, also leads to a fixed scaling (i.e. If you change to scale type to "Automatic" it will adjust the scale to a size that will allow that image (or linked images group) to fit upon the set paper size. By definition, the only scale for Page is 1.
I notice in your screen shots that the parameter "Scale Type" is set to "Page".
This works as expected for the other fields in the same section (X and Y), so I assume it is not yet implemented. But you are only ever scaling the "view" of the 3d model, you do not scale the 3d model itself.Changing the value of scale to a number different from 1 doesn't change the scale of the view, even after clicking awayĬhanging the value of rotation to a number different from 0 doesn't change the orientation of the view. You move and scale those views on the TechDraw page so they suit your real world requirements and then print the page. If you want to print technical drawings in today's FreeCAD, you first create the real size 3d model, then you push views of that 3d model onto a 2d page using TechDraw workbench (note, TechDraw not the older now deprecated Drawing WB.). Modern CAD like FreeCAD actually creates a "real" model of the object not just a series of line drawings showing a view from different directions.
Those drawings are just that, just a drawing, with enough information so that you can interpret what is intended to be shown. The scaling that the original poster was talking about is an old out of date concept, like drawing a technical drawing but in a computer rather than paper. Normally you set the scale to 1:100 and go from there, or as with Sketchup, you enter the dimension you want and then blow it up to work on it.Ī seven year old topic! FreeCAD has evolved beyond all recognition over that time.Īs the others said, modern CAD, you model your object in real size.you then zoom the "view" of it so that it fits on your screen, but the object remains in its real size.
#FREECAD SCALE FULL SIZE#
Hi ickby, I too am just starting with Freecad, but cannot see how you can draw a fish tank 4,000 mm long by 1250 mm wide full size and then scale it down. I'm not overly familiar with draft workbench, but I would say: you don't set the scale! You draw everything the real size and when you put it on a drawing (drawing workbench) you can set the scale to fit it on a standart paper size.
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