Place 2D Drawing on a Page and Export to PDF or Print | FreeCAD Beginner Tutorial
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This video shows how to create a page (sheet) and place 2D draft drawing view on it. The result of this tutorial is a page with title block and user’s drawing, including lines, hatch patterns, text, dimensions and other 2D elements. This page can be printed or exported to PDF format.
To achieve this result, TechDraw Workbench is used. This workbench enables to create a sheet (page) with a title block. Views of model can placed on this page. Different scale can be set for each view.
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FreeCAD version used in the video: 1.0RC2
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Content:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Organize the project
1:50 Create a page in TechDraw workbench
3:25 Fill in information to title block
4:30 Place view of 2D model geometry on page with Insert Draft Workbench Object
5:30 Adjust scale of the view
7:10 Export page to PDF / Print page
8:00 Set hatch pattern to be visible on the page/sheet – create Draft Hatch
12:14 Place new elements in the Draft View
13:39 Placing Annotations in the Draft View and adjusting text size
15:55 Adjusting dimension size in the Draft View
19:47 Adjusting text size in the Draft View
23:30 Conclusion
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