Details obscure Drawing

[Vagulus]

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/New Zealand (en_NZ)


The areas around the Details in this Drawing obscure the drawing itself.
Can this be avoided?

Thanks

FCStd is here https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArMxdUYEh9fKwBri9KC ... W?e=CrP3Ze

[Shalmeneser]

Minimal working example : Where is a simple file with just the problem (replace sprocket with just a disk) ? and the TechDraw ?
Do not use Drawing word but TechDraw.

[Shalmeneser]

Choose TechDraw forum.

[Shalmeneser]

TechDraw_DetailView :

Tricks
The space around the view outline and the view object border is by default a white area. This means it covers everything behind it. Sometimes there is not enough space on the page and you can save space by reducing this unnecessary white area.
This is done by ...

[Vagulus]

I got as far as creating a Clip Group; getting it the right size; getting it the right position.
Now what? There are no obvious controls.

[wiki]https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_ClipGroup[/wiki] doesn't tell me:

(1) what it does;
(2) how to get it to do what it does - even if I want to!

[wandererfan]

I though we had an issue for this, but I couldn't find one.

New issue #4836

[Shalmeneser]

In Inkscape, set the section view forward.

(But I cannot save the page in svg file, just in pdf. What's the bug ?)