LibreCAD for Beginners - Part 1: Drawing Tools, Operation & Magnetic Drawing Mode
This is the first part of a LibreCAD video series for beginners, designed to help you get started with the 2D design program using small sample projects.
This video introduces basic drawing tools, explains some of the initial handling, and shows how the "magnetic drawing mode" makes designing on a PC easier and more precise than on paper.
The sample project in this first video will be a "schematic house," which can be printed out immediately with just a few clicks.
Table of Contents
0:00 Introduction
2:05 Setting a White Background
2:58 Video Highlights
3:28 Moving and Zooming on the Drawing Area
5:06 Toolbar (left edge): Rectangle Tool
6:19 Drawing Multiple Rectangles
6:32 Undoing Actions
7:24 Selecting Elements
9:25 Placing Elements Precisely (Magnetic Mode)
11:15 Selecting Only Intersections (Magnetic Mode)
11:57 Line Tool (in Magnetic Mode)
13:10 Drawing "Windows" in the "House"
13:41 Centering "Window Crosses" (Magnetic Mode)
14:40 Horizontal Line Tool
17:03 Print Preview