Hi there,
I'm trying to create a detail as shown in this screenshot, but the default anchor point doesn't overlap the object. How can I get the anchor point to overlap the object? Is it even possible to create a detail view of 3D views? How does the coordinate system work for detail views?
Thank you.
Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
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Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
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Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
When creating the detail view, you can adjust X and Y coordinate to move the "looking glass". After creation you can change the Anchor point in the properties by expanding it and changing the values of the components.
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Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
For next time: Please have a look at the big red banner at the top and act accordingly. Although please have a look at the wiki to start with TechDraw_DetailView
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Max
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Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
Hi M4x and chrisb,
Thank you.
1) Be nice to others!
- Okay, I'll do my best.
2) Search the forum first
- Check. I understand I need to modify my anchor points, but there are an infinite number of x, y, z values. I'm not able to get the anchor point to land on my part still.
3) Please provide your FreeCAD version info
- v0.18. I would run v0.19, but my computer is too outdated.
4) Open the Help --> About FreeCAD menu then click on the "Copy to clipboard" button, and paste its content in the text input area.
OS: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.16146 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 0.18.4)
Hash: 980bf9060e28555fecd9e3462f68ca74007b70f8
Python version: 3.6.7
Qt version: 5.6.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)
5) Please provide a complete description of your problem
- I cannot get the anchor point to land on my part. The attached screenshot is what I'm hoping to create.
6)Add your FreeCAD file and/or screen captures
- See previous screenshot. This time I've uploaded my file.
Thank you.
Thank you.
1) Be nice to others!
- Okay, I'll do my best.
2) Search the forum first
- Check. I understand I need to modify my anchor points, but there are an infinite number of x, y, z values. I'm not able to get the anchor point to land on my part still.
3) Please provide your FreeCAD version info
- v0.18. I would run v0.19, but my computer is too outdated.
4) Open the Help --> About FreeCAD menu then click on the "Copy to clipboard" button, and paste its content in the text input area.
OS: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.16146 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 0.18.4)
Hash: 980bf9060e28555fecd9e3462f68ca74007b70f8
Python version: 3.6.7
Qt version: 5.6.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)
5) Please provide a complete description of your problem
- I cannot get the anchor point to land on my part. The attached screenshot is what I'm hoping to create.
6)Add your FreeCAD file and/or screen captures
- See previous screenshot. This time I've uploaded my file.
Thank you.
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Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
This is what I have done:
- select View001
- create a detail view
It is too small, too low too far right.
- increase Radius to 200, leave the field, the detail circle will update
- reduce X to -200, that's the diameter of the detail circle
- increase Y to 300, again guessed from the diameter.
That's already pretty good. Finetuning is left to you.
I don't know why the vertical bars are missing, but I see some error messages in report view. It may help if you veeerrryy slightly turn the view.
- select View001
- create a detail view
It is too small, too low too far right.
- increase Radius to 200, leave the field, the detail circle will update
- reduce X to -200, that's the diameter of the detail circle
- increase Y to 300, again guessed from the diameter.
That's already pretty good. Finetuning is left to you.
I don't know why the vertical bars are missing, but I see some error messages in report view. It may help if you veeerrryy slightly turn the view.
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Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
And here's a screencast of what chrisb described. But instead of changing the X and Y values manually, I used the drag function.
Ragarding the parts that are missing in the DetailView: I tried to fuse all parts together to try it again (boolean operation) but FreeCAD complained about non-solid parts. Maybe that's what's behind the missing elements in TechDraw.
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FreeCAD information
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25288 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: bbb557aab6129efd9486d6df19f06c2976fdb7e5
Python version: 3.9.6
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Ragarding the parts that are missing in the DetailView: I tried to fuse all parts together to try it again (boolean operation) but FreeCAD complained about non-solid parts. Maybe that's what's behind the missing elements in TechDraw.
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FreeCAD information
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25288 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: bbb557aab6129efd9486d6df19f06c2976fdb7e5
Python version: 3.9.6
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Regards / Viele Grüße
Max
Max
Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
M4x & chrisb,
Thank you for your help. I tried your method, but my older version of FreeCad doesn't let me drag. I did, however, figure out the problem. I had a rogue line or sketch in my geometry as shown in the screenshot. Once I got rid of that, my Detail view functioned properly. I assume that is why it wasn't showing up in your drawing as well.
There is only one other problem; with Detail View, the part's geometry spills outside the view's frame. Have you seen this before?
Thanks for your help.
Thank you for your help. I tried your method, but my older version of FreeCad doesn't let me drag. I did, however, figure out the problem. I had a rogue line or sketch in my geometry as shown in the screenshot. Once I got rid of that, my Detail view functioned properly. I assume that is why it wasn't showing up in your drawing as well.
There is only one other problem; with Detail View, the part's geometry spills outside the view's frame. Have you seen this before?
Thanks for your help.
Re: Detail View anchor point for 3D Views
I'm glad that it's working. The other thing is strange. Can you upload your file again please? If we can't get rid.of it, this could be used as a workaround: TechDraw_ClipGroup
Regards / Viele Grüße
Max
Max