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==''Creating your own Template''==
 
==''Creating your own Template''==

Revision as of 00:23, 14 May 2012

Getting started

How to get LibreCAD

LibreCAD is 'free open source' software and is available to download and install for Windows,Mac and Linux from:

librecad.org.

Starting LibreCAD

The face of LibreCAD - what do we see?

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Making yourself at home, setting up your LibreCAD environment

Modifying the visible aspects of LibreCAD

Resizing the drawing area

Docking and undocking toolbars

Modifying your preferences for the entire application

"Appearance" tab

"Paths" tab

"Defaults" tab

Modyfying your preferences for the current drawing

"Paper" tab

"Units" tab

"Grid" tab

"Dimensions" tab

"Splines" tab

Creating your own Template

How to save

Starting to draw (Creating Entities)

Exercise 1 Snapping along with Lines

Exercise 2 Adding some layers

Exercise 3 Changing things

Exercise 4 Adding details

Exercise 5 Creating and using Blocks

Exercise 6 How to print