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Drawing tutorial
Development of the Drawing Workbench
stopped in FreeCAD 0.16, and the new
TechDraw Workbench aiming to replace it
was introduced in v0.17. Both workbenches
are still provided in v0.17, but the Drawing
Workbench may be removed in future
releases.

Introduction
This tutorial is meant to introduce the reader to the basic workflow of the
Drawing Workbench, as well as most of the tools that are available to create
blueprints.

Requirements

FreeCAD version 0.16 or above

The reader has the basic knowledge to use the Part and PartDesign
Workbenches
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The reader has finished the Draft tutorial

Tutorial

Procedure Topic
Blueprints / Drawings

Preparations Level

To reduce the time required for this tutorial, it is Beginner

compulsory to group together similar elements in the Time to complete
Tree View to apply operations at the same time to 15 minutes
several elements.
Authors
Drei (http://freecadweb.org/wiki/ind
Grouping elements ex.php?title=User:Drei)
1. In the Tree View, right-click on the name of the document. In this case FreeCAD version
Unnamed.
0.16 or above
2. Select Create group. You can alter the name of the group by double
clicking on it from the Tree View. Example files
3. Select the elements that you wish to add and drag them into the group

Create the following groups:

Draft_objects Sumario
Draft_dimensions Introduction
Draft_annotations_text Requirements
Procedure
Preparations
Drawing Templates
Grouping elements
Templates are the base for the creation of Drawings, Drawing Templates
you can use the templates provided or create your Projections
own. Orthographic Projections
Other Part Projections
Draft Projections
1. Slect the dropdown menu next to New A3 landscape drawing
Exporting your work
2. Select A4 Landscape SVG
PDF
We now have a folder called Page in the Tree View.
This object will contain everything related to the Recommended Reading
Drawing.

Projections

Projections are defined as the visual representation of an object on a specific

plane, it displays the properties of the object that are visible from that specific
orientation.

Orthographic Projections

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These are used in Engineering to specify the properties of an object that will be
machined. There are two common standards: Third Angle and First Angle
projections.

For this tutorial, these projections aren't used because our objects only have a
meaningful representation in the XY plane.
1. Select the object you wish to project into the drawing.
2. Select Ortho Views

3. Select the type of projection you want to use

4. Select the view you want to add

In the General and Axonometric tabs you can specify the location, scale and
separation of each view.

Other Part Projections

It is possible to create custom views of the object.

1. Select the object you wish to project into the drawing.
2. Select Insert a view

3. In the Data tab edit the Direction of the Shape View by altering the values for the X, Y, and Z axes. By default, the
values are (0, 0, 1)

You can also alter the location, scale and rotation of the View from within the
Data tab. The same can be done for the Orthographic Projections.

Draft Projections

The preferred way to add elements created in the Draft Workbench is with a
tool contained in the Draft Workbench designed specifically for this. With this
procedure, it is possible to import Dimensions, Annotations, Shapestrings
and any other element created whithin the Draft Workbench.
1. Switch to the Draft Workbench
2. Select the group or elements that you wish to project. In this case Draft_dimensions

3. Select Drawing

4. Edit the X and Y coordinates to (140,100)

5. Set the scale to 0.5

Repeat for each group and set the values to the ones specified above.

Exporting your work

FreeCAD supports the export of SVG and PDF files based on your Drawings

SVG

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1. Select Save sheet

2. Specify the path and name of the exported file

PDF

1. In the File menu, select Export PDF ...

2. Specify the path and name of the exported file

We are now finished with the basic workflow for the Drawing Module.

Recommended Reading
To learn how to create custom templates see Drawing Template HowTo
For more information about the tools available check out the Drawing Module
page
Tutorials [Expandir]
Drawing [Expandir]
User documentation [Expandir]

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