# New Users

**URL:** https://discourse.librecad.org/c/new-users/7.md

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## [About the New Users category](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/about-the-new-users-category/22)

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**Author:** [@LordOfBikes](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/LordOfBikes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/about-the-new-users-category/22 "2026-10-09T21:09:50Z")

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New Users please start here. Get information how to act here or say hello to the community, as you like. If you like to, say hello and tell the community a few words about your motivation or skills. If not - fine; we re…

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## [New User restrictions](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/new-user-restrictions/25)

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**Author:** [@LordOfBikes](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/LordOfBikes)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/new-user-restrictions/25 "2026-10-19T09:57:38Z")

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With the experience of getting more and more stubborn spammers in the old forum, the new user permissions are a bit restrictive here for now. So as a new user you: are not allowed to create new topics can reply, but m…

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## [Just say hello 👋](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/just-say-hello/116)

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**Author:** [@i\_love\_cats](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/i_love_cats)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/just-say-hello/116 "2026-10-15T00:45:33Z")

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Thanks for approving me. Just a quick note about me. The first CAD program I used was AutoCAD on an MSDOS machine about 40 years ago. I then used VectorWorks on a Mac. I haven’t done any CAD work for around 20 years but…

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## [New to LibreCAD](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/new-to-librecad/77)

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**Author:** [@Andy2K](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/Andy2K)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/new-to-librecad/77 "2026-08-29T18:05:58Z")

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Hi, I’m new to LibreCAD, but an experienced PC user - not afraid to get into the nitty-gritty of the code, but prefer not to in my waning years :wink: . I have a specific project in mind that does not warrant the power …

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## [Celmar, presentation](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/celmar-presentation/42)

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**Author:** [@celmarb](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/celmarb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/celmar-presentation/42 "2026-07-05T20:01:42Z")

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Bonjour à tous, Merci à ce forum d’exister. J’aurais aimer y trouver un espace pour les francophones . Félicitations à tous ceux qui font vivre ce forum et qui se dévouent pour nous aider. J’utilise LibreCad en petite mé…

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## [Chat feature](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/chat-feature/29)

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**Author:** [@LordOfBikes](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/LordOfBikes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/chat-feature/29 "2026-06-14T15:23:24Z")

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This forum has a Chat feature, where you can get into live contact with other users currently online. As a new user you have to reach trust level 1 to use the chat feature. See New User restrictions for more details. …