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    QCAD Exercises Guide

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    This document provides instructions for exercises in QCAD, an open-source 2D CAD application. It includes how to create layers, adjust grid spacing, and contains 4 exercises: 1) drawing a title block template; 2) exporting a bitmap and recreating it in Paint; 3) designing a bathroom layout using scaled elements from QCAD's library; and 4) drawing a pen and adding dimensions. Tools discussed include the line, arc, modify, snap, and circle toolbars as well as scaling, trimming, parallel drawing, and dimensioning.

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    QCAD Exercises Guide

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    This document provides instructions for exercises in QCAD, an open-source 2D CAD application. It includes how to create layers, adjust grid spacing, and contains 4 exercises: 1) drawing a title block template; 2) exporting a bitmap and recreating it in Paint; 3) designing a bathroom layout using scaled elements from QCAD's library; and 4) drawing a pen and adding dimensions. Tools discussed include the line, arc, modify, snap, and circle toolbars as well as scaling, trimming, parallel drawing, and dimensioning.

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    This document provides instructions for exercises in QCAD, an open-source 2D CAD application. It includes how to create layers, adjust grid spacing, and contains 4 exercises: 1) drawing a title block template; 2) exporting a bitmap and recreating it in Paint; 3) designing a bathroom layout using scaled elements from QCAD's library; and 4) drawing a pen and adding dimensions. Tools discussed include the line, arc, modify, snap, and circle toolbars as well as scaling, trimming, parallel drawing, and dimensioning.

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    535 views8 pages

    QCAD Exercises Guide

    Uploaded by

    Toni Saura
    This document provides instructions for exercises in QCAD, an open-source 2D CAD application. It includes how to create layers, adjust grid spacing, and contains 4 exercises: 1) drawing a title block template; 2) exporting a bitmap and recreating it in Paint; 3) designing a bathroom layout using scaled elements from QCAD's library; and 4) drawing a pen and adding dimensions. Tools discussed include the line, arc, modify, snap, and circle toolbars as well as scaling, trimming, parallel drawing, and dimensioning.

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    QCAD
    Reference manual (in spanish)
    http://www.qcad.org/doc/qcad/2.2/reference/es/

    Forum
    http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/

    Toolbars
    Main Toolbar

    Line Toolbar

    Arc Toolbar

    Modify Toolbar

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    Snap Toolbar

    Circle Toolbar

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    How to adjust de grid spacing


    Edit Drawing Preferences General Grid

    How to create a new layer


    In the top right sidebar, press the + button. A new dialog window will be open (layer data) where you can
    change the name of the new layer and choose the color of the elements you will draw in this layer, also
    you can specify the lineweight and linetype. Please, take note that all the lines of a layer would be of the
    same weight.
    Usually you will use a 0.18mm or 0.25 mm lineweight for the dimensions. Also, the dimensions for the
    borders of the objects should be 0.5mm, and the hidden lines should be 0.35mm and dash linetype.

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    Exercise 0
    Draw the title block (cajetn) as it is done in this images.
    The A4 size is 210x297mm. The margins from the border of the paper are 5mm, except for the left margin
    that is 25mm.
    Steps:
    1. First of all, with the line from two points
    (LI) tool, draw the border of the paper in the
    default layer using the coordinates: (0,0),
    (210,0), (210,297), (0,297), (0,0). Write them
    directly in the commands line.
    2. In a new layer, called title block, with a
    lineweight of 0,5mm, draw the exterior frame
    of the title block using the coordinates: (25,5),
    (205,5), (205,292), (25,292) and (25,5)
    3. Using the parallel with distance (LP), draw
    all the parallel lines.
    4. All the yellow lines are interior lines, that
    are in a new layer, called interior-lines. They
    have been drawn with the parallel with
    distance (LP) and then with the trim (RM)
    tool, cut the lines that exceed its dimensions.
    First select the limiting entity and then the
    object to trim.
    5. In a new layer, called, text, write the texts
    that you see in the images.
    6. Finally, it isn't necessary that you indicate
    the dimensions of the diferents parts of the
    7. Save the file with the name: exercise0-titleblock.
    Here you can see a detail of the

    Tip: You can use the Rectangle tool to draw the A4 paper and the title block, in this case you only need to
    indicate the bottom-left corner and the right-upper corner.
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    Once you have finished this drawing, do a bitmap export (File Bitmap Export), use the filename
    exercise1-pattern.bmp. Then, open the file with Paint a do a drawing like this:

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    Exercise 2
    You should design a bathroom as this one. Save the file with filename exercise2-bathroom.dxf
    Create three layers, one for the bathroom, another for the elements of the bathroom (sanitarians), and the
    last one for the dimensions.

    You should use the Library Browser in the upper right corner of the QCAD window. Once you have
    selected the element (for example the sink) you should scale it to adjust to the desired dimensions. After
    select the object you want to scale (for example the sink) you should mark Delete original, and choose a
    scale factor of 1/10 = 0,1, then press OK, and put the scaled object in the desired position.
    Library Browser

    Scale Tool

    Scale Tool Options

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    Exercise 4
    Do the next drawing, using two layers, one for the pen and the other for the dimensions.

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