LibreCAD is a fully comprehensive, open source, 2D CAD application. It is available in more than 20 languages and is also cross platform for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, etc).
How to show the length of line I am having a problem with showing the length of the lines. In previous time, when I want to prolong a line, there will be length for the prolonged part and the new whole length shown on the screen, but now there is only the prolonged part.
LibreCAD's interface may seem a bit cluttered at first glance, but you will get used to it quickly if you view the very comprehensive Help documentation that is bundled with the application. The interface basically has a menu bar with a large number of buttons to enable you to add elements easily. There is also a number of panes that you can view your on-going project from.
LibreCAD supports numerous formats for importing, including DXF, LFF, CXF, JWW, BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG, PPM, SVG, TIFF, WBMP, XBM and TGA, whilst exporting is possible using DXF, LFF, CXF, DDS, ICNS, PBM, PNG, ICO, BMP, SVG, TIFF, ICO and PDF extensions.
LibreCAD has plenty of editing and drawing options, including the ability to add lines, points, circles, ellipses, splines, polylines and text boxes. You can also zoom in and out with ease and move, copy, align, rotate, mirror, scale and trim elements. As well as lengthen, bevel, divide, stretch, delete and explode text into lettering. So, if you need more than a basic 2D CAD application, then LibreCAD is a good choice; it is well designed, consumes little resources and is free and open source.
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![Line Line](https://sourceforge.net/p/librecad/bugs/597/attachment/Kicad_Error.jpg)
commented May 29, 2016â¢
Hi, I just started using LibreCAD. I would like to create a perpendicular line from a selected point to a selected line. In the screenshot, I want to draw a line from point 1 that is perpendicular to line B In AutoCAD, there is a snap to perpendicular option. Is there a similar function in LibreCAD? In order to draw the perpendicular line in LibreCAD, I had to
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changed the titlecreate perpendicular lineMay 29, 2016
commented May 29, 2016
It's a useful feature that we don't have... Your trim solution might be the optimal one... |
commented May 29, 2016
I would like to help with the documentation. Searching through Github issues, |
commented May 29, 2016
Yes, it's very similar in LibreCAD, use the orthogonal line tool for this.
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commented May 29, 2016
If you want to help complete http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/Commands When I rewrote it I made the table formatting consistent. The main page has a 'wiki help' section with links. Here is the majority of new additions: Feel free to post in the dev section regarding working on documentation. |
commented Jun 25, 2016
I'm going to assume you decided against doing the work. |