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Contents

1   License

2   Getting started

2.1  What Is QCad?

2.2  What is QCad not?

2.3  What Does It Look Like?

2.4  Where To Get QCad

2.5  Installing QCad

3   Basics

3.1  Documents

3.2  Undo / Redo

3.3  Important Mouse Functions

3.4  Working With Drawing Versions

3.5  Working With Layers

3.6  Zero Points

3.7  Snapping Functions

3.8  Clipboard

3.9  DXF Compatibility

4   File Handling

4.1  Creating New Files

4.2  Opening Existing Files

4.3  Saving Drawings Under New Name

4.4  Saving Drawings

4.5  Closing Loaded Drawings

4.6  Setting Up The Print Device

4.7  Printing

4.8  Print Preview

4.9  Quitting QCad

5   Viewing Drawings

5.1  Redrawing

5.2  Autozoom

5.3  Increasing The Viewing Factor

5.4  Decreasing The Viewing Factor

5.5  Show A Range

5.6  Pan Zoom

5.7  Selection Zoom

6   Undo / Redo

6.1  Undo

6.2  Redo

7   Working With Layers

7.1  Showing / Hiding The Layer List

7.2  Showing All Layers

7.3  Hiding All Layers

7.4  Adding A Layer

7.5  Removing Layers

7.6  Renaming Layers

7.7  Removing Empty Layers

8   Creating Objects

8.1  Creating Points

8.2  Creating Lines

8.3  Creating Arcs

8.4  Creating Circles

8.5  Creating Texts

8.6  Creating Dimensions

8.7  Creating Hatches

9   Transforming Objects

9.1  Moving / Copying Objects

9.2  Rotating Objects

9.3  Scaling Objects

9.4  Mirroring Objects

9.5  Moving And Rotating Objects

9.6  Rotating Objects Around Two Centers

9.7  Trimming Objects

9.8  Trimming Two Objects

9.9  Cutting Objects

9.10  Stretching Contours

9.11  Rounding Corners

9.12  Beveling Corners

9.13  Converting Texts To Objects

9.14  Editing Existing Texts

9.15  Deleting Objects

9.16  Moving The Layer Of Objects

9.17  Moving The Zero Point

9.18  Changing Attributes

10   Selecting Objects

10.1  Deselecting All Objects

10.2  Selecting All Objects

10.3  Selecting Single Objects

10.4  Selecting Closed Contours

10.5  Deselecting Rectangular Areas

10.6  Selecting Rectangular Areas

10.7  Deselecting Intersected Objects

10.8  Selecting Intersected Objects

10.9  Inverting The Selection

10.10  Selecting Layers

10.11  Selecting Double Objects

11   Snapping Functions

11.1  Free Positioning

11.2  Snapping To Grid Points

11.3  Snapping To Endpoints

11.4  Snapping To Center Points

11.5  Snapping To Middle Points

11.6  Snapping To Intersections (A)

11.7  Snapping To Intersections (M)

11.8  Snapping To Distance Points

11.9  Snapping To Points On Objects

11.10  Inputting Cartesian Coordinates

11.11  Inputting Angular Coordinates

12   Additional Features

12.1  Creating Your Own Fonts

13   Options

13.1  Preferences