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Revision as of 23:45, 31 October 2021

FreeCAD Page Layouts with TechDraw WB

This is a list with examples of FreeCAD files that includes Page Layouts made with TechDraw Workbench for Architecture projects. You can download these files for studying to replicate or to develop your own workflow. TechDraw WB is a module of FreeCAD originally for mechanical design drawings. There are some features for Architecture, but TechDraw has little control on them. This is the reason why it is necessary to document workflows that allow to elaborate drawings for a more complex technical documentation, commonly used in areas of AEC industry. In the future, FreeCAD developers will improve and optimize these workflows in new FreeCAD versions.

File list

Project Description
Freecad TechDrawWB.png File:FC Bathroom.fcstd

FreeCAD file with a 3D model of bathroom and 3 possible layouts made with TechDraw WB

2DDrawingFC01.png File:FreeCAD House RenovationBlueprints.fcstd

FreeCAD file with layouts of a house renovation made with TechDraw WB

Workflow tips

Yorik's tips.

  1. Model your building using BIM or any other FreeCAD tools
  2. Use Building parts for your levels (not mandatory, but they carry an automatic, built-in section plane)
  3. Place Section planes where you want sections and elevations (and plans if you didn't use Building parts)
  4. Create Shape 2D views from your Building parts and section planes
  5. Create other Shape 2D views for views that cut through your model, and set them in Cut Faces mode. That way, you can give a different aspect to viewed and cut geometrty
  6. Annotate these views with texts, dimensions, symbols, hatches...
  7. Put everything related to one view (Shape 2D views, annotations,...) into one same group or Building part
  8. On a TechDraw page, create a TechDraw view from that group or Building part.

More information in Yorik's website.

Link table for TechDraw layout.

Recommended links between TechDraw Views and 2D objects
use TD InsertView for Shape2DView Plans, Sections Allow to apply hatches on plans and sections areas.
use TD InsertView for Draft lines Simple lines and symbols Allow to work with different line widths.
use TD DraftView for Draft Layers Dimensions, texts, lines Allow to apply line styles and other properties on group of draft objects
use TD DraftView for Draft objects Simple lines and symbols Allow to apply line styles and other properties on individual objects
use TD ArchView for Arch SectionPlane Sections, dimensions, Lines and symbols Allow to apply line widths and other properties on cut lines.

More information in this wiki section.

External references

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