TechDraw Template Autocompletion

[ragohix769]

Let's think at the higher level.
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Unfortunately, I have a feeling that FreeCAD has a different philosophy - it doesn't help users with enforcing standards or consistency. Instead, FreeCAD provides some tooling on top of which you build your own software. I think this philosophy sucks

I agree with you here. Damn right, and it's a pity.

[kkremitzki]

That's not necessarily because we don't want to, but because the effort to do so is high. If you want to move towards that direction, your contributions to do so would be appreciated.

[chrisb]

I agree with you here. Damn right, and it's a pity.

Please don't quote complete posts. We don't want to read everything twice. Cite only what you are directly referring to. You may elaborate what models you are doing and where exactly it would help.

[vanuan]

That's not necessarily because we don't want to, but because the effort to do so is high. If you want to move towards that direction, your contributions to do so would be appreciated.

Good to hear. So, the simplest solution could be:

• Create a root TechDraw document/workbook class/object
• Modify getters of TechDraw page fields to check whether they have a document parent and return the fields from parent
• If there's a parent, make certain fields of a page read-only/hidden. Possibly with an option to override.
• Add actions/buttons/menus to rearrange the order of TechDraw pages
• Display the page number in the object tree

Extra feature: display all the pages in a single MDI tab with Next/Prev page buttons.
After that: print all the pages in a single PDF. Possibly with ability to select page ranges to print
Somewhere in the future: deprecate rootless pages.

Sounds reasonable/doable?

[ragohix769]

Please don't quote complete posts.

Sorry. I edited the post now.

[vocx]

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Are there any standards/file formats of technical drawing documents other than sheet-level graphical symbols like title block, line width, dimensions, etc?
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https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 20#p335949

I think there should be some kind of core set of fields, which are present in every standard. For ISO7200, the must-have items are:
Legal owner (eg company)
Part number
date of issue
Section / page number
title
Approving person
creator
Document Type
(google translated from german wikipedia)