1 License 1.1 Copyright 1.2 Trademarks 1.3 The GNU General Public License 2 Thanks And Credits 2.1 Developers 2.2 Part Libraries 2.3 Translations 2.4 Packages 3 Getting Started 3.1 What Is QCad? 3.2 What is QCad not? 3.3 What Does It Look Like? 3.4 Where To Get QCad 3.5 Installing QCad 4 Basics 4.1 Documents 4.2 Undo / Redo 4.3 Important Mouse Functions 4.4 Working With Drawing Versions 4.5 Working With Layers 4.6 Zero Points 4.7 Snapping Functions 4.8 Input Fields 4.9 Clipboard 4.10 DXF Compatibility 5 File Handling 5.1 Creating New Files 5.2 Opening Existing Files 5.3 Saving Drawings With A New Name 5.4 Saving Drawings 5.5 Closing Loaded Drawings 6 Viewing Drawings 6.1 Redrawing 6.2 Autozoom 6.3 Increasing The Viewing Factor 6.4 Decreasing The Viewing Factor 6.5 Show A Range 6.6 Pan Zoom 6.7 Selection Zoom 6.8 Zoom To Scale 1:x 7 Undo / Redo 7.1 Undo 7.2 Redo 8 Working With Layers 8.1 Layer Attributes 8.2 Showing / Hiding The Layer List 8.3 Showing All Layers 8.4 Hiding All Layers 8.5 Adding A Layer 8.6 Removing Layers 8.7 Changing Layer Attributes 8.8 Removing Empty Layers 9 Creating Objects 9.1 Creating Points 9.2 Creating Lines 9.3 Creating Arcs 9.4 Creating Circles 9.5 Creating Texts 9.6 Creating Dimensions 9.7 Creating Hatches 10 Transforming Objects 10.1 Moving / Copying Objects 10.2 Rotating Objects 10.3 Scaling Objects 10.4 Mirroring Objects 10.5 Moving And Rotating Objects 10.6 Rotating Objects Around Two Centers 10.7 Trimming Objects 10.8 Trimming Two Objects 10.9 Trimming Objects By A Given Amount 10.10 Dividing Objects 10.11 Cutting Out Parts 10.12 Stretching Contours 10.13 Rounding Corners 10.14 Beveling Corners 10.15 Converting Texts To Objects 10.16 Editing Existing Texts 10.17 Deleting Objects 10.18 Moving The Layer Of Objects 10.19 Moving The Zero Point 10.20 Changing Attributes 11 Selecting Objects 11.1 Deselecting All Objects 11.2 Selecting All Objects 11.3 Selecting Single Objects 11.4 Selecting Closed Contours 11.5 Deselecting Rectangular Areas 11.6 Selecting Rectangular Areas 11.7 Deselecting Intersected Objects 11.8 Selecting Intersected Objects 11.9 Inverting The Selection 11.10 Selecting Layers 11.11 Selecting Double Objects 12 Snapping Functions 12.1 Free Positioning 12.2 Snapping To Grid Points 12.3 Snapping To Endpoints 12.4 Snapping To Center Points 12.5 Snapping To Middle Points 12.6 Snapping To Intersections (A) 12.7 Snapping To Intersections (M) 12.8 Snapping To Distance Points 12.9 Snapping To Points On Objects 12.10 Inputting Cartesian Coordinates 12.11 Inputting Angular Coordinates 13 Measuring Functions 13.1 Distance Between Two Points 13.2 Distance Between A Line And A Point 13.3 Distance Between Two Lines 13.4 Angle Between Two Lines 13.5 Coordinates 13.6 Area / Circumference 14 Object Libraries 15 Additional Features 15.1 Creating Your Own Fonts 15.2 Creating Your Own Patterns 15.3 Creating Object Libraries 16 Options 16.1 General Preferences 16.2 Current Drawing Settings 17 Hot keys 17.1 File Handling 17.2 Edit Functions 17.3 Selecting Functions 17.4 Zooming Functions 17.5 Snapping Functions 17.6 Misc