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qcad - A feature-rich drafting application

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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.

Displays this help.
Displays the application version.
Reads and stores settings to QCAD3.ini at the given location instead of the default location.
Sets the locale to be used (overrides the language set in the preferences). E.g. '-locale de' starts QCAD in German.
Opens the subsequent file(s) with the explicitly given import filter.
Don't try to avoid multiple instances from running simultaneously.
Set application ID. Multiple instances of the same application (same ID) cannot run simultaneously unless -allow-multiple-instances is used.
Rescan scripts folder for new add-ons
Forces reloading of scripts when they are used. This is mainly useful during script development, to apply changes without restarting QCAD.
Enables the script debugger. NOT recommended as this may cause unexpected behavior when using QCAD.
Print action order information in menus
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.
Executes the given script file directly after starting QCAD. Options after the script file are passed on to the script.
Loads the specified CSS file.
Don't use GUI. X11: don't connect to X11 server.
Use but don't display GUI.
Enables XData (custom properties) support.
Quits QCAD, for example after executing the given script(s).

Copyright (c) Andrew Mustun and others.

November 2015 3.12