- Status Closed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Bug Report
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.1.0 Beta 1
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
- Votes
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Attached to Project: QCAD Bugtracker
Opened by Husky - 21.05.2013
Last edited by Andrew - 22.05.2013
Opened by Husky - 21.05.2013
Last edited by Andrew - 22.05.2013
FS#811 - Rectangle(RE) with a defined x,y coordinate start point doesn't works correctly ...
QCAD 3.0 / 3.1
Test case:
set relative zero,
choose rectangle RE tool,
choose snap tool coordinate,
Now QCAD is asking for the x,y coordinates and my thinking was it will just use them for the start point (what I’m looking for!) - but .... QCAD will use the given coordinates for the Start point of the rectangle(right!) AND as size for the rectangle(wrong!)
I can see what is probably happening here:
I see - not a bug. Only my lack of attention!
Anyway - the dialog of this function isn't clear to realize for a user(or maybe just for me!). If I need and decide to draw a rectangle without a given size I don't expect that this tool will keep the x,y snap function for the second rectangle point. Also it is only asking for the x - y value - it is not asking for the width and hight like the "Rectangle with size" Tool dialog. Confusing! Same story with "Line from two Points, or Circle center+point". I think those tools should kill the snap coordinate function and have to switch automatically back to the free or auto snap function after it is used for one time. Just my two cents ...
Thanks for the input.
In the end, it's probably the same old problem as always: the software cannot know what the user intends to do.
I think it's important that the coordinate snap tool stays on for the following use case:
The user wants to draw a series of consecutive lines.
E.g. 10 to the right, 5 up, 7.5 to the left, etc.
User would have to switch the coordinate snap tool on again for each point if the snap tool would not stay on.
For the rectangle tool, this kind of use is less likely. However, each tool should behave the same for consistency reasons.