Qcad 3 16 5

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