This is the LibreCAD User Manual documentation source repository. The manual can be read online at https://librecad.readthedocs.io/ (or downloaded in PDF or ePub formats). The repository will contain multiple versions of the manual corresponding with each release of LibreCAD.
The documentation is created using a markup language called "reStructuredText" (http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html). For those interested in contributing to the documentation, refer to the documentation wiki (https://github.com/LibreCAD/docs/wiki) and LibreCAD-doc on the LibreCAD forum (http://forum.librecad.org/).
| Section | Initial Draft ✔️ | Review / Edit - Interim ✔️ | Update for GA release ✅ | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | All about LibreCAD and the User Manual. |
| Copyright | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Contributors | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Getting Started | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Downloading, installing and configuring LibreCAD. |
| Install | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Configure | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| References | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Technical descriptions of the tools, functions, widgets, etc. |
| Fundamentals | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Including "The Coordinate System". |
| Application Menu | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Drawing Tools | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Snapping | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Toolbars | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Dock Widgets | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Drawing Preferences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Customizing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Including Style Sheets. |
| User Guides | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Generic instructions on how to do a few things with LibreCAD. |
| Drawing Setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Scale, layers and templates. |
| Drawing and Editing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Using the Command Line | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Using Blocks | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Dimensioning & Text | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Completion and Printing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Appendices | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Miscellaneous information about LibreCAD. |
| Online Resources | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Web site, forum, wiki |
| Line Types | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Hatches | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Fonts | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Drawing Scales | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Languages | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Systems of Measurement | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Calculator | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | Operators and Functions |
| Building from Source | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Contributing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ | |
| Licenses | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅ |