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Macro Copy3DViewToClipboard
Description
Macro will copy the contents of the 3D view to the clipboard in bitmap (BMP) image. Copying in Gimp is not possible. Gimp uses its own method for the copy function. Macro version: 00.01 Last modified: 2016-09-14 FreeCAD version: <=0.17 Download: ToolBar Icon Author: Mario52
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Mario52
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Macro Version
00.01
Date last modified
2016-09-14
FreeCAD Version(s)
<=0.17
Default shortcut
G, Q
See also
Macro Snip Macro Screen Wiki

Description

Macro will copy the contents of the 3D view to the clipboard in bitmap (BMP) image. Copying in Gimp is not possible. Gimp uses its own method for the copy function.

# This code is copied instead of the original macro code
# to guide the user to the online download page.
# Use it if the code of the macro is larger than 64 KB and cannot be included in the wiki
# or if the RAW code URL is somewhere else in the wiki.

from PySide import QtGui, QtCore

diag = QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Information,
    "Information",
    "This macro must be downloaded from this link\n"
    "\n"
    "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mario52a/f5c3738f858f7b058897c6c235232cbe/raw/a10bc3b8789badc1e405541d4697d7286d9f0fd3/Macro_Copy3DViewToClipboard.FCMacro" + "\n"
    "\n"
    "Quit this window to access the download page")

diag.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
diag.setWindowModality(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationModal)
diag.exec_()

import webbrowser 
webbrowser.open("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mario52a/f5c3738f858f7b058897c6c235232cbe/raw/a10bc3b8789badc1e405541d4697d7286d9f0fd3/Macro_Copy3DViewToClipboard.FCMacro")

How To Use

• Run once to activate macro (the macro is loaded resident into the memory of the PC).
• Press G to grab the contents of the 3d view and copy them to the clipboard.
• Press Q to quit.

PS: if you want other formats, modify the values of the line number 33 ex:

line 33 : glw.resize(640, 480) # reduce the SubWindow

to

line 33 : glw.resize(800, 600) # reduce the SubWindow

Discussion

See forum-thread here.

Code

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Macro_Copy3DViewToClipboard.FCMacro

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import PySide
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide import QtOpenGL
#from gimpfu import *
 
__title__   = "Macro_Copy3DViewToClipboard"
__author__  = "Mario52"
__url__     = "http://www.freecadweb.org/index-fr.html"
__version__ = "00.01"
__date__    = "14/09/2016"
           
class ViewObserver:
    print "run FCGrab .."
 
    def logPosition(self, info):
        import tempfile
        import os
        from PySide import QtGui
 
        pos = info["Key"]
        if pos.upper() == "G":
            pos = ""
           
            mw=Gui.getMainWindow()
            gl=mw.findChildren(QtOpenGL.QGLWidget)
            glw=gl[0] # just use the first element
 
            originalsize = glw.size()                               # originalsize SubWindow
            print "originalsize : ",originalsize.width(),", ", originalsize.height()
 
            glw.resize(640, 480)                                    # reduce the SubWindow
            glw.show()
            Gui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
            print "resize in : ",glw.frameGeometry().width()," ",glw.frameGeometry().height()
 
            i=glw.grabFrameBuffer()
            cb=QtGui.qApp.clipboard()
            cb.setImage(i)
            glw.resize(originalsize.width(), originalsize.height()) # restore originalsize SubWindow
            print "Grab"
 
        if (pos.upper() == "Q"):
            v.removeEventCallback("SoKeyboardEvent",c)
            print "End FCGrab"
 
 
v=Gui.activeDocument().activeView()
o = ViewObserver()
c = v.addEventCallback("SoKeyboardEvent",o.logPosition)