qcad - Man Page

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QCAD is a free, open source application for Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D). With QCAD you can create, study and alter technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schematics and diagrams.  QCAD builds upon the Drawing Interchange File Format. Such DXF-files are used by many other professional CAD-systems.

QCAD works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The source code of QCAD is released under the GPL version 3 (GPLv3), a popular Open Source license.

-help

Displays this help.

-version

Displays the application version.

-config path

Reads and stores settings to QCAD3.ini at the given location instead of the default location.

-locale locale

Sets the locale to be used (overrides the language set in the preferences). E.g. '-locale de' starts QCAD in German.

-filter filter

Opens the subsequent file(s) with the explicitly given import filter.

-allow-multiple-instances

Don't try to avoid multiple instances from running simultaneously.

-app-id ID

Set application ID. Multiple instances of the same application (same ID) cannot run simultaneously unless -allow-multiple-instances is used.

-rescan

Rescan scripts folder for new add-ons

-always-load-scripts

Forces reloading of scripts when they are used.  This is mainly useful during script development, to apply changes without restarting QCAD.

-enable-script-debugger

Enables the script debugger.  NOT recommended as this may cause unexpected behavior when using QCAD.

-debug-action-order

Print action order information in menus

-autostart script-file

Starts the given script file instead of the default scripts/autostart.js. Note that with this option, QCAD is not started but rather the application implemented in the given script.

-exec script-file [ options ]

Executes the given script file directly after starting QCAD. Options after the script file are passed on to the script.

-gui-css-file CSS-file

Loads the specified CSS file.

-no-gui

Don't use GUI. X11: don't connect to X11 server.

-no-show

Use but don't display GUI.

-enable-xdata

Enables XData (custom properties) support.

-quit

Quits QCAD, for example after executing the given script(s).

Copyright (c) Andrew Mustun and others.