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QCad User Reference Manual
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QCad User Reference Manual
1. Abstract
2. License
2.1. Copyright
2.2. The GNU General Public License
2.3. Trademarks
3. Preface
3.1. CAD for the Uninitiated
3.2. How Can I Get QCad
3.3. Is QCad for me?
3.4. QCad and Qt
3.5. Scope of This Manual
3.6. Who Is Behind QCad
4. Basic CAD Concepts
4.1. Entities
4.2. Attributes
4.3. Layers
4.4. Blocks
4.5. Drafting in CAD
4.6. Coordinate Systems
4.7. Object and Grid Snapping
4.8. Basic Editing
4.9. Viewing in CAD
5. Starting a QCad Session
5.1. Linux / Unix Operating Systems
5.2. Mac OS X Operating System
5.3. Windows Operating Systems
6. The QCad User Interface
6.1. Main Application Window
6.2. Menu and CAD Toolbar
6.3. Layer List and Block List
6.4. Status Bar
6.5. Command Widget
6.6. Option Toolbar
6.7. Executing Commands
6.8. Modes
7. The Command Line
7.1. Using the Commandline
7.2. A Word About Keyboard Focus
8. File Handling
8.1. Creating New Drawings
8.2. Opening Drawings
8.3. Saving Drawings
8.4. Exporting Drawings as Bitmaps
8.5. Closing Drawings
9. Printing
9.1. Print Preview
9.2. Print
10. Basic Editing Commands
10.1. Undo
10.2. Redo
10.3. Copy
10.4. Cut
10.5. Paste
11. Viewing
11.1. Scrolling
11.2. Toggle Grid
11.3. Toggle Draft Mode
11.4. Redrawing
11.5. Zooming In / Out
11.6. Auto Zoom
11.7. Previous View
11.8. Window Zoom
11.9. Panning
12. Layers
12.1. Changing the Visibility of a Layer
12.2. Changing the Visibility of all Layers
12.3. Adding New Layers
12.4. Deleting Layers
12.5. Editing Layer Attributes
13. Blocks
13.1. Changing the Visibility of a Block
13.2. Changing the Visibility of all Blocks
13.3. Adding new Blocks
13.4. Removing Blocks
13.5. Renaming Blocks
13.6. Editing Blocks
13.7. Inserting Blocks
13.8. Creating Blocks from Existing Entities
14. Object Snap
14.1. Free Positioning
14.2. Snap to Grid
14.3. Snap to Endpoints
14.4. Snap to Points on Entities
14.5. Snap to Centers
14.6. Snap to Middle Points
14.7. Snap to Distance Points
14.8. Snap to Intersections
14.9. Snap to Intersections Manually
14.10. Snap Restrictions
14.11. Relative Zero Point
15. Construction
16. Points
16.1. Single Points
17. Lines
17.1. Sequence of Lines
17.2. Lines with Given Angle
17.3. Horizontal / Vertical Lines
17.4. Rectangles
17.5. Bisectors
17.6. Parallels
17.7. Parallels through Point
17.8. Tangents from Point to Arc / Circle
17.9. Tangents from Arc to Arc / Circle to Circle
17.10. Lines Orthogonal to Other Entities
17.11. Line with Relative Angle to Other Entities
17.12. Polygon with Center and Corner
17.13. Polygon with Two Corners
17.14. Freehand Line
18. Arcs
18.1. Arc with Center, Radius and Angles
18.2. Arc with 3 Points
18.3. Concentric Arc
19. Circles
19.1. Circle with Center and Point
19.2. Circle with Center and Radius
19.3. Circle with 2 Points
19.4. Circle with 3 Points
19.5. Concentric Circle
20. Ellipses
20.1. Full Ellipses
20.2. Ellipse Arcs
21. Polylines
21.1. Creating a Polyline
21.2. Adding Nodes to Polylines
21.3. Appending Nodes to Polylines
21.4. Deleting Nodes from Polylines
21.5. Deleting Segments Between Two Nodes
21.6. Trimming Polyline Segments
21.7. Creating Equidistant Polylines
21.8. Creating a Polyline from Existing Segments
22. Splines
23. Texts
23.1. Advanced
24. Dimensions
24.1. Aligned Dimensions
24.2. Linear Dimensions
24.3. Horizontal / Vertical Dimensions
24.4. Radial Dimensions
24.5. Diametric Dimensions
24.6. Angular Dimensions
24.7. Leaders
25. Hatches And Solid Fills
26. Images
27. Selection
27.1. Deselecting All
27.2. Selecting All
27.3. Selecting Single Entities
27.4. Selecting Contours
27.5. Window Deselection
27.6. Window Selection
27.7. Inverting Selection
27.8. Deselect Intersected Entities
27.9. Select Intersected Entities
27.10. Selecting Layers
28. Modification
28.1. Move / Copy
28.2. Rotate
28.3. Scale
28.4. Mirror
28.5. Move and Rotate
28.6. Rotate and Counter-rotate (Rotate Two)
28.7. Trim / Extend
28.8. Trim Two Entities
28.9. Lengthen
28.10. Stretch
28.11. Bevel
28.12. Round
28.13. Divide
28.14. Divide Two
28.15. Properties
28.16. Attributes
28.17. Deleting Entities
28.18. Exploding Groups
28.19. Explode Text into Letters
28.20. Editing Text
28.21. Move to Foreground / Background
29. Information
29.1. Distance (Point, Point)
29.2. Distance (Entity, Point)
29.3. Angle
29.4. Total Length of Selected Entities
29.5. Area
30. Part Library
30.1. Inserting Parts
30.2. Extending the Lirary
31. Application Preferences
31.1. Appearance
31.2. Paths
32. Drawing Preferences
32.1. Paper
32.2. Units
32.3. Grid
32.4. Dimensions
32.5. Splines
33. Appendix
34. Hotkeys
34.1. Command Line
34.2. File Handling
34.3. Basic Editing
34.4. View
34.5. Layer Handling
34.6. Snapping
34.7. Construction
34.8. Dimensioning
34.9. Entity Selection
34.10. Modification
35. Fonts
36. Patterns
37. Mathematical Expressions
37.1. Constants
37.2. Functions
38. Drawing Units
38.1. Length
38.2. Length Display
38.3. Angle
38.4. Angle Display
39. Supported Paper Formats
39.1. Metric
39.2. Other
40. Migration from QCad 1
40.1. DXF Compatibility
40.2. Layer Handling
41. Bibliography
