Default draw Style

[dammerel]

Hi all I am using 0.18 freecad is there a way to preset a draw style as default example I like the flatline mode

Thank you Andrew

[vocx]

Hi all I am using 0.18 freecad is there a way to preset a draw style as default example I like the flatline mode

Thank you Andrew

Flat Lines is the default style. What are you trying to do exactly, which workbench are you using?

You need to provide Important information.

[triplus]

Hi Andrew.

AFAIK there currently isn't a setting for that. In addition each time you create a new document, the draw style gets reset and is document dependent. Hence you can't run some code snippet once, on for example FreeCAD start. What you could do is to first create a macro with such contents:

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Gui.runCommand('Std_New')
Gui.runCommand('Std_DrawStyle', 3)

And after to create a macro command on (global) toolbar:

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Customize_Toolbars

Now instead of pressing on "Create a new document" command, you press on the newly created macro command. And that should give you the results you are after.

P.S. https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Std_DrawStyle#Scripting

[Roy_043]

Shouldn't that be?:

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Gui.runCommand('Std_New')
Gui.runCommand('Std_DrawStyle', 1)

For the menu ( -> View -> Draw Style) to reflect this new value you have to temporarily switch to a different document. Is there a way to avoid that?

[openBrain]

AFAIK there currently isn't a setting for that. In addition each time you create a new document, the draw style gets reset and is document dependent. Hence you can't run some code snippet once, on for example FreeCAD start.

You could have a macro launched at startup that registers a document observer. This latter then can set a default draw style each time a document is open and/or created.

[triplus]

Shouldn't that be?:

I used the number 3 for the demonstration purposes. The number can be any of the following values, depending on the desired outcome:

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Std_DrawStyle#Scripting

You could have a macro launched at startup that registers a document observer. This latter then can set a default draw style each time a document is open and/or created.

Fair point. One can install Autoload module (Tools -> Addon manager) and follow the procedure:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 95#p180338

Copy this code and paste it as a new macro (Autoload_DrawStyle.py):

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import FreeCAD
import FreeCADGui


class DocObserver(object):
    """Document observer."""
    def slotCreatedDocument(self, doc):
        """Change drawstyle on document created."""
        FreeCADGui.runCommand("Std_DrawStyle", 3)
        FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Drawstyle set\n")

do = DocObserver()
FreeCAD.addDocumentObserver(do)

P.S. The extension should be .py and not .FCMacro.