QCAD.org Forum

For background, I'm used to AutoCAD, Solidworks and Inventor, but am looking to use QCad at home because it can run under Linux and looks like it will do everything I need for personal use. Waste not, want not.

It seems like a lasting relationship between entities isn't made with snaps like it would be in the above mentioned programs. For example, if I snapped the center of a circle to an intersection between two lines, then moved one line (and hence the intersection), the circle would remain unchanged. Is this the case or am I missing something?

(Note that this is in now way a pointed question.)

No. You can not create a relationship in Qcad like you could in Acad.

You do have the ability to use grips, to a certain degree. So you could move the lines and then grip the end point of the one line and snap to center of circle.

Afterthough: Could also use the stretch command. Grab the 2 lines and leave the second anchored to the center of circle.

QCad is not Autocad, and I dont think it ever will be. But I will say, I like it (Qcad that is) and have never looked back.

Just one mans personal opinion.

I used to use the programs you mentioned as well. (2002 Acad and 2005 SW). I was really tired of trying to keep up to date with the yearly or so updates put out by the above companies, and I was sick and tired of MS.

Since I work for myself contracting here and there. I switched to Linux a few years back. I now use Qcad and Varicad.