The Property editor appears in the lower section of the Model panel (if the Combo view is active) or as a stand-alone panel called Property view.
Generally, the Property editor is intended to deal with one object at a time. The values shown in the Property editor belong to the selected object. Despite this, some properties like colors can be set for multiple selected objects. If no element is selected the Property editor is empty.
Not all properties can be modified, some are read-only.
The Data properties of a Part Box
A property is a piece of information like a number or a text string that is attached to a FreeCAD document or an object in the document. Many property types are available. Some of the most common types are:
App::PropertyAngle
App::PropertyBool
App::PropertyDistance
App::PropertyFloat
App::PropertyInteger
App::PropertyLength
App::PropertyPlacement
App::PropertyString
App::PropertyVector
The Property editor has two tabs giving access to two classes of properties:
ViewObject
of the object, and are only accessible when the graphical user interface (GUI) is loaded. They are not accessible when using FreeCAD in console mode, or as a headless library. By default changes to View properties are not added to the undo stack and cannot be undone and redone with Std Undo and Std Redo. But it is possible to change this by setting the fine-tuning parameter AutoTransactionView to true
.Different objects may have different properties. However, many objects have the same properties because they are derived from the same internal class.
Most geometrical objects that can be created and displayed in the 3D view are derived from a Part::Feature
. See Part Feature for the basic properties these objects have.
For 2D geometry, most objects are derived from a Part::Part2DObject
(itself derived from a Part::Feature
) which is the base of Sketches, and most Draft objects. See Part Part2DObject for the basic properties these objects have.
To display the context menu of the Property editor right-click the background of the editor, or right-click a property.
Right-clicking the background shows three options:
When right-clicking a property the following additional options are available:
Tracking
or Enabled
for this to work. This is related to Variant Links.See FeaturePython Custom Properties.
See Combo view.