QCAD Bugtracker

Library - Architecture is showing only four (4) symbols:
“ffl, north, uparrow and winv”.
Is this correct?

Thanks in advance

Regards

Reinhard(RM)

GNU bash, version 4.2.10(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Linux Mint 12

Issues with the ./qcad launch script:
- passing parameters, e.g. -style plastique
- LD_LIBRARY_PATH not set properly

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1814&start=15

backtrace() and backtrace_symbols() need devel/libexecinfo on FreeBSD. The attached patch solves this, making QCAD fully buildable on FreeBSD (9).

Please note that I am by no means a qmake expert, this is likely to be a sub-standard way of attacking the problem at hand. Tweak as needed.

Good point. I hadn’t thgouht about it quite that way. :)

Select line
Start drag and drop on either end point
Zoom in
Pressing shift no longer works as expected

Andrew,

When selecting a Hatch entity:
For a solid filled Hatch the boundaries total length is given.
With a pattern that returns the summed length of the patterned lines.

I think that the recent performance update for RHatchData::getLength returns something different than intended.

Regards,
CVH

Je suis allé dans Edition/Préférences générales/Widgets/Explorateur de la bibliothèque et j’ai ajouté différents répertoires contenant soit mes bibibliothèques soit celle fournies lors de l’installation du logiciel.
L’explorateur de la bibliothèque reste vide.

Im Zuge einer Zeichnungserstellung entstehen viele Layer.
Auch Library Items oder Kopien aus anderen Zeichnungen können noch viele Layer hinzu bringen.
Um die Übersicht zu behalten sollten deshalb nicht oder nicht mehr gebrauchte “Leere Layer” nach Fertigstellung (oder auch zwischendurch) der Zeichnung entfernt werden.
Diese herauszufinden gestaltet sich als sehr aufwendig weshalb ich eine Kennzeichnung der leeren Layer als sehr nützlich empfinden würde.

After saving with format R27, the state of the arrow of a leader “Führungslinie” is always No (”Nein”) on loading the file.

Arrow size does not respect dimension size scale factor

Andrew,
This is bugging me for over a year now.
I filed it as a feature request as it is dismissed twice as a possible bug on the forum.
In both cases the advice is to only use Specific Scale 0 for Leaders.
(... and adapt all other dimensions to that)

I am aware that an arrow head has to fit twice on the first leg of a Leader Entity.

The size is set global in the Drawing Preferences under Dimension Settings: ‘Text Height’.
Under Dimension Settings, there is also a global ‘Size scale factor’.
And every dimension entity has a Specific Property called ‘Scale’ that supersedes this global ‘Size scale factor’.

Proof of concept: Dim size 5 and for any regular dimension.
1) Size scale factor 1, Specific Scale 0 » text height & arrow length = 5 units.
2) Size scale factor 2, Specific Scale 0 » text height & arrow length = 10 units.
3) Size scale factor 2, Specific Scale 1 » text height & arrow length = 5 units.
4) Size scale factor 1, Specific Scale 2 » text height & arrow length = 10 units.
5) Size scale factor 10, Specific Scale 0.5 » text height & arrow length = 2.5 units.
6) Size scale factor 99, Specific Scale 0.1 » text height & arrow length = 0.5 units.
→ Obvious is that the ‘Specific Scale’ supersedes the dimensions ‘Size scale factor’.

Those two last Leader arrows (2.5 & 0.5 long) would definitely fit twice on an 8 units long first Leader leg! And they do perfectly while drawing them.

However, the arrow will be reset when the file is saved & loaded.

For case 5 the first leg has to be (2 times 5×10) 100 units or over so an arrow 2.5 long remains on save (=40 times). In the absurd case 6 that would be (2 times 5×99) 990 units or over for an arrow only 0.5 units long (=1980 times).
Verfied and true.

It seems that on save/load:
The Specific Scale is not taken into consideration while evaluating ‘At least twice’.

Apart from that they render fine when first drew.
And reappear when setting the arrow back on again after load.

Regards,
CVH

Tools: Leader and Datum
Tool tip for “Undo Last Segment” - Segment instead of Segement

My settings below Application Preferences:
Dimension Settings
Drawing Unit: Inch
Paper Unit: Inch
Measurement System: Imperial

Printing - Page
Page Orientation: Landscape
Paper size: ANSI A (Letter)
Paper width: 8.5” Paper height: 11”

Printing Colors
Color Mode: Black / white

Blank QCAD template used as the start drawing.

Issue in Layout Block

Printing Color Black/White changed to “Full Color Mode”,
Default setting to use ANSI A will change to ISO A4 in mm regardless that the Paper Unit is inch and size ANSI A.
Unit is unstable when you change the format a few times. It will switch between mm and inch what can lead to a 8.5 mm x 11 mm Paper size (then called customized!) or 210” x 297” ANSI A4,

Paper orientation preset to Landscape is then Portrait in Layout Block

Layers issue has returned. Add new layer and the new layer, even though active, is not highlighted although the pencil icon shows. And in some cases no layers are highlighted after the new layer is added or the wrong layer is highlighted after adding new layer. 3.22.09

The layerlist shows at any operation all sublayer, even if they were previously hidden!

- Store layer states under a name
- Restore layer states
- Remove layer states object
- Update layer states object

Layer renaming: changing name from lower case to upper case

Deaktivating “for plotting” (German “plottbar”) while editing properties of a layer seems to change nothing. I expected, that in print preview (SVG, PDF) these layers are deaktivatet too.

Deaktivating in these cases make sense as when real plotting.

The layer properties dialog has a drop down that lists all of ones layers. The dialog itself can be stretched horizontally, but the drop down doesn’t stretch with it. Because of this design element overlooked, it is near impossible to read longer length layer names. I have attached a screenshot that illustrates the problem.

Layer names should be case insensitive

Pendant la réalisation d’un plan le calque 0 s’est verrouillé, impossible de le modifier. En l’enregistrant sous un autre nom le calque 0 est toujours verrouillé.

During the implementation of a plan the layer 0 was locked, impossible to change it. By saving it under another name Layer 0 is always locked.

• Double click on a layer with child layers
• Layer edit dialog is opened
• After dialog is closed, the sub layers are collapsed

Hi. This is a layers confusion..

I have layers:

0
v Layer 1
Layer 1a
v Layer 2
Layer 2a

I select (highlight) “Layer 1a” add an entity on “Layer 1a”
I select (highlight) “Layer 2a” add an entity on “Layer 2a”

I then collapse “Layer 2” and then collapse “Layer1” - in that order:

0
> Layer 1
> Layer 2

No layers shown highlighted.

I immediately add a 3rd entity.

I then open “Layer 2” and see that “Layer 2a” is still highlighted.

I then hide “Layer 1”

That third entity that I added is now hidden (as is the first entity that I added in “Layer 1a”) and properties show it is part of “Layer 1”, not “Layer 2a”. Seems like the third entity is added to the top layer that was last collapsed.

Even happens if I collapse “Layer 2” and then immediately expand it. Add an entity and that entity is placed in “Layer 2” even though “Layer 2a” is still highlighted.

I hope this makes sense. Not a huge issue, just a strange UI peculiarity.

Best regards
Hugh
3.21.3.19 and 3.21.3 Windows 10 as updated as possible

The attached screenshot will make clear what the problem is:
“échelle” should be between “cotes” and “platines”, not at the bottom. “e” and “é” must be considered the same letter when ordering alphabetically.

1. new drawing
2. add layer named “layer 1”
3. close drawing

the layer list still shows 2 layers, “0” and “layer 1”, but should be empty

Application Setting to set line weight setting on Layer 0 to a value (Default for example). Currently Layer 0 set to 0.25mm (ISO) New drawings will have Layer 0 set to this “default” line weight. Works for addition of new layers, but not initial Layer 0 on New drawing?

When file was saved and closed, layers “masse, traits-fins, equerre-ar” were specified “black”. When re-opening QCAD for another session, the color layers were changed to a “custom” dark red. I noticed this happening several times with different files, always those that are black/white.

If an entety has a different layer than your choice in the layerlist:
By trimming a circle it changes the layer of selected entety to the layer that is chosen in the layerlist.
You have to change the layer of the entety back to the previous layer after trimming.

Hi,

if I create in a new drawing a layer list and use the Show all Layers / Hide all Layers function everything works as expected.

If I hide one or more Layers individually and directly in the Layer List (click on the Eye) I can’t make them visible with the Show all Layer function. It looks like individual hidden Layer are protected with a higher priority.

If I load an “old” drawing all individual settings for a hidden Layer are with a higher priority than Show all Layers. If I click every single Eye for each Layer to make them visible then I’m again able to toggle the visibility for all Layer in once.

Win 7
Q-CAD 3.19.2

R-Click in Layer list
With a selection, selecting by Layer adds the Items on that Layer to the selection.
With a selection, deselecting by Layer subtracts the Items on that Layer from the selection.
This is not a bug in casu because this can be the intention of the function. Adding or Subtracting.

Intuitively ‘selecting by Layer’ to retrict to that Layer solely has only the desired effect if no selection existed before.
Deselecting by Layer with no previous selection should mention there was none to start with.
Selecting by Layer from an empty Layer should mention that nothing is added.

Faults are prone to make.

Selecting a Layer uniquely would be an interesting additional feature.

Regards

I have set the delete layer preference to make the next layer in the list the current. This will not work for sublayers. After deleting a sublayer the 0 layer will become current.

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3735

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=5092

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new layer with color (e.g.) red.
2. Draw a line.
3. Make the layer invisible.
4. Edit the layer to change its color to (e.g.) green.
5. Make the layer visible.
The line will appear colored red.
If you save, close, and reopen the file, it will now appear green.

1) Start with a new fresh drawing
2) draw an object (e.g. Circle)
3) select Layer>Duplicate Layer
4) Proposed name “0 Kopie” is ok, and maybe change color
5) New Layer “0 Kopie” is created but no objects in this copied layer.
6) Select original layer and select Modify>Detection>Detect Duplicates
=⇒ there you find the copy of your layer content twice

Duplicating layer “0” results in duplicate entities on same layer instead of new layer.

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4583