In TechDraw, why is the part outline lost ? (solved)

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Re: In TechDraw, why is the part outline lost ?

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FredCailloux wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:21 pm
I should have asked this before, but what version are you using?

ActiveView in v0.20 doesn't give nice results, so you would have to use Tools > Save image... and then TechDraw_Image to add it to your page. It works properly in v0.21.
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Re: In TechDraw, why is the part outline lost ?

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wandererfan wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:22 pm I should have asked this before, but what version are you using?
ActiveView in v0.20 doesn't give nice results, so you would have to use Tools > Save image... and then TechDraw_Image to add it to your page. It works properly in v0.21.

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OS: Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601: SP 1)
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: French/Canada (fr_CA)
Thanks, the Tools/Save_Picure works pretty well. Surprisingly, the default format is bmp and when you want to get it back with TechDraw/Insert_Bitmap_Image, the only format available are jpg and png. So I must convert the OIL_tag.bmp into OIL_tag.png
And the other strange thing is that the tool to insert and image is called: Insert_Bitmap_Image. Yet, you cannot import a bmp.
However, Tools/Save_Picture also offer the user to change the saving format to png or jpg, so its possible to manage with a few extra clicks.
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