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=== Main menu ===
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The main menu is at the very top of the window application.
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From the main menu you can reach every command, but there are faster way to make the same job: command line and toolbars.
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=== Main tools: top toolbars ===
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If you right-click on the icons of the toolbars a selection menu will appear: you can select which toolbars to show.
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If you click on the three small horizontal lines on the left of each toolbar, see picture, you can grab the related toolbar and move it on a new position of the screen.
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=== Main CAD tools ===
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Main CAD tools are located on the left side of the sreen.
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Revision as of 20:21, 25 April 2013

This guide assumes that you have already installed LibreCAD, you can download the last release here


NOTE: LibreCAD runs on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, each of which has several versions, therefore some pictures might not not look exactly like what you see on your computer.


LibreCAD main window

When you start LibreCAD the main window appears on your screen, showing the GUI (the Graphical User Interface). Based on your preferred operating system the screen might look like one of the followings:

LibreCAD on GNU/Linux (GNOME 3)
LibreCAD on Windows


LibreCAD window is divided into seven areas:

  • Main menu and tools;
  • Main CAD tools;
  • Model space;
  • Command line;
  • Status bar;
  • Layer list;
  • Block list.

The following picture highlights these areas:


Application window.png


Main menu

The main menu is at the very top of the window application. From the main menu you can reach every command, but there are faster way to make the same job: command line and toolbars.

Main tools: top toolbars

If you right-click on the icons of the toolbars a selection menu will appear: you can select which toolbars to show. If you click on the three small horizontal lines on the left of each toolbar, see picture, you can grab the related toolbar and move it on a new position of the screen.

Toolbars 1.png

Toolbars 2.png


Main CAD tools

Main CAD tools are located on the left side of the sreen.


MainCADTools.png