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Now that we have our item drawn out we then need to add the framing to hold everything together when it is etched.

After posting the QCAD tutorial on adding the half etched details I got a few questions via the Western Thunder forum so this extra tutorial should hopefully cover some of the items I missed.

This tutorial shows how the half etch detail is added in QCAD and the areas are filled.

This tutorial covers importing an image into QCAD. This could be used as a background image to help trace out complex shapes.

Next we move onto adding the fine detail, using QCAD to tweak the outline shape to be more accurate.

The next stage is to draw out the arched cutouts in the side of the frames, this may appear slightly daunting at first but with the right tool options in QCAD it can be broken down into a few simpl...

Now we start drawing the outline for the tender frames in QCAD.

When drawing out lines and shapes you can make the end point jump to the nearest reference point, commonly referred to as snap points. This video covers how to define these snap points and how this...

The next instalment for QCAD covers the basic building blocks of drawing lines and reference dimensions.

This is a short introductory video showing how I set up QCAD for drawing out the artwork for a small etching job. I'd just bought a JLTRT ...