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Below are the sections that are in the LibreCAD User Manual with the percent complete [%].
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About
- Copyright [100%]
- Contributors [100%]
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Getting Started
- Install [100%]
- Configure [100%] (Setting up / configuring LibreCAD)
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References: technical descriptions of the tools, functions, widgets, etc. Following the menu structure, it would include:
- Fundamentals [100%] (Including "The Coordinate System")
- Application Menu [100%]
- Drawing Tools [100%]
- Snapping [100%]
- Toolbars [100%]
- Dock Widgets [100%]
- Drawing Preferences [100%]
- Customizing [100%] (Including Style Sheets)
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User Guides: documents that provide instruction on how to do things with LibreCAD. These are how-toβs, but with greater details(?)
- Drawing Setup [100%]
- Scale
- Attributes (layers, pens (color, line type & thickness))
- Templates
- Drawing and Modifying [5%]
- Blocks [100%]
- Dimensioning & Text [100%]
- The Command Line [100%]
- Printing Guide [100%]
- Drawing Setup [100%]
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Appendics
- Online Resources [100%]
- Fonts [100%]
- Hatches [100%]
- Languages [100%]
- Systems of Measurement [100%]
- Calculator [100%] (Operators and Functions)
- Building from Source [90%]
- Contributing [100%]
- Licenses [100%]