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User Manual for QCad
 
   

Contents

   
 

1   License

   1.1  Copyright

   1.2  Trademarks

   1.3  The GNU General Public License

2   Thanks And Credits

   2.1  Developers

   2.2  Part Libraries

   2.3  Translations

   2.4  Packages

3   Getting Started

   3.1  What Is QCad?

   3.2  What is QCad not?

   3.3  What Does It Look Like?

   3.4  Where To Get QCad

   3.5  Installing QCad

4   Basics

   4.1  Documents

   4.2  Undo / Redo

   4.3  Important Mouse Functions

   4.4  Working With Drawing Versions

   4.5  Working With Layers

   4.6  Zero Points

   4.7  Snapping Functions

   4.8  Input Fields

   4.9  Clipboard

   4.10  DXF Compatibility

5   File Handling

   5.1  Creating New Files

   5.2  Opening Existing Files

   5.3  Saving Drawings With A New Name

   5.4  Saving Drawings

   5.5  Closing Loaded Drawings

6   Viewing Drawings

   6.1  Redrawing

   6.2  Autozoom

   6.3  Increasing The Viewing Factor

   6.4  Decreasing The Viewing Factor

   6.5  Show A Range

   6.6  Pan Zoom

   6.7  Selection Zoom

   6.8  Zoom To Scale 1:x

7   Undo / Redo

   7.1  Undo

   7.2  Redo

8   Working With Layers

   8.1  Layer Attributes

   8.2  Showing / Hiding The Layer List

   8.3  Showing All Layers

   8.4  Hiding All Layers

   8.5  Adding A Layer

   8.6  Removing Layers

   8.7  Changing Layer Attributes

   8.8  Removing Empty Layers

9   Creating Objects

   9.1  Creating Points

   9.2  Creating Lines

   9.3  Creating Arcs

   9.4  Creating Circles

   9.5  Creating Texts

   9.6  Creating Dimensions

   9.7  Creating Hatches

10   Transforming Objects

   10.1  Moving / Copying Objects

   10.2  Rotating Objects

   10.3  Scaling Objects

   10.4  Mirroring Objects

   10.5  Moving And Rotating Objects

   10.6  Rotating Objects Around Two Centers

   10.7  Trimming Objects

   10.8  Trimming Two Objects

   10.9  Trimming Objects By A Given Amount

   10.10  Dividing Objects

   10.11  Cutting Out Parts

   10.12  Stretching Contours

   10.13  Rounding Corners

   10.14  Beveling Corners

   10.15  Converting Texts To Objects

   10.16  Editing Existing Texts

   10.17  Deleting Objects

   10.18  Moving The Layer Of Objects

   10.19  Moving The Zero Point

   10.20  Changing Attributes

11   Selecting Objects

   11.1  Deselecting All Objects

   11.2  Selecting All Objects

   11.3  Selecting Single Objects

   11.4  Selecting Closed Contours

   11.5  Deselecting Rectangular Areas

   11.6  Selecting Rectangular Areas

   11.7  Deselecting Intersected Objects

   11.8  Selecting Intersected Objects

   11.9  Inverting The Selection

   11.10  Selecting Layers

   11.11  Selecting Double Objects

12   Snapping Functions

   12.1  Free Positioning

   12.2  Snapping To Grid Points

   12.3  Snapping To Endpoints

   12.4  Snapping To Center Points

   12.5  Snapping To Middle Points

   12.6  Snapping To Intersections (A)

   12.7  Snapping To Intersections (M)

   12.8  Snapping To Distance Points

   12.9  Snapping To Points On Objects

   12.10  Inputting Cartesian Coordinates

   12.11  Inputting Angular Coordinates

13   Measuring Functions

   13.1  Distance Between Two Points

   13.2  Distance Between A Line And A Point

   13.3  Distance Between Two Lines

   13.4  Angle Between Two Lines

   13.5  Coordinates

   13.6  Area / Circumference

14   Object Libraries

15   Additional Features

   15.1  Creating Your Own Fonts

   15.2  Creating Your Own Patterns

   15.3  Creating Object Libraries

16   Options

   16.1  General Preferences

   16.2  Current Drawing Settings

17   Hot keys

   17.1  File Handling

   17.2  Edit Functions

   17.3  Selecting Functions

   17.4  Zooming Functions

   17.5  Snapping Functions

   17.6  Misc

   
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