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There are several different tools for navigation your model. When you are not using them well things can be very confusing. In many cases you may think | There are several different tools for navigation your model. When you are not using them well things can be very confusing. In many cases you may think | ||
| − | that FreeCad is not working when it really is. | + | that FreeCad is not working when it really is. Symptoms may include the idea that FreeCad is not working because for example nothing happened after you did some action. |
Tools that are useful: | Tools that are useful: | ||
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* Objects may be set to invisible, use the visibility tools including View -> Visibility -> ....... | * Objects may be set to invisible, use the visibility tools including View -> Visibility -> ....... | ||
* You may be zoomed in or out too much. | * You may be zoomed in or out too much. | ||
| − | * You | + | * Use the Model tab to see what is what. |
| + | * Install and use the Dependency Graph -- see how the different components relate to each other. | ||
| + | * Poke around in the User Interface, some things are sort of hidden, and some things have multiple interfaces. | ||
| + | * You can sometimes use the Python Console to identify an object, click on it, change something and look at the Python Console, see notes below. | ||
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| + | == Visibility Tools == | ||
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| + | I often am unsure what I am looking at in the model, or if the zoom and position are ok. I find a reset is useful: | ||
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| + | * View -> Visibility -> | ||
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[[Category:FreeCad]] | [[Category:FreeCad]] | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 25 May 2018
Introduction
This page is part of a planned series on FreeCad .17. Click on the category FreeCad for some more information.
Tools
There are several different tools for navigation your model. When you are not using them well things can be very confusing. In many cases you may think that FreeCad is not working when it really is. Symptoms may include the idea that FreeCad is not working because for example nothing happened after you did some action.
Tools that are useful:
- Wait a bit FreeCad may be recalculating. Look for the wait cursor.
- Objects may be set to invisible, use the visibility tools including View -> Visibility -> .......
- You may be zoomed in or out too much.
- Use the Model tab to see what is what.
- Install and use the Dependency Graph -- see how the different components relate to each other.
- Poke around in the User Interface, some things are sort of hidden, and some things have multiple interfaces.
- You can sometimes use the Python Console to identify an object, click on it, change something and look at the Python Console, see notes below.
Visibility Tools
I often am unsure what I am looking at in the model, or if the zoom and position are ok. I find a reset is useful:
- View -> Visibility ->
