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QCad is an application for computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2D). With QCad you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas and diagrams. QCad works on Windows, Mac OS X and many Linux and Unix Systems. The source code of the QCad community edition is released under the GPL (Open Source).
QCad was designed with modularity, extensibility and portability in mind. But what people notice most often about QCad is its intuitive user interface. QCad is a simple 2D CAD system for everyone. You don't need any CAD
QCad was designed with modularity, extensibility and portability in mind. But what people notice most often about QCad is its intuitive user interface. QCad is a simple 2D CAD system for everyone. You don't need any CAD
What's New
Version 3.0 Beta 2:
- Extended drawing file format support to most versions of DXF and DWG:
- Read support for format version 2.5 through 2010
- Write support for format version 12 through 2010
- SVG export:
- Optional: preserve as much of the original data and geometry as possible in SVG
- Various improvements and optimizations of the exported SVG files
- Drawing tools:
- Points:
- N points along a line
- M x N points in quadrangle
- Arcs:
- Arc with two points and radius
- Arc with two points and angle
- Circles:
- Circle with two points and radius
- Splines:
- Spline through fit points
- Texts:
- Text with TrueType fonts
- Use multiple fonts, colors, sizes, etc. in one text entity
- Text with TrueType fonts
- Hatches and solid fills:
- Support ellipses and ellipse arcs as boundary elements
- Points:
- Snap tools:
- Snap to middle between two arbitrary points
- Performance improvements in various areas (display of large drawings, selection, modification, ...)
- Support for named views (store current view / restore view)
- Display multiple view ports (view tiles) per drawing
- Printing:
- Print drawing as poster on multiple pages
- Print page IDs
- Print glue marks
- Construction possible in print preview mode
- Property editor:
- Completely refactored, fixed various problems with focus and editing, improved usability
- Editing attributes (color, line weight, line type)
- Editing draw order
- Show selected entity types
- Filter selection by entity types
- Improved line pattern rendering (symmetrical, no gaps at end point)
- Clipboard display widget shows content of clipboard (dockable)
- Paste
- Optionally overwrite existing layers / blocks
- Selection
- Selection modes for all selection tools (where appropriate): replace selection, add to selection, remove from selection, intersect with selection
- Select entities inside polygon
- Select contour: follow all connections (select also tree shapes and meshes)
- Modification
- Select / delete duplicate entities
- Select / delete zero length entities
- Entities
- Improved ellipse support (snapping to ellipse intersections, trimming, breaking out segments, hatching ellipses)
- Layer Handling
- Deleting layers can be undone
- Configuration
- Configuration of key codes and commands
- Devices
- Support for Wacom tablets
- Support for Apple's "Magic Trackpad" (including panning and zooming)
- Support for surveyor's angle input (e.g. N10d30'12.5"E)
- Part Library Browser
- Meta information stored as RDF
- Search based on keywords, file names, ...
- Parts in part library may be drawings with static content or scripts that dynamically create content
- New, much more powerful scripting interface:
- almost complete Qt and QCAD API available through ECMA Script interface
- creating interactive tools with scripts
- creating menus, toolbars, dockwidgets, dialogs, ...
- script plugin mechanism
Version 3.0 Beta 2:
- Extended drawing file format support to most versions of DXF and DWG:
- Read support for format version 2.5 through 2010
- Write support for format version 12 through 2010
- SVG export:
- Optional: preserve as much of the original data and geometry as possible in SVG
- Various improvements and optimizations of the exported SVG more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
QCad User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:12,335 |
| Version Downloads:882 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Illustration |
| License:Demo |
| Date:18 Sep 2011 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price:Free |
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QCad is an application for computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2D). With QCad you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas and diagrams. QCad works on Windows, Mac OS X and many Linux and Unix Systems. The source code of the QCad community edition is released under the GPL (Open Source).
QCad was designed with modularity, extensibility and portability in mind. But what people notice most often about QCad is its intuitive user interface. QCad is a simple 2D CAD system for everyone. You don't need any CAD experience to get started with QCad immediately. You can download a free trial version and try QCad today
QCad was designed with modularity, extensibility and portability in mind. But what people notice most often about QCad is its intuitive user interface. QCad is a simple 2D CAD system for everyone. You don't need any CAD experience to get started with QCad immediately. You can download a free trial version and try QCad today
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vitor-br-01 reviewed on 14 Jan 2007
Download the sources and recompile them.
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M-Rick reviewed on 16 Apr 2006
Anonymous reviewed on 22 Feb 2005
It had an inuitive menu (not that funny PC-like stuff in QCad), and all you needed for simple 2D tasks.
There is no port to OSX up to day. That makes me very sad, I would pay money for it!!!!!! But not any cent for QCad.
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Anonymous reviewed on 06 Jan 2005
Inconsistent in reactions.
Keep away.
Anonymous reviewed on 14 Jun 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Mar 2004
Autodesk needs to get in gear to be the first to come over to OS X so that us mac users can throw away the pc's at school and work.
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Enrico reviewed on 28 Oct 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Oct 2003