So a warning - if you make something using the draft workbench, it might end up stuck there (and only viewable there)!!??
Things I have tried:
- exporting to DWG / DXF, to then try to print with LibreCAD (various problems - often nothing is exported. Or no dimensions / annotations. Or if using legacy export - gives error about a line color being unspecified.) Never succeeded in getting a good quality version exported to LibreCAD.
- Export to PDF - get low-res bitmap, with no page size or resolution settings available
- Print to PDF - get low-res bitmap
- Export to flattened svg - unusable messed up image with lots missing
- Techdraw workbench
View problems:
- No fill patterns appear in views
- Filled shapes are sometimes tapered / distorted in view
- dashed or dotted lines all become solid in view
- random bits missing - e.g. some dimension lines (and not others) - some annotations or parts of annotations missing
Have spent more time trying to print this, than making it...I must be missing something
UPDATE:
The ONLY thing I've found that gives a good quality printable image is:
Tools > Save Picture > [set high resolution in EXTENDED button]
Then you have a good image (albeit only a bitmap) you can print into a pdf etc.
But no way to get to a decent quality vector image it seems? I'll attach the file in case someone knows a better way?
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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.2.29177 +426 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached from 0.20.2)
Hash: 930dd9a76203a3260b1e6256c70c1c3cad8c5cb8
Python 3.8.10, Qt 5.15.2, Coin 4.0.1, Vtk 8.2.0, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: English/New Zealand (en_NZ)
Installed mods:
* dxf-library
* kicadStepUpMod