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albealedin
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Getting Started

Post by albealedin » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:20 pm

Hi there
I'm a newbie to QCad and just trying to do some simple things. Is there a tutorial showing the basics somewhere ? eg how to draw a line to an exact length and then move it ?
Thanks

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Husky
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Re: Getting Started

Post by Husky » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:47 pm

Hello albealedin - welcome to the forum.
albealedin wrote:Hi there
I'm a newbie to QCad and just trying to do some simple things. Is there a tutorial showing the basics somewhere ? eg how to draw a line to an exact length and then move it ?
Thanks
To get you started I recommend to study this brief "What is / how to" to get an Idea about CAD in general and QCAD in particular

http://www.ribbonsoft.com/doc/qcad/2.2/reference/en/

QCAD has also a "Status Bar" integrated in the Program what tells you what the current tool is expecting you to do.
You are able to turn it on/off below Menu/View/Status Bar

Besides that you will find a lot of youtube videos in the www - that helps too.

If you like to dive deeper into the material then it would make sense to invest a little amount of money for the QCAD Book - just excellent! This book is written by the QCAD Author himself and he knows what he is talking about ... :wink:

http://www.ribbonsoft.com/shop/product. ... roduct=195

(hmmmmm - looks like they have this week a 20% discount for the QCAD Pro + Book bundle ...)

However - QCAD is easy to learn and with the QCAD Community Edition you are able to test it before spending money on a unknown product ...
http://www.qcad.org/de/qcad-downloads-trial

... and if you stuck in a particular problem feel free to search this forum and if no answer pops up just post your question below the proper forum rubric - we are here to help!
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