- If you have Dropbox enabled to automatically upload screenshots, disable that, as it appears to interfere (did for me on Windows 7)
- Open Snipping Tool and press ESC, so that the text says "Select a snip type from the menu [...]"
- Set up the shot you want, then hit Control + Print Screen
- Select the snip type you want and get the shot. The window you had open before will be frozen so you can move the mouse around now without losing hover text and drop down menus.
Since I discovered this, I've been taking the time to document things I learn to do in various software. The main reason is that often I come back later and can't remember some particular trick or button or whatever, and having a screenshot describing it is really nice.
So, here's a FreeCad tutorial along these lines. This version uses FreeCAD 0.14 (except for the first few screenshots, before I realized I should update my old version). You'll want to click on the images to view them at a more reasonable size. We'll be making a very simple square part with some holes. This tutorial goes through everything in detail and step by step, for those of you who find that kind of thing useful.
Step 0: Get FreeCAD
Get FreeCAD here.
Step 1: Start it up
Start up FreeCAD. Click on the top left button (circled below) to create a new project.
