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The documentation is a bit thin on the ground. The official stuff is here:
The documentation is a bit thin on the ground. The official stuff is here:


[[http://www.qcad.org/qcad_doc.html]]
[http://www.qcad.org/qcad_doc.html]


Other tutorials are here:
Other tutorials are here:


[[http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/linuxfocus/English/January2002/article132.shtml]]
[http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/linuxfocus/English/January2002/article132.shtml]


==Example==
==Example==

Revision as of 23:27, 27 December 2010

Qcad

Qcad is a useful and free program to make DXF files for use with the laser cutter.

Download

You can download it here for windows, mac or linux: [[1]]

Documentation

The documentation is a bit thin on the ground. The official stuff is here:

[2]

Other tutorials are here:

[3]

Example

Fonts

Qcad comes with some built in fonts. I haven't worked out how to import more, but here is a pic of all the fonts available:

File:Http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewvenn/5298378294/