Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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bensenior wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:35 pm Is this the expected behaviour?
I think so.

It seems to me that the possible solutions involve losing parametric properties.
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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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So, a little tragically, that leaves the only option to create multi-step assembly instructions being to uniquely duplicate parts of the total assembly in a containing part for every desired documentation step... So for a six page document containing two steps per page I will need to duplicate from 1 -> N parts of the complete model in N independent parts where I derive one View per Part.

I understand that tech draw is for schematics, but perhaps we could do better for assembly/tutorial style documentation by keeping positional properties cached in the view?
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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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bensenior wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:52 am
That principle of freezing a viewport sounds something I would need.
Will you make a feature request for it? Actually I encurage you to make a request! ;)
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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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bensenior wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:52 am
Did you make a feature request for "freezing panes"?
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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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Hi, sorry I only just noticed the notifications for your post! I haven't made a feature request - I'm just focusing on a different feature request/proposal/problem with drag knives :-)

If you'd like to write something I'll happily help take a look...
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Re: Is it/was it possible to Freeze a TechDraw View?

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A recent thread regarding this topic: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=59880
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