For example when designing sheet metal parts there is a need to create a simple outline drawing of the part which will be cut. In this case I always use a blank template. Would be handy if the Template property section had a property "Use template" which could be used to enable/disable the template. In the case of false the page would be blank and dimensioned according to the dimensions in the Page Properties -section.
Sketch of the idea:
[Feature request] #7466 - Use template -property
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[Feature request] #7466 - Use template -property
Last edited by Kunda1 on Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: [Feature request] Use template -property
It seems strange to have a template attached to a page and then not use it.
- wandererfan
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Re: [Feature request] Use template -property
I'm missing something.
What is wrong with using one of the blank page templates? You'll have to use a template anyway to get access to the property to switch off the template. How are you farther ahead?
Re: [Feature request] #7466 - Use template -property
Could the logic be defined so that if a template path is not defined a blank page is shown?
Re: [Feature request] #7466 - Use template -property
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Re: [Feature request] #7466 - Use template -property
How should that work, TD gets the size of the page out of the Template, if you want to change the template fast it is no problem to just give the path to a other template in the path field(ore push the 3 dots next to it to select a other), you just need a set of blank Templates for the page sizes you use and if you want to change the size it is also no problem because TD updates the size. For creating the blank pages you can follow the tutorial for creating templates(https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_TemplateHowTo), or use a template generator like this one: https://github.com/tobiasfalk/KiCAD-Fre ... -Generator For the first you just do not draw something on the template, and for the later you select Blank for the Style.