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  1. The new tutorial "2.9 Activate Layer of Entity" is now available as part of our tutorial series at: qcad.org/en/tutorial-2-9-activ

  2. 3.32.7 comes with new stable Qt 6 based packages for all modern platforms as well as the usual bug fixes and minor feature updates. qcad.org/changelog

  3. The new tutorial "2.8 Printer Calibration" is now available as part of our tutorial series at: qcad.org/en/tutorial-2-8-print
    All tutorials are also available in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch

  4. @freezr

    (ma lo uso principalmente come CAD)

    Lo affianco con #QCAD, ma soprattutto per fare in/out del (merdosissimo) formato proprietario DWG di Autodesk

    @freecad

  5. De to første opplæringsprogrammene for , «1.1 Bruke CAD-verktøy» og «1.2 Visning og navigering», er nå tilgjengelige på norsk. Flere opplæringsprogrammer vil snart være tilgjengelige. qcad.org/videoopplaeringer-pa-

  6. So, drafting.

    This feels like the kinda skill that feels useful to learn, but also that I have 0 reason to actually know how to do other than occasionally vaguely try to draw spaceships

    But hey, I've never experimented with a skill without it slowly growing me in other unexpected areas.

    ... probably not going to get really good at this unless the software market completely dies though. Then maybe, we'd see.

    #cad #qcad

  7. 3.32.6 is mainly a bug fix release. qcad.org/changelog

  8. 3.32.5 is mainly a bug fix release with many improvements across all user interface translations and text wrapping for Asian languages. qcad.org/changelog

  9. De nieuwe tutorial "2.7 Selectiefilter" is nu beschikbaar als onderdeel van onze tutorial serie op: qcad.org/nl-tutorial-2-7-selec

  10. Il nuovo tutorial "2.7 Filtro di selezione" è ora disponibile come parte della nostra serie di tutorial all'indirizzo: qcad.org/it/tutorial-2-7-selec

  11. El nuevo tutorial "2.7 Filtro de selección" ya está disponible como parte de nuestra serie de tutoriales en: qcad.org/es/tutorial-2-7-selec

  12. Das neue Tutorial "2.7 Selektionsfilter" ist jetzt verfügbar als Teil unserer Tutorial-Serie unter: qcad.org/de/tutorial-2-7-selec

  13. Le nouveau tutoriel "2.7 Filtre de sélection" est maintenant disponible dans le cadre de notre série de tutoriels à l'adresse : qcad.org/fr/tutorial-2-7-selec

  14. The new tutorial "2.7 Selection Filter" is now available as part of our tutorial series at: qcad.org/en/tutorial-2-7-selec

  15. Did you know that if you export Grease Pencil objects to SVG with camera-relative clipping, using an orthographic camera that matches the render's aspect ratio, and then edit the SVG file by swapping the units from "px" to "mm," you end up with an SVG that has spot-on measurements?
    For example, an A3 (420x297), render at 4200x2970, orthographic camera scale = 4.2 #b3d #Blender3d #Blender #inkscape #CAD #QCAD

  16. soo, vielleicht kennt sich ja hier auch wer aus:
    ich suche nach einem
    #CAD Programm für #Metall - #Stahlbau, ähnlich #Inventor, #ProSteel oder #Tenardo... nur halt gerne als #OpenSource oder Kaufmodell wie #Qcad...

    (Qcad habe ich sehr gerne für ihr 2D-CAD Programm mit Geld beworfen, sehr Faire Preisvorstellung!)

  17. De nieuwe tutorial "2.6 Afbeeldingen traceren" is nu beschikbaar als onderdeel van onze tutorial serie op: qcad.org/nl-tutorial-2-6-traci

  18. Hallelujah! AutoCAD's DWG is a closed format that Linux CAD apps can't properly read. Well, there's apparently now a freeware Linux utility, ODA File Converter, that allows you to convert from DWG to DXF. Get the .appimage from here: opendesign.com/guestfiles/oda_

    LibreCAD and other Linux apps I tested can now read these common files fine as DXF! A great solution for my brother too, who I recently converted to Linux too.

    #linux #opensource #foss #cad #autocad #librecad #qcad #freecad

  19. I don't understand why #QCad is not very popular in the Linux community. It has a free, GPL version that is way more put together than LibreCAD. In fact, LibreCAD is a fork of QCad from the late 2000s. QCad has way more features now, and most are free.

    Sure, there's FreeCAD too, but that's more about 3D CAD, and it's more difficult to learn & use. QCad is a good starter 2D Cad/Cam, especially if you're coming from #AutoCAD 's UI.

    #linux #opensouce #foss #cad #freecad #3dprinting #librecad

  20. #Switch to #opensource solutions:

    Windows: #Linux
    Photoshop: #Gimp 3.0-rc
    Illustrator: #Inkscape
    PremierePro: #Kdenlive, #Shotcut
    Office/Acrobat: #OnlyOffice, #LibreOffice
    Maya: #Blender
    Media: #VLC
    Unity: #Godot
    ToonBoom: #SynfigStudio, #Pencil2D
    InDesign: #Scribus
    Nuke: #Natron
    Procreate: #Krita
    After Effects: #Friction
    Mathematica: #SageMath, #SymPy
    MatLab: #GnuOctave
    Audition: #Audacity
    Autocad: #FreeCAD, #QCad
    Ableton: #Ardour, #LMMS (daily build)
    Lightroom: #DarkTable, #RawTherapee

    #foss

  21. LibreCAD, being a fork of QCAD 2.0.5 Community Edition, for a long time had only a Points-based Grid.

    Now there are settings to fully customize the Grid look:
    1) with Points type its possible to set Metagrid to Continious line type (or other).
    2) with Lines type its possible to fully customize both, main Grid and Metagrid line types.

    Also, its possible to customize the look of Axis Lines and extend them infinitely.

    #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #2d #3d #cad #drawing #drafting #dxf

  22. LibreCAD, being a fork of QCAD 2.0.5 Community Edition, for a long time had only a Points-based Grid.

    Now there are settings to fully customize the Grid look:
    1) with Points type its possible to set Metagrid to Continious line type (or other).
    2) with Lines type its possible to fully customize both, main Grid and Metagrid line types.

    Also, its possible to customize the look of Axis Lines and extend them infinitely.

  23. LibreCAD, being a fork of QCAD 2.0.5 Community Edition, for a long time had only a Points-based Grid.

    Now there are settings to fully customize the Grid look:
    1) with Points type its possible to set Metagrid to Continious line type (or other).
    2) with Lines type its possible to fully customize both, main Grid and Metagrid line types.

    Also, its possible to customize the look of Axis Lines and extend them infinitely.

    #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #2d #3d #cad #drawing #drafting #dxf

  24. LibreCAD, being a fork of QCAD 2.0.5 Community Edition, for a long time had only a Points-based Grid.

    Now there are settings to fully customize the Grid look:
    1) with Points type its possible to set Metagrid to Continious line type (or other).
    2) with Lines type its possible to fully customize both, main Grid and Metagrid line types.

    Also, its possible to customize the look of Axis Lines and extend them infinitely.

    #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #2d #3d #cad #drawing #drafting #dxf

  25. New LibreCAD's splash & about dialog banner in the latest builds now are relevant to the version of the build: Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate & Release.

    #2d #3d #cad #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #drafting #draft #drawing #draw #dxf #dwg

  26. New LibreCAD's splash & about dialog banner in the latest builds now are relevant to the version of the build: Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate & Release.

  27. New LibreCAD's splash & about dialog banner in the latest builds now are relevant to the version of the build: Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate & Release.

    #2d #3d #cad #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #drafting #draft #drawing #draw #dxf #dwg

  28. New LibreCAD's splash & about dialog banner in the latest builds now are relevant to the version of the build: Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate & Release.

    #2d #3d #cad #librecad #qcad #freecad #blender #drafting #draft #drawing #draw #dxf #dwg

  29. LibreCAD latest CI builds now includes corresponding startup splash image according to version you are launching.

    Also, old basic "About" dialog now replaced with a new one, which includes a splash image too (that is too large, really).

    So, I proposed to use a half of a splash image as a banner image in a new "About" dialog, and diverse its look for ALPHA, BETA, RC and RELEASE releases: github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/i

  30. N.B. Line-based grid is a new feature (default grid is dot-based). To reset LibreCAD grid:

    In "Application Preferences > Appearance" set:
    Background: Black
    Grid Color: Gray
    Metagrid Color: #404040

    In "Current Drawing Preferences" set:
    [check] Show Grid
    [uncheck] Extend axis lines
    Grid type: Points

    For comparison, as LibreCAD originally is a fork of QCAD Community Edition, here is a screenshot with its actual default grids (point-based main grid with line-based metagrid).

  31. #FreeCAD under developments, has continuos improvements and I really like what was and is done, specially my preferred part is the new Tech Draw improvements, now it is much faster and cleaner, with it you can generate nice drawing and export it as #DXF or #SVG, for me the ability to export in DXF is fantastic so I can edit drawings with #QCAD or other 2D #CAD editor. #fc3d github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-Bun

  32. A metal sheets work with #Plasticity3D, unfolding and 2D generation with #FreeCAD, the annoying task, was the making of DXFs layout of all parts with #QCAD. Also Moi3D was used with complex 3D for 2D generation of assembly. rendering with #b3d, QCAD has some issues in the dimensions, the saved file differ from original. and dimension are wrong, I have to re-edit each time.

  33. For :inkscape: #Inkscape experts: I have a #dwg file with a scheme that I'd like to edit in Inkscape.

    What's best flow to (well) #convert this dwg file ( ufile.io/xobr6g02 ) to #svg ?

    I tried with #Qcad exporting in #dxf, #svg etc etc, but I lose a lot of information.

    Otherwise If I import the file in inkscape from pdf (that's here ufile.io/74qjzogc ), then it become very very slow, nearly impossible to edit.

    Maybe it's there a method to "simplify" the #pdf imported?

    #cad

  34. For :inkscape: #Inkscape experts: I have a #dwg file with a scheme that I'd like to edit in Inkscape.

    What's best flow to (well) #convert this dwg file ( ufile.io/xobr6g02 ) to #svg ?

    I tried with #Qcad exporting in #dxf, #svg etc etc, but I lose a lot of information.

    Otherwise If I import the file in inkscape from pdf (that's here ufile.io/74qjzogc ), then it become very very slow, nearly impossible to edit.

    Maybe it's there a method to "simplify" the #pdf imported?

    #cad

  35. I use the Professional version of the #OpenSource #QCAD #CAD software, which is amazing 🌈🦄

    The free version is fine for #GardenDesign.
    qcad.org/en/qcad-downloads-tri

    The Professional version has more features & is only £40. This is £2,610 cheaper than the industry standard #Vectorworks 😳
    qcad.org/en/online-shop

    There is also a really thorough #QCAD book as well:
    qcad.org/en/qcad-book

    Another #OpenSource alternative to #QCAD is #LibreCAD
    librecad.org/

    3/8

  36. I use the Professional version of the #OpenSource #QCAD #CAD software, which is amazing 🌈🦄

    The free version is fine for #GardenDesign.
    qcad.org/en/qcad-downloads-tri

    The Professional version has more features & is only £40. This is £2,610 cheaper than the industry standard #Vectorworks 😳
    qcad.org/en/online-shop

    There is also a really thorough #QCAD book as well:
    qcad.org/en/qcad-book

    Another #OpenSource alternative to #QCAD is #LibreCAD
    librecad.org/

    3/8

  37. I use the Professional version of the #OpenSource #QCAD #CAD software, which is amazing 🌈🦄

    The free version is fine for #GardenDesign.
    qcad.org/en/qcad-downloads-tri

    The Professional version has more features & is only £40. This is £2,610 cheaper than the industry standard #Vectorworks 😳
    qcad.org/en/online-shop

    There is also a really thorough #QCAD book as well:
    qcad.org/en/qcad-book

    Another #OpenSource alternative to #QCAD is #LibreCAD
    librecad.org/

    3/8

  38. I use the Professional version of the software, which is amazing 🌈🦄

    The free version is fine for .
    qcad.org/en/qcad-downloads-tri

    The Professional version has more features & is only £40. This is £2,610 cheaper than the industry standard 😳
    qcad.org/en/online-shop

    There is also a really thorough book as well:
    qcad.org/en/qcad-book

    Another alternative to is
    librecad.org/

    3/8

  39. I use the Professional version of the #OpenSource #QCAD #CAD software, which is amazing 🌈🦄

    The free version is fine for #GardenDesign.
    qcad.org/en/qcad-downloads-tri

    The Professional version has more features & is only £40. This is £2,610 cheaper than the industry standard #Vectorworks 😳
    qcad.org/en/online-shop

    There is also a really thorough #QCAD book as well:
    qcad.org/en/qcad-book

    Another #OpenSource alternative to #QCAD is #LibreCAD
    librecad.org/

    3/8