Std View Menu
Introduction
The Std View Menu is one of the 7 sub-menus in the standard menu:
File Edit View Tools Macro Windows Help
The View menu provides tools to change the 3D view and the view properties of objects in the model, and tools related to the display of interface components.
Tools
The following tools are available in this menu:
Create new view: Creates a new 3D view.
Orthographic view: Switches to orthographic view mode.
Perspective view: Switches to perspective view mode.
Fullscreen: Toggles the main window's fullscreen mode.
- Standard views
Fit all: Fits all visible objects inside the view.
Fit selection: Fits selected objects inside the view.
Align to selection: Aligns the view with the selection. introduced in version 1.0- Axonometric
Home: Switches to the default home view.
Front: Switches to the front view.
Top: Switches to the top view.
Right: Switches to the right view.
Rear: Switches to the rear view.
Bottom: Switches to the bottom view.
Left: Switches to the left view.
Rotate Left: Rotates the view to the left.
Rotate Right: Rotates the view to the right.- Store working view: Stores the camera settings of the active 3D view in its working view. introduced in version 0.21
- Recall working view: Recalls the active 3D view's stored working view. introduced in version 0.21
- Freeze display
- Save views...: Saves frozen views in a file.
- Load views...: Loads frozen views from a file.
- Freeze view: Stores the current view in a frozen view.
- Clear views: Deletes all frozen views.
- Draw style
As is: Switches the draw style to: As is.
Points: Switches the draw style to: Points.
Wireframe: Switches the draw style to: Wireframe.
Hidden line: Switches the draw style to: Hidden line.
No shading: Switches the draw style to: No shading.
Shaded: Switches the draw style to: Shaded.
Flat lines: Switches the draw style to: Flat lines.
Bounding box: Toggles the bounding box highlighting mode.
- Stereo
Stereo red/cyan: Switches to red/cyan stereo view.
Stereo quad buffer: Switches to quad buffer stereo view.
Stereo Interleaved Rows: Switches to interleaved rows stereo view.
Stereo Interleaved Columns: Switches to interleaved columns stereo view.
Stereo Off: Switches stereo view off.
Issue camera position: Prints camera settings in the Report view and the Python console.
- Zoom
- Document window
- Docked: Docks a 3D view.
- Undocked: Undocks a 3D view.
Fullscreen: Toggles a 3D view's fullscreen mode.
Toggle axis cross: Toggles the axis cross.
Clipping plane: Temporarily clips objects.
Persistent section cut: Creates persistent cuts of objects and assemblies. -- Available if the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench has been loaded.
Texture mapping...: Temporarily maps a texture onto all objects.
- Visibility
Toggle visibility: Toggles the visibility of selected objects.
Show selection: Shows selected objects.
Hide selection: Hides selected objects.
Select visible objects: Selects all visible objects.
Toggle all objects: Toggles the visibility of all objects.
Show all objects: Shows all objects.
Hide all objects: Hides all objects.
Toggle selectability: Toggles the selectability of objects.
Toggle navigation/Edit mode: Toggles between navigation mode and edit mode.
Material...: Sets the material of selected objects. -- Available if the Material Workbench has been loaded directly or indirectly (via for example the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench). introduced in version 1.0
Appearance...: Sets the display properties of selected objects. -- Available if the Material Workbench has been loaded directly or indirectly (via for example the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench).
Random color: Applies a random diffuse color to objects.
Color per face: Sets the display properties of selected faces. -- Available if the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench is active.
Toggle transparency: Toggles the transparency of selected objects. introduced in version 1.0
- Workbench -- Select a workbench from the submenu.
- Toolbars -- Each toolbar can be switched on or off in the submenu.
- File
- Edit introduced in version 0.21
- Clipboard introduced in version 0.21
- Workbench
- Macro
- View
- Individual views introduced in version 1.0
- Structure
- Help introduced in version 0.21
- ... If the current workbench has toolbars they appear here.
- Lock toolbars: If switched on toolbars are not movable. introduced in version 1.0
- Panels -- Each panel can be switched on or off in the submenu.
- Tree view -- Available as a separate panel if Tree view and Property view mode is
Independent. - Property view -- Idem.
- Model -- Combines the Tree view and the Property view in a single panel. Available if Tree view and Property view mode is
Combined. - Selection view
- Python console
- Report view
- Tasks
- DAG view -- Not available by default, see DAG view.
- Tree view -- Available as a separate panel if Tree view and Property view mode is
- Dock window overlay introduced in version 1.0
- Toggle overlay for all: Toggles overlay mode for all docked windows.
- Toggle transparent for all: Toggles transparent mode for all docked overlay windows. This makes the docked windows stay transparent at all times.
- Toggle overlay: Toggles overlay mode for the docked window under the cursor.
- Toggle transparent: Toggles transparent mode for the docked window under cursor. This makes the docked window stay transparent at all times.
- Bypass mouse events in docked overlay windows: Bypasses all mouse events in docked overlay windows.
- Toggle left: Shows/hides the left overlay panel.
- Toggle right: Shows/hides the right overlay panel.
- Toggle top: Shows/hides the top overlay panel.
- Toggle bottom: Shows/hides the bottom overlay panel.
- Link navigation
Go to linked object: Selects the linked object and switches to its document.
Go to the deepest linked object: Selects the deepest linked object and switches to its document.
Select all links: Selects all links to an object.
- Tree view actions
- Sync view: Toggles the Tree view SyncView mode.
- Sync selection: Toggles the Tree view SyncSelection mode.
- Sync placement: Toggles the Tree view SyncPlacement mode.
- Pre-selection: Toggles the Tree view PreSelection mode.
- Record selection: Toggles the Tree view RecordSelection mode.
- Single document: Switches the Tree view to SingleDocument mode.
- Multi document: Switches the Tree view to MultiDocument mode.
- Collapse/Expand: Switches the Tree view to CollapseDocument mode.
Initiate dragging: Initiates a drag operation for selected objects in the Tree view.
Go to selection: Scrolls the Tree view to the first created object in a 3D view selection.
Selection back: Restores the previous Tree view selection.
Selection forward: Restores the next Tree view selection.
- Status bar: Toggles the display of the Status bar.
Std Base
- File: New, Open, Open Recent, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save a Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge project, Document information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Exit
- 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, Properties, Edit mode, Preferences
- View:
- Miscellaneous: Create new view, Orthographic view, Perspective view, Fullscreen, Bounding box, Toggle axis cross, Clipping plane, Persistent section cut, Texture mapping, Toggle navigation/Edit mode, Material, Appearance, Random color, Color 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
- Dock window overlay: Toggle overlay for all, Toggle transparent for all, Toggle overlay, Toggle transparent, Bypass mouse events in docked overlay windows, Toggle left, Toggle right, Toggle top, Toggle bottom
- 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
- Tools: Edit parameters, Save image, Load image, Scene inspector, Dependency graph, Export dependency graph, Document utility, Add text document, View turntable, Units converter, Customize, Addon manager, Measure
- Macro: Macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint
- 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, Start
- Additional:
- Miscellaneous: Create part, Create group, Make link, Make sub-link, Replace with link, Unlink, Import links, Import all links, Make link group, Create a variable set, Select all instances, Toggle freeze
- Expression actions: Copy selected, Copy active document, Copy all documents, Paste
- Selection filter: Vertex selection, Edge selection, Face selection, All selection filters cleared
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