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I discovered that the positioning of the layers is actually dependant on their numbering so re numbering the layers moves them up or down in the same way as the arrow keys would. I appreciate that you can move items from one layer to another so moving the drawing wasn't the issue, it was the fact that I had already used layer 0 for my construction layer and wasn't ready to delete those items lead me to look for a work around. Googling the issue found lots of people muttering at the lack of this functionality in QCAD.

In Inkscape there is a function that allows the layers to be moved front to back via up and down arrows. I rather belatedly introduced a drawing and it was on something like layer 6 leaving my outline layer which I had started on, behind it and not visible through the layer containing the drawing. Visibility of layers is based on layer 0 being behind, layer 1 in front etc. One thing that I did discover that might be of interest (or blindingly obvious to all but me ). OpenSCAD is an interesting alternative for those (like me) with a programming background but seems like a lot of hard work and has a few limitations when it comes to more complex modelling tasks.īasically, I can’t make my mind up where to invest what little time I have! These factors don't really bother me but I've seen so many diatribes criticising them for this that I wonder if I'm missing something

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Web-based packages like Fusion 360 and OnShape bind you to a proprietary format and making your work publicly visible (for the free options).

“Popular” free products like Blender or Sketchup are great, but aren’t really CAD products (and Blender seems to have an impossibly steep learning curve) Solidworks et al are either so expensive to be out of reach or require dubious bending of the rules to get an educational copy The alternatives all seem to have a big downside: I’ve also had TurboCAD for years but it’s expensive, buggy and resource hungry - I can get by with it for 2D as well but 3D is tricky to say the least and any issues only seem to be solved by shelling out £300+ for a new version, with new bugs. I’m also at the stage of having to summon up the courage and time to master a 3D package.

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It’s certainly a nice robust package which does everything you need for 2D CAD and I find the Pro version to be well worth the £30-ish fee per year. This is my finished test file, not bad for around 10 hours from a standing start

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#Qcad add page how to

Please ignore the copyright symbol, it was purely done as an exercise to see how to add it. My experiences with Inkscape have stood me in good stead for picking up QCAD quickly as the look and feel is similar although I do miss being able to 'physically nudge items rather than entering coordinates but I will get there. Purists will probably note that the curve at the rear of the frame isn't correct, I created it by adding a guestimate curve based on looking at Adrian's video rather than the elispe function that Adrian used on his. The files and their location are below should anyone else desire to do the same.įrom there I managed to work right through Adrian's tutorials and finished up by adding the tags myself. I downloaded the free version of QCAD yesterday and used the option to delete a few library files to get the free version that you don't need to constantly restart. I would like to add my thanks to Adrian, for these tutorials.