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Here's the most comprehensive guide I could throw together for you for GETTING STARTED with EZCAD. This guide is not for experienced users. It covers your DAY 1 learning curve to help you get up and running, learn the buttons and all of the absolute most basic features for setting up files and marking. I hope this complete beginners guide helps you on your laser journey - if it did leave me a comment below!

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0:00 - Intro - Overview 1:38 - Top Menus Overview 3:44 - Customizing Your Workspace 4:12 - Ezcad Plugins 4:54 - Draw a Shape 5:08 - Position / Scale 7:39 - Import a Vector 8:31 - Managing Groups 10:38 - Locking / Unlocking Objects 11:38 - Quick Mirror Object 11:51 - Undo / Redo 12:22 - Move / Magnify 13:27 - Object Alignment 15:05 - Transform, Rotate, Reflect, Scale, Shear 16:32 - Creating and Manipulating Text 18:57 - Basic Mouse Functions 20:25 - Barcode Tool 21:19 - Hatch Basics 22:03 - Hatch Parameters 27:35 - Mark Contour 27:57 - Line Distance Resize TRAP 29:14 - Assigning Pen Colors 30:24 - Managing Pen Colors 32:47 - Basic Parameter Settings 34:45 - MIN/MAX Jump Delay TRAP 35:18 - Managing Parameters in EZCAD 37:08 - Instant EZCAD Parameter Library 41:35 - Monthly Parameter Updates 42:50 - Note on EZCAD3 43:17 - Breathe 44:05 - More Resources 44:49 - FREE Discord Support 45:21 - Outro - Supporting the Channel

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