The Open Source CAD System For Everyone
QCAD is a free, open source application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D). With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schematics and diagrams. QCAD works on Windows, macOS and Linux. The source code of QCAD is released under the GPL version 3 (GPLv3), a popular Open Source license.
The current version of QCAD is 3.32.
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 an easy to use but powerful 2D CAD system for everyone. You don't need any CAD experience to get started with QCAD immediately. You can
download QCAD today for free
!
Main Features
Layers
Blocks (grouping)
35 CAD fonts included
Support for TrueType fonts
Various Metrical and Imperial units
DXF and DWG input and output
Printing to scale
Printing on multiple pages
Over 40 construction tools
Over 20 modification tools
Construction and modification of points, lines, arcs, circles, ellipses, splines, polylines, texts, dimensions, hatches, fills, raster images
Various powerful entity selection tools
Object snaps
Measuring tools
Part library with over 4800 CAD parts
Very complete and extremely powerful ECMAScript (JavaScript) scripting interface
Command line tools
(dwg2pdf, dwg2svg, dwg2bmp, etc.)
QCAD/CAM:
G-Code export
Nesting
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