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In Print Preview the movable display of the printing area (white) is displayed to small which makes a multi page arrangement very difficult. You want not notice the wrong size when you print only one page but 10 pages vertical in a row will show the effect clearly. I checked a metric (mm) and an imperial (inch) unit. The deviation in Imperial is clearer than in Metric.

Version QCAD 3.26.4.7 / Windows x86_64

Existing drawing:

1. e.g. flange.dxf loads with no fills (solid hatch) for arrows,
2. New dimension are also without arrow fills.
3. This existing drawing has Text above line! Setting Drawing Preferences / Dim to “Horizontal text labels” will alter Text to be Horizontal BUT also open a gap for the text which is a separate setting (Text above dimension Line). Undo doesn’t works on this properly - used multiple times will even change the dim color which wasn’t changed in this operation.

New drawing:

1. Same test scenario - same issue.
2. Dim settings = Horizontal text Labels ticked, Text above dimension Line ticked produces a dim horizontal orientated with a gap instead to put the text above the line

If I convert to an other unit it will only change the unit name - no dim (Existing or new) is calculated regarding to the new unit.

Please see the reported issue below:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=8994&p=35889#p35889

The library items is designed only with hatches. Inserted within the Library Browser will lead to a wildly displaced reference point position. The then in the drawing available block inserted again from the Block List will show the original correct reference.

On the other hand - Library Items designed with common entities like circle, line etc. behave in both cases normal as expected.

As we know it is easy to copy our own hatches (.pat) to QCAD but unfortunately with every QCAD update I’ve to move those files to a new location.

This said - it would be nice to have the possibility to tell QCAD the source for such customized hatch collection. Similar to the “Library Source” feature for the Library Browser.

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Drawing inch / imperial

If I add a Viewport imperial scales for that Viewport like 1” = 32’ are not accepted. Accepted are only metric scales like 1/100.

Please see also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=9206

Case:
open “Edit Block in Place”,
select entity or block like you would do to “Add to Working Set”,
don’t add - instead cancel “Edit Block in Place”,
selection color stay on even it is not treated anymore as selected,
to solve that you need to go back into “Edit Block in Place” mode to deselect the entity.

Exception when populating scale combo box

Command Open and Import fails for pdf

Forum report:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9332&p=37508#p37508

dgn file load / import fails in Pro and Trial.
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9444

Warnings:

... despite the fact it was successful.

Please refer to the user report below: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9586&p=38653#p38653 Note: 3.27.6.0 (3.27.6) works as intended.

Thanks.

Reported in the QCAD Forum by TSG on a macOS Catalina system.
Details on this topic can be found at https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9603#p38738.

Edit: And it fails often to read the menu at all at the first time. A second try will display the information ...

Shortcut Y+, Y- fails for selecting Layer Entities in a Layer List. Letter is ignored and +, - zooms the drawing

Shortcut YR, YE etc. fails for marked Layer. It works at active layer.

Insert Measurement / e.g. Point to Point fails within Coordinate (SX) dialog. It is offered for X and Y but I can’t find a way to use it. For a proper measurement with IP I need to use Autosnap etc. but that means I have to switch from Coordinate snap to an other snap with no way to return to use the d1 variable.

Rotating a Viewport will lead to rotate the drawing in the viewport but not the Viewport itself. This will happen during a creation process by using VT or afterward by editing a viewport in the Property Editor.

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Case: Launch Print preview (first time), confirm dialog “Auto fit drawing to paper?” with yes, change after that the scale, close Print Preview, launch Print Preview - the last chosen scale what should be remembered is overwritten by the Auto fit scale.

Note:
The Auto fit scale stays persistent - even after reloading the drawing!

The option “Auto fit drawing to paper?” as a dialog occurs only the first time you use Print Preview - there is no way to change the chosen option later in a session or after reloading the drawing ...

Tested on CE and Pro. Alfa value on load is always 255 ...

Please refer also to topic:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9800

Reported in forum 2 times:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=9887&p=40202&hilit=bugtracker#p40202 https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9916&p=40298#p40298

Most likely the issue exist since QCAD Vers. < 3.25.2.0 (3.25.2)

Tab value specification in Option bar: Lengths 2, Thickness 1
G-code Lengths = 8.35 (in my example), Thickness 1

“Default template to use for new drawings” is a Pro feature. Website state it is also a CC feature.

https://www.qcad.org/en/documentation/features

A block with attributes inserted into Model_Space can’t be made completely invisible with the invisible switch (Eye icon) in the block list. It works for entities but not on attributes.

Despite the toolbar “Cancel” option it would be nice if we could terminate BB also with an “Esc” or “QQ” keystroke like every other tool.

Hi,

tested with back_plate.dxf (QCAD Tutorial Example)

Drawing is original mm, metric, A4. Printprewiew works, Autofit Drawing to page etc. works as expected!

In Drawing Preferences: Changed settings to inch, imperial, Ansi A
Printpreview works but options like
“Autofit Drawing to page” and “Autofit pages to drawing” are not working as usual ...

Went back to mm etc - everything works again as expected.

Yes - it is only cosmetic but it is also stealing space in the Toolbar.

Would be nice to have them removed.

Open drawing and Auto Zoom will also use invisible Blocks for the displayed Zoom Factor.

If I launch the CE edition / do nothing with the empty default drawing and then try to terminate QCAD an unexpected warning pops up:

Do you want to save the changes you made in ‘Untitled 1’ ...

Hey - I haven’t change anything and there is nothing what needs to be saved ...

... even if it wasn’t used in the saved drawing.

... just cosmetic!

The Option drop down list for rotations (e.g. Paste etc) shows all steps incremental for every 15 degree - but 15 and 345 degree are missing.

I’m happy that we don’t have bigger problems!!!

Case:
Drawing with Viewport,
in Model Space - launch Print Preview - Paper size and display ok,
change directly to Paper_Space - Paper size and display ok,
switch back to Model Space - Paper size ok but the Paper display looks infinitive big ...

Print Preview off/on or launching/canceling Drawing Preferences will solve the display issue.

... I have the feeling that wasn’t the idea. I’m correct?

Case:
in Model Space, launch Add Viewport, determine the Viewport rectangle - when done QCAD will switch to a Layout Block.
Now in Layout Block, don’t(!) place the Viewport, switch back to Model Space and the Viewport is still attached to the Mouse pointer and you can place it in your Model Space. The source of the Viewport will then disappear.

1. Search the Tool Settings for “View” and you will only find “Overlays” without the submenu information.
2. Check View manually without a search will provide the submenu information.

Switch “Overlay” Toolbar to visible below:
View/Toolbars and Widgets/Toolbars/View/Overlays, place the Toolbar in GUI, restart QCAD and the Toolbar is back to invisible.

If I create a dxf in Pro and open it in CE (or vice versa) the block order can change strange and a new Layout Block is occasionally added. Looks like dxf version (R15 etc.) doesn’t matters.

Versions:
QCAD Pro 3.24.2.0
QCAD CE 3.24.0.0