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Difference between revisions of "LibreCAD Tips and Techniques"
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# '''Draw the border'''. | # '''Draw the border'''. | ||
## The border '''has to be centered''' within the finished page, or this will not work. | ## The border '''has to be centered''' within the finished page, or this will not work. | ||
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Saving the border as a block may be useful (I haven't tried it) for producing multiple pages with a uniform format. | Saving the border as a block may be useful (I haven't tried it) for producing multiple pages with a uniform format. | ||
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+ | ==Command Aliases== | ||
+ | You may also define your command aliases by changing the alias configuration file and restart LibreCAD: | ||
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+ | * %HOME%\local configuration\application data\LibreCAD\librecad.alias | ||
+ | In OS_MAC | ||
+ | * $HOME/Library/Application Support/LibreCAD/librecad.alias | ||
+ | In OS_LINUX | ||
+ | * $HOME/.local/share/data/LibreCAD/librecad.alias |
Revision as of 23:24, 11 April 2015
Printing a Drawing to Positioned and to Scale with a Border
- Draw the border.
- The border has to be centered within the finished page, or this will not work.
- For my current small page, I am using a 10" x 7.5" border, which is half an inch within a US "letter size" page.
- There must be nothing outside the border, or LibreCAD will use it to center the page, rather than the border.
- Select print preview. This will produce a preview centered to the page, and scaled so that the border is as large as possible.
- Set the scale and check "fixed."
- Press the center button. This positions the drawing, and may also apply the scale factor.
- Print.
Saving the border as a block may be useful (I haven't tried it) for producing multiple pages with a uniform format.
Command Aliases
You may also define your command aliases by changing the alias configuration file and restart LibreCAD:
In OS_WIN32
- %HOME%\local configuration\application data\LibreCAD\librecad.alias
In OS_MAC
- $HOME/Library/Application Support/LibreCAD/librecad.alias
In OS_LINUX
- $HOME/.local/share/data/LibreCAD/librecad.alias