Getting Started with QCAD

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  • This video is the demonstration portion of a more complete tutorial which can be found at intofpv.com/t-getting-started-...
    If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or in the thread linked above.
    Thanks for watching!
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  • @johnbray4566
    @johnbray4566 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for creating this simple to follow along tutorial. It was a great way to dive in and actually try something in CAD as a first time nube. Really appreciated the process and trying out some of those specialty tool functions.

  • @elenivichou2650
    @elenivichou2650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you very much for the simple and useful information!

  • @SamuelLanghorn
    @SamuelLanghorn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top notch!!
    finally someone who shows the design creation in context not just "how to draw a line" nonsense.
    This should get me going to make my aluminum hinges for my boat 🙂
    Thank you.

  • @dutchmotortrips
    @dutchmotortrips ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you very much for this tutorial. I used to be an AutoCad user and this program comes close to what I was used to draw with. I got a small tip for you to use the command "Round (rn)" to make an arc between two lines instead of "2 tangents and radius (ctr)".

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey man - thanks for the tip! That will save me tons of time. Guess I should be exploring more of the tools in QCad...😉

  • @jmans4928
    @jmans4928 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good tutorial, I learned a lot, Thanks.

  • @pageboy1974
    @pageboy1974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    More useful than any university lecture, very well explained and easy to follow. If I can follow this anyone can.

  • @brianmckee1561
    @brianmckee1561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you , extremely helpful. You explained this amazing clear and direct.

  • @nadanutcase
    @nadanutcase ปีที่แล้ว +1

    EXCELLENT ! Thanks for the clear, PROJECT BASED introduction.

  • @miketran570
    @miketran570 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best video out there. Appreciate.

  • @grahambrown5874
    @grahambrown5874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an amazing video. Very clean and concise use of this CAD tool in a practical application.
    I wanted a simple CAD tool to map out the boundary of my garden and I found testing various tools required intensive learning that was time consuming and tiring. This video showed how to find and use important tools in QCAD in a drawing example that would be applicable to most drawings. The only thing not covered was how to show dimensions on a separate layer. Thank you making this great video👍

  • @camberarnow9921
    @camberarnow9921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You made it very easy to follow what you were doing. This video was helpful.

  • @reptethetetlen
    @reptethetetlen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great guide, thank you for this! each step was easy to follow

  • @WiringRescue
    @WiringRescue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was incredible helpful. Thank you.

  • @gurayyuce1404
    @gurayyuce1404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    crank the speed to 1,5x..

  • @davidjensen4209
    @davidjensen4209 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent! Very helpful and clearly explained!

  • @petergoffe3168
    @petergoffe3168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very useful, easy to follow tutorial to get started in QCAD, Tanks!

  • @luc1943
    @luc1943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first very good guide I found! Thank you!

  • @johnlepore1562
    @johnlepore1562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a very helpful tutorial!

  • @cosmosraven
    @cosmosraven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderful teacher. Great tutorial.

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are kind - thanks!

  • @j0n045
    @j0n045 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, that was an ideal introduction!

  • @billj5645
    @billj5645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When starting to create something like this I would suggest that you take a moment to study what you envision for the final result- you have 4 arms and motor pads that are all the same, you have 16 of the small slotted holes and 2 of the long slotted holes. The first rule of CAD is to not draw the same thing twice. You could have created one of the arms including divisions and fillets, then you could copy and mirror it twice to get all 4 of them. You could have created one of the small slotted holes and copied and mirrored/rotated it. You could have created one of the long slots and copied it. This would have been a lot less work.
    However this is still a very good video to demonstrate the capabilities of the program and how to use various of the commands.

    • @jmans4928
      @jmans4928 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How ? This is not autocad

  • @lmrod7800
    @lmrod7800 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this video, you almost covered most of my questions. Thank you

  • @acroquad1407
    @acroquad1407 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful. Thank you.

  • @dlt074
    @dlt074 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    outstanding!

  • @markgreco1962
    @markgreco1962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super job 👏

  • @geoffphil
    @geoffphil ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent way of introducing Qcad tools. Thanks for the video. Surely there is a fillet tool that could do the final rounding more easily though?

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks. There is such a tool - pointed out by Bzeemer in his comment earlier. It's the "Round (m)" command. It's in the Modify menu if I recall. I use it all the time now.

  • @acidfpv7243
    @acidfpv7243 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks this helps

  • @jorgesui9298
    @jorgesui9298 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much! great tutorial however, I would like to see if you can help with architectural drawings and printing. I have been having problems with dimensions in foots and inches, somehow it does not show in the drawings and cannot get the grid measurements to draw in 1/4" = 1'-0"

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Sorry, I can't help you. I never use those features in QCad. I'm guessing they are probably there, but I'm not sure. You might check out some other tutorials or do a "search" for that feature.

  • @steveu235
    @steveu235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will you be shooting a video of this flying or maybe just showing the complete assembly? Thanks, Really formative video I was looking for a video to show how to make slots.

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, this "design" was kept basic and done just for this tutorial so people would have an idea of how to get started. I have used Armattan Productions to have other frames cut from other, more complete designs. They have a very good FAQ (including tips on designing slots for cutting). I recommend checking them out. (I hate to direct you to intoFPV again, but in the tutorial I linked above, I have a link to a thread about my experience with Armattan...;) ) And BTW, I have yet to fly any of my own designs - always finding other nice designs to use my electronics on...maybe someday.

  • @cjones4433
    @cjones4433 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a very good tutorial. I have a question though. I want to use this to laser cut acrylic. I want to create a rectangle cutout and screw hole cutouts to convert to Adobe Illustrator for the laser cutter. I have a rectangle set up as 80mm by 60mm and the screw holes are set at the corners. When I convert to PDF and print, the drawing is not in scale. How do I print in scale? Thanks

    • @scottyorr3764
      @scottyorr3764 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I haven't worked with the PDF export feature that much. When I have, it has been to reduce the drawing in size. Then I convert that with Preview (Mac) to a jpeg, and capture a screen shot, then print that. That won't help you, because you want actual size. If your units are set to millimeters, then I don't know why the 1:1 export wouldn't work. (And then I've had printers themselves mess up the scale. ) I have laser-cut acrylic before, but my front-end will accept QCad's DXFs just fine, so I haven't bothered with conversion programs.

    • @cjones4433
      @cjones4433 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scotty Orr thank you! We have an organization called dospace that we can use their laser cutter. We have to export the file to adobe illustrator and use the print feature to do the laser cutting

  • @toddspeck9415
    @toddspeck9415 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't seem to get any drawing's from Q-cam into Mach 3...Wonder if you might have any tips or ideas...I have been trying for days...So bound and determined to get this figured out. I think it might be something with the scale...Any tips would be so appreciated. That first tip of moving the center point..really helped me. The divide step really helped me out.

    • @scottyorr3764
      @scottyorr3764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven't used Q-cam or Mach 3, so I can't be much help, sorry. It's possible there is a Mach 3 post-processor for Q-cam, but I don't know. I import my DXF's into Fusion 360, and use it's CAM features with a GRBL post-processor.

    • @toddspeck9415
      @toddspeck9415 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottyorr3764 Thanks man...appreciate the reply...Sure dig learning from all your tutorial vids..Have a good one.

    • @toddspeck9415
      @toddspeck9415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottyorr3764 I figured out I was just not saving my files correctly. So stoked I got it dialed now. I am really studying and learning so much about Qcad/cam. Have a good one.

    • @toddspeck9415
      @toddspeck9415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found that if you don't save it the exact way Mach wants to see it. It will never load. Kind of tricky to get it all figured out. Really like your Qcad lesson.

  • @venkataramayya4266
    @venkataramayya4266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video on a Mac!!! The Windows based videos are very difficult to follow!!!!!

  • @DM-sl9hp
    @DM-sl9hp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is quite helpful. One question i have is about making changes. Suppose you decided to change the 6mm radius on the acute angles to 5mm or lengthen the arns. Is there a quick way for that or does it take a lot of manual rework?

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't believe QCad offers the functionality of having drawing elements change when changing dimensions (like autocad for fusion360). If it does, I don't know how to use it. There may be work arounds (you can "scale" a selected entity, but it's still going to be a more manual process and won't automatically adjust adjoining entities).

  • @steveu235
    @steveu235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are you sending us to sign up to a forum to have access to the "FULL Video" when it is actually the same length video"?

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your interest. It's a "more complete tutorial" (including installation instructions and other text explanations/answers), in addition to this video. And you do NOT have to "sign up" to read the entire thread. I only directed people there in case they wanted additional information that is not in this video. Sorry if I offended you.

    • @steveu235
      @steveu235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sloscotty Not offended just didn't see the difference in the videos

  • @maxhristjuk3524
    @maxhristjuk3524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    veri naiss tutokas

  • @topspeederalmond
    @topspeederalmond 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can not find QCAD at the app store?

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You need to download directly from QCad: www.qcad.org/en/download
      See the link to the complete tutorial (in the video description above), for info on how to convert it from the "demo" to the "free" community version.

  • @sanantoplic8715
    @sanantoplic8715 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Group ervery Part that lines are not single Group = Block in the free Version you see like a part list

  • @sanantoplic8715
    @sanantoplic8715 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    srry still a good Job thanks for the video

  • @francoisBonin-phils
    @francoisBonin-phils 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    before buying , be aware that the $40 fee does not gives you access to the CAM plugin , you have Qcad pro , that's all , no CAM.I was trapped in this...

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, unfortunately getting the version with CAM will set you back around $120. I just use the free community edition of QCad for design, and use the Fusion 360 manufacturing environment for my CAM. (I just use these for hobbies though, and not to make money.)

  • @sidsadgaming5576
    @sidsadgaming5576 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The tutorial is very good. However, this software has a very bad workflow as compared to other Autocad 2D and its look-alikes.

    • @sloscotty
      @sloscotty  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It could be my use of it is what the bad workflow is. It works great for me, and it's free! I haven't tried Autocad 2D and likely won't because I can't afford it. (Even if I could, QCad suits my purposes for 2D.) . I use Fusion 360 for 3D. I find I can export my DXFs into 360 for extruding, and setting up CAM operations. Thats "my" general workflow for now. Could be I will eventually use F360 for my 2D work, but it will require me to learn a new skill set.

    • @d4django
      @d4django 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sloscotty Try Draftsight. It is free until December 2019. The time you will take in it to do the same thing will be only 25% of that of Qcad

  • @kevinkuusik7342
    @kevinkuusik7342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    who? cares...