Std ViewFront
|
Menu location |
---|
View → Standard views → Front |
Workbenches |
All |
Default shortcut |
1 |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Std ViewTop, Std ViewRight |
Description
The Std ViewFront command points the camera in the active 3D view in the direction of the positive Y axis.
Arrow 1 points in the direction of the front view
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
Use the viewFront
method of the View object to change to front view. Methods for the other main view orientations are also available: viewTop
, viewRight
, viewRear
, viewBottom
and viewRight
.
importFreeCADGuiview=FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveViewview.viewFront()
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