EZCAD 101 | Everything you ACTUALLY Need to Know (EZCAD2 and 3!) BEGINNERS
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0:00 - Intro - Overview
1:38 - Top Menus Overview
3:44 - Customizing Your Workspace
4:12 - Ezcad Plugins
4:54 - Draw a Shape
5:08 - Position / Scale
7:39 - Import a Vector
8:31 - Managing Groups
10:38 - Locking / Unlocking Objects
11:38 - Quick Mirror Object
11:51 - Undo / Redo
12:22 - Move / Magnify
13:27 - Object Alignment
15:05 - Transform, Rotate, Reflect, Scale, Shear
16:32 - Creating and Manipulating Text
18:57 - Basic Mouse Functions
20:25 - Barcode Tool
21:19 - Hatch Basics
22:03 - Hatch Parameters
27:35 - Mark Contour
27:57 - Line Distance Resize TRAP
29:14 - Assigning Pen Colors
30:24 - Managing Pen Colors
32:47 - Basic Parameter Settings
34:45 - MIN/MAX Jump Delay TRAP
35:18 - Managing Parameters in EZCAD
37:08 - Instant EZCAD Parameter Library
41:35 - Monthly Parameter Updates
42:50 - Note on EZCAD3
43:17 - Breathe
44:05 - More Resources
44:49 - FREE Discord Support
45:21 - Outro - Supporting the Channel
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