Sub-Divide tool??

Use this forum to ask questions about how to do things in the QCAD Community Edition.

Moderator: andrew

Locked
acidblue
Newbie Member
Posts: 3
Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:41 am

Sub-Divide tool??

Post by acidblue » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:41 pm

Is there a sub-divide tool in qcad??
I'm trying to do this:
http://store.curiousinventor.com/blog/h ... ectronics/
Scroll down a little more than half way down the page.

Can I use he divide tool to do something similar??

User avatar
Clive
Moderator
Posts: 1329
Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:28 pm
Location: UK

Re: Sub-Divide tool??

Post by Clive » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:53 am

Hi acidblue

Two methods you could use are:

In CE version
1.Set up 2 layers - Layer 'Draw' and Layer 'Construction' (layer construction can be a different colour say -Cyan).
2.In layer draw, draw a rectangle e.g. 194.23mm x 54.5mm (obviously you will know your exact sizes).
3.Then in layer 'construction' select to draw a horizontal line (LH) and in the length field type in 194.23/9 and QCAD will do the math and give you a line exactly one 9th of 194.23mm.You can then place these lines 'snapping' to the end points until you fill the whole line. Do the same with the opposite line, this will give you your reference points on this layer.
4.Then in layer 'Draw' you can draw lines between these reference points giving you 8 equal parts (columns).
5.Repeat this method for all other lines and when you are finished quite simply turn off layer 'construction' - job done.

In QCAD 3 pro
In the 'Points' tool set there is an option to specify the Number of points along a line (see image below), this is very simple to use, you just type in what you need in the 'Number of points' field (9 in your case) and snap to an end point of your line then snap to the other end and 'hey presto' all done - the line is exactly divided into 8 equal parts. Do the same on the opposite line and then just draw lines between the points! Afterwards the points can be deleted or turn off the layer you used for the points.
It couldn`t be simpler than this, it is well worth giving the QCAD pro 3 'free' trial a go - the added features are really good!

Hope this helps :wink:
Attachments
points on a line tool.png
points on a line tool.png (90.52 KiB) Viewed 27973 times

User avatar
Clive
Moderator
Posts: 1329
Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:28 pm
Location: UK

Re: Sub-Divide tool??

Post by Clive » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:00 pm

Hi acidblue

I thought the link you posted showing the 'electronics box' is really useful and as such I`ve decided to 'knock out' a few of the boxes myself on the laser cutter.I`ve attached a dxf file which may or may not be useful - the drawing contains 1 face but obviously you can copy this and re-scale this as needed, the size I based my face on is 100mm x 100mm and the lineweight is 0.00mm (needs to be this for laser cutting ideally) for 3mm (1/8th) perspex.
Not too sure how this might 'open up' in the CE version, I think it would need to be opened then re-saved in the dxf format again in order for the file to become ' workable' in the CE version? Anyway the file is attached (probably need to 'save as' first to desktop or similar then open up).

The drawing should look like this:
Attachments
Electronics box project 1.dxf
(94.15 KiB) Downloaded 1060 times
Electronics Box.png
Electronics Box.png (43.03 KiB) Viewed 27888 times

Locked

Return to “QCAD Community 'How Do I' Questions”