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| Menu location |
|---|
| TechDraw → Add Lines → Toggle Edge Visibility |
| Workbenches |
| TechDraw |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| 0.19 |
| See also |
| TechDraw DecorateLine |
Description
The TechDraw ShowAll tool is intended to temporarily show, and then hide, invisible lines in a View. Lines can be made invisible with the TechDraw DecorateLine tool. Note that "invisible" is a cosmetic state, not to be confused with hidden lines which are geometric constructs.
Usage
- Select a View with invisible lines on a Page or in the Tree View.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Toggle Edge Visibility button. - Select the TechDraw → Add Lines → Toggle Edge Visibility option from the menu.
- Press the
- All invisible lines in the View are either shown or hidden.
Notes
- To make invisible lines permanently visible use
TechDraw DecorateLine.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
The effect of the ShowAll tool can be duplicated in macros or the Python Console.
v = App.ActiveDocument.View
vvo = v.ViewObject
vvo.ShowAllEdges = True
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
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