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........................................................... May I ask if you have any prior experience in CAD (other than drawing packages for illustrational purposes like Inkscape or Corel Draw)? Thanks again for your reply Andrew. I have only had experience in using LibreCad. I will note that nei...

Is there a different user manual for the community version than the pro version? No. If you find that the manual does not fit the software, you are very likely looking at an outdated manual or tutorial for QCAD version 2. You can find the latest user reference manual for QCAD online at: http://qcad...

Is there a different user manual for the community version than the pro version? I am finding directions in the manual that I have downloaded are different to the drawing options offered in the community version that I am trying to sort out the following functions: 1. Selecting for deleting a line. ...

Please double-check your auto snap preferences (see above). If the Grid option is unchecked, QCAD should never use grid snap, unless of course you explicitly choose Snap > Grid during an operation. I have got that part of the problem solved thanks Andrew. However, I still don't know how to stabilis...

I am now able to get it work independent from the dreaded grid snap. However, it is not stable. I set it on "free snap" and then go to use it and it often reverts back to snap on grid. If I persevere, it will hold long enough to do what I want. There must be something I am still missing. I did have ...

Ok, thanks Husky. I will give that a go.

Can someone assist me here please?
When I try to draw a line with a chosen starting point, the grid directs the cursor to where I don't want it. Slight one way or the other.

Got it to work. Thanks Husky.

Thanks for the reply Husky. The version that I have installed and am using is 3.16.4 Have I been looking at the wrong manual? It appears that I have been. I will investigate further. I will respond again later. edit: I am having some trouble finding the correct manual. Can you post me a link please?...

I am having problems getting the scale function to work. I am trying to follow the Qcad manual, the first two steps here: "1. After starting the scale tool, the CAD toolbar shows the selection tools. Use them to select the entities you want to scale. 2. Click the right arrow button in the CAD toolba...