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Draft Pattern

Description

Draft objects with a Make Face property can display an SVG pattern instead of a solid face color.


An ellipse and a polygon with an SVG pattern

Usage

  1. Make sure the objects are closed and planar, and do not self-intersect.
  2. To close a Draft Wire, a Draft BSpline, a Draft CubicBezCurve or a Draft BezCurve set its Closed property to True.
  3. To close a Draft Circle or a Draft Ellipse set its First Angle and Last Angle properties to the same value.
  4. Select the objects.
  5. Switch to the View tab of the Property editor.
  6. The Display Mode must be set to {{Value|Flat Lines}}.
  7. Select a Pattern.
  8. Optionally change the Pattern Size. Note that a higher value results in a denser pattern.
  9. The pattern is not displayed when the objects are selected. Deselect them to check the result.
  10. Optionally reselect the objects to change the pattern properties.

Available patterns

Image:Aluminium.svg|aluminium Image:Brick01.svg|brick01 Image:Concrete.svg|concrete Image:Cross.svg|cross Image:Cuprous.svg|cuprous Image:Diagonal1.svg|diagonal1 Image:Diagonal2.svg|diagonal2 Image:Earth.svg|earth Image:General_steel.svg|general_steel Image:Glass.svg|glass Image:Hatch45L.svg|hatch45L Image:Hatch45R.svg|hatch45R Image:Hbone.svg|hbone Image:Line.svg|line Image:Plastic.svg|plastic Image:Plus.svg|plus Image:Simple.svg|simple Image:Solid.svg|solid Image:Square.svg|square Image:Steel.svg|steel Image:Titanium.svg|titanium Image:Wood.svg|wood Image:Woodgrain.svg|woodgrain Image:Zinc.svg|zinc

Notes

  • SVG patterns are stored in .SVG files. It is possible to use your own custom patterns. See Preferences.
  • The patterns themselves are not saved in the FreeCAD document. Objects whose Pattern cannot be found are displayed with a solid face color instead.

Preferences

See also: Preferences Editor and Draft Preferences.

  • To specify a directory with addition SVG patterns: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → Visual settings → Alternate SVG patterns location. Select a file in the directory and then remove the filename in the preferences input box, leaving only the path. After changing this preference you must restart FreeCAD.
  • The Edit → Preferences... → Draft → Visual settings → SVG pattern resolution preference is not used.
  • To change the Pattern Size used for new objects: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → Visual settings → SVG pattern default size.

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