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QCad User Reference Manual
 
   

Contents

1 License

Copyright

Trademarks

The GNU General Public License

2 Preface

Scope of This Manual

CAD - For the Uninitiated

Is QCad for me?

Who Is Behind QCad?

How can I get QCad?

QCad and Qt

3 Basic CAD Concepts

Entities

Attributes

Layers

Blocks

Drafting in CAD

Co-ordinate Systems

Origin

Cartesian Co-ordinates

Polar Co-ordinates

Object and Grid Snapping

Basic Editing

Entity Selection

Deletion

Modifications

Viewing in CAD

4 Starting a QCad Session

Windows Operating Systems

Linux / Unix Operating Systems

Mac OS X Operating System

5 QCad's User Interface

Main Application Window

Menu and CAD Toolbar

Layer- and Block List

Status Bar

Command Widget

Option Toolbar

Executing Commands

Modes

Command Mode

Normal Mode

6 Command Line

A Word About Keyboard Focus

7 File Handling

Create New Drawings

Opening Drawings

Saving Drawings

Exporting Drawings as Bitmaps

Closing Drawings

8 Printing

Print Preview

Print

Printing to Files

9 Basic Editing Commands

Undo

Redo

Copy

Cut

Paste

10 Viewing

Scrolling

Toggle Grid

Toggle Draft Mode

Redrawing

Zooming In / Out

Auto Zoom

Window Zoom

Panning

Previous View

11 Layers

Changing the Visibility of a Layer

Changing the Visibility of all Layers

Adding New Layers

Deleting Layers

Editing Layer Attributes

12 Blocks

Changing the Visibility of a Block

Changing the Visibility of all Blocks

Adding New Blocks

Removing Blocks

Renaming Blocks

Editing Blocks

Inserting Blocks

Creating Blocks from Existing Entities

13 Object Snap

Free Positioning

Snap to Grid

Snap to Endpoints

Snap to Points on Entities

Snap to Centers

Snap to Middle Points

Snap to Distance Points

Snap to Intersections

Snap to Intersections Manually

Snap Restrictions

Restrict Nothing

Restrict Orthogonally

Restrict Horizontally

Restrict Vertically

Relative Zero Point

Moving the Relative Zero Point

(Un-)locking the Relative Zero Point

14 Entity Drawing Commands

Points

Single Points

Lines

Sequence Of Lines

Line With Given Angle

Horizontal / Vertical Line

Rectangle

Parallel

Bisector

Tangent From Point to Arc / Circle

Tangent From Arc to Arc / Circle to Circle

Line Orthogonal to Another Entity

Line with Relative Angle to Another Entity

Freehand Line

Polygon with Center and Corner

Polygon with Two Corners

Arcs

Arc with Center, Radius and Angles

Arc with 3 Points

Concentric Arc

Circles

Circle with Center and Point

Circle with Center and Radius

Circle with 2 Points

Circle with 3 Points

Concentric Circle

Ellipses

Full Ellipse

Ellipse Arc

Splines

Texts

Advanced Text Commands

Dimensions

Aligned Dimension

Linear Dimensions

Horizontal / Vertical Dimensions

Radial Dimensions

Diametric Dimensions

Angular Dimensions

Leader

Hatches and Solid Fills

Images

15 Entity Selection

Deselecting All

Selecting All

Selecting Single Entities

Selecting Contours

Window Deselection

Window Selection

Inverting Selection

Deselect Intersected Entities

Select Intersected Entities

16 Modification

Move

Rotate

Scale

Mirror

Move and Rotate

Rotate and Counter-rotate (Rotate 2)

Trim / Extend

Trim Two Entities

Lengthen

Bevel

Round

Divide

Stretch

Properties

Attributes

Deleting Entities

Exploding Groups

17 Getting Measurements

Distance (Point, Point)

Distance (Entity, Point)

Angle

18 Application Preferences

Appearance

Language

Graphic View

Paths

19 Drawing Preferences

Paper

Units

Dimensions

20 Appendix

Hotkeys

Command Line

File Handling

Basic Editing

View

Layer Handling

Snapping

Construction

Dimensioning

Entity Selection

Modification

Fonts

Patterns

Mathematical Expressions

Supported Constants

Supported Functions

Drawing Units

Supported Length Units

Display Formats for Lengths

Supported Angle Units

Display Formats for Angles

Supported Paper Formats

Metric (ISO)

Other Formats

Migration from QCad 1

DXF Compatibility

Layer Handling

Bibliography

Index

   
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