Std ClarifySelection

Measure

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Std Tools Menu

Description

The Std ClarifySelection command displays a menu listing nearby geometrical entities of different types next to the cursor when hovering the model.

Usage

1. Place the cursor over geometry in the 3D View.
2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
   • Select the Clarify Selection option from the 3D View context menu.
   • Use the keyboard shortcut: G then G.
   • When using the OpenInventor, Gesture or OpenSCAD navigation style: hold Ctrl and press the left mouse button.
   • When using any other navigation style: hold the left mouse button for as long as defined by the Long press timeout preference (1 second by default).
3. A menu listing object types appears next to the cursor. Depending on the objects near the cursor, it may include:
   • Object
   • Face
   • Edge
   • Vertex
   • Other
4. Choose an object type.
5. Move the cursor over the submenu that appears. Hovered submenu items are highlighted in the 3D View.
6. Click an item to select it.

Measure

UnitsCalculator

Std Tools Menu

Std Base

• File: New Document, Open, Open Recent, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge Document, Document Information, Print, Print Preview, Export PDF, Exit

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• Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate Object, Recompute, Box Selection, Box Element Selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Align To, Toggle Edit Mode, Properties, Edit Mode, Preferences

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• View:
  • Miscellaneous: New 3D View, Orthographic View, Perspective View, Fullscreen, Bounding Box, Toggle Axis Cross, Clipping View, Texture Mapping, Toggle Navigation/Edit Mode, Material, Appearance, Random Color, Appearance per Face, Toggle Transparency, Workbench, Status Bar
  • Standard Views: Fit All, Fit Selection, Align to Selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right, Store Working View, Recall Working View
  • 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
  • Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Individual Views, Structure, Help, Lock Toolbars
  • Panels: Tree View, Property View, Model, Selection View, Python Console, Report View, Tasks, DAG View
  • Overlay Docked Panel: Toggle Overlay for All Panels, Toggle Transparent Panels, Toggle Overlay, Toggle Transparent Mode, Bypass Mouse Events in Overlay Panels, Toggle Left, Toggle Right, Toggle Top, Toggle Bottom
  • Link Navigation: Go to Linked Object, Go to Deepest Linked Object, Select All Links
  • Tree View Actions: Sync View, Sync Selection, Sync Placement, Preselection, Record Selection, Single Document, Multi Document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate Dragging, Go to Selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward

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• Tools: Addon Manager, Measure, Clarify Selection, Quick Measure, Units Converter, Load Image, Save Image, Text Document, View Turntable, Scene Inspector, Dependency Graph, Export Dependency Graph, Document Utility, Edit Parameters, Customize

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• Macro: Record Macro, 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, Choose Open Window

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• Help: What's This, Start Page, Users Documentation, FreeCAD Forum, Report an Issue, Restart in Safe Mode, Developers Handbook, Python Modules Documentation, FreeCAD Website, Donate to FreeCAD, About FreeCAD

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• Additional:
  • Miscellaneous: New Part, New Group, Variable Set, Link Group, Select All Instances, Toggle Freeze
  • Datums: Coordinate System, Datum Plane, Datum Line, Datum Point
  • Link Actions: Make Link, Make Sub-Link, Replace With Link, Unlink, Import Link, Import All Links
  • Expression Actions: Copy Selected, Copy Active Document, Copy All Documents, Paste
  • Selection Filter: Vertex Selection, Edge Selection, Face Selection, No Selection Filters

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, Assembly, BIM, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Material, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework

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