Posted by Librecadni10 on Jul 15, 2018; 8:57pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Librecadni10-brief-self-introduction-tp5716200.html

Greetings, Gentle Folk at LibreCAD Forums -  LibreCAD Internet Relay Chat Network

I will just give a brief self-introduction;  

I am a retired Plumber and HVACR technician. I have a modest workshop with a Milling Machine, a Lathe, Drill press, Table Saw and Radial Arm Saw. I usually use those things in an effort, often futile, to repair things. So I make many small parts, if the part is too complex to keep it in my head, I’ll free-hand draw up whatever I want to make, I also make a rather inept use of SketchUp©.

I have taught Apprentices how to draw Plumbing isometrics, a type of drawing that does not use perspective and where unit length is always the same. For instance; draw a skeletal cube so that you can see all twelve lines that make up the edges of the cube, all lines of the cube are the same unit length. Once you get to the stage where you can see the cube morph “in” and “out” of the page, you are ready to learn to draw Plumbing Isometrics. So far as I know there is no on-line resource for this type of drawing.

I have managed to learn to use SketchUp© well enough to meet my needs for drawing small parts, but my, the stuff I see out there that purports to be done with SketchUp©, those drawings are well beyond my abilities. I should mention in this context that I have never used SketchUp© enough to justify purchasing the Pro version, that may well make a difference.

I have tried to learn and use LibreCAD© with little if any success. The following are just a few of my initial questions:

1) What can you do at the Internet Relay Chat Network?

2) Why is a separate registration for LibreOffice© and LibreCAD© needed?

3) There does not seem to be a sub-forum for new folk.

4) There doesn’t seem to be a post of forum rules, not even; Now play nice people.

5) If there is moderation, it’s not evident to me.

6) how does one remove / delete / cut entities.? Well Okay, I did figure this out after much trial and error, however, I couldn’t find a reference to this function in the on-line manual.  

Of the few question headings in the forum that I’ve scanned, I don’t, so far, understand enough to have a very good idea of what the question pertains to.

I have tried to follow the on-line manual but I often can’t get anything to happen or things happen, but I don’t know what I did to produce the effect.

Regretfully, I don’t have the knowledge or experience to frame more specific questions. For instance; I learned how to draw a box, but for the life of me cannot get the program / App to allow me to draw a second box on top. I imagine this is a very simple action, I can’t now make it happen.

Thank you, Respectfully, Librecadni10