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Papajoe41
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Hidden lines

Post by Papajoe41 » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:43 pm

Win 10, QCad 3.24
Hi,
I was wondering how you put hidden lines on the drawings. 'Hidden lines- as for edges that cannot be seen from that view.'
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Husky
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Re: Hidden lines

Post by Husky » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:54 pm

It is common practice in CAD to use Layer with different Attributes for Linetype, Line weight etc. etc.
This tutorial explains the idea behind it:
https://qcad.org/en/tutorial-working-with-layers

A basic layer list could look like my one but you are free to change it to what ever works best for you.

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To draw a hidden line you have to make the Hidden Layer active and draw the lines.

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