Allow for multiple authors of one item.

This can be achieved by replacing the rs:author attribute of tag rdf:Description with:

 
 
    "John Doe"
    "Jane Doe"
 
 

• insert part in inch into mm drawing
• block scale correct, but block reference also scaled

When I open the part library, it displays a dialog saying “Updating Index”, after it finishes, none are displayed, and the filesystem bar at the top is empty, clicking on it does nothing.

Create and extend part library.

Find Existing Files

Parameterized Items

Links

[mostly old] Generate Items Automatically

<!-- XML document defines a name template to use for the generated parts: -->
"DIN_912_M%1_L%2""din_912.js""DXF"
	<!-- Attributes to use for the name template -->
	"d"
	"L"
 
	<!-- For each type of the specific part, we define some parameters that 
		are identical for that type (here M3): -->
	"3""5.5""2.5""3""18"
		<!-- For each of these elements, a DXF file is generated. This DXF file 
			is generated with file name "DIN_912_M3_L22.dxf" and parameters d="3" D="5.5" 
			s="2.5" k="3" b="18" L="22": -->
		"var1"
		"var2"
		"60"
 
 
	"M4""7""3""4""3""20"
		"var1"
 
 
	"var1"
		"22"
		"25"
		"30"
		"35"
		"40"
		"45"
		"50"
 
 
	"var2"
		"70"
 
 
 

Hello,
I’ve quite often the task to transfer changes from one set of drawings to another (similar) set.
My ideal setup would be to open one set in one window and the other set in another window.
Both windows would be aranged side-by-side (larger monitor).
Unfortunately Qcad (I’m using the Pro version) does not allow to be started twice in parallel.
Not even Qcad-trial runs concurrently to Qcad-Pro.

So my request is to be able to run two instances of Qcad-Pro in parallel.

It’s ok if the second instance is in a kind of read-only mode where neither data not tool-settings
can be changed.
It’s also ok if number of concurrent instances is limitted to 2.

Best regards,
Klaus

LP - Number limit:
2 digits (max. 99)

LG - Number limit:
2 digits (max. 99)

OF - Number limit:
3 digits (max. 999)

OH - Number limit:
2 digits (max. 99)

Yes I know - it’s also a performance question but compared to ...

... Copy/Move (MV)
next to infinite digits (max. ???)

... Paste Along Entity (PE)
next to infinite digits (max. ???)

When paper unit being change to other values (other than default “Milimeter” or “None”), the paper borders are wrongly displayed in print preview.
The attachment screenshot images is for example.
1, Edit →Drawing Preferences →Drawing Unit →Pager Unit, choose the value “Centimeter”.
2, Edit →Drawing Preferences →Page →Pager →Paper size, choose the value “ISO A4”.
3, File →Print Preview, the displayed print borders are wrongly displayed as a very narrow rectangle, which is obviously wrong.
Thanks for any help.
Reeve

Panning with two-finger up/down left/right movement does not work with Qt 5 based builds.

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4148

Version:
V 3.0.9 and earlier.

How to reproduce:
Go into App Preferences, in Graphics View→Navigation, enable pan gesture. Now add any drawing and pan around for ten seconds quickly, not taking the fingers off the mouse/touch pad. Take the fingers off the pad now.

What goes wrong:
QCad will pan around the drawing for another 30 seconds or so, dutifully executing all the buffered mouse moves.

Suggested solution:
Qt buffers more mouse pan-moves than QCad can handle. QCad executes every move in the buffer, making the pan feature close to unusable. The zoom function has the same bug, but it much less pronounced.

This is easily solved: when receiving a pan event (two finger scroll), just check if there are more events in the queue. If there are, accumulate the effect, but don’t draw yet. As soon as the buffer is empty, kick off the redraw. The result is a *much* more fluent and responsive user interface.

Please fix soon. This wonderful feature makes life so easy, but currently it is unusable. Thanks. Matthias.

Cases:

1. QCAD default start drawing:
Application Preferences, Page Tags enabled,
Load new drawing (Menu/File/New),
Launch Print Preview, Page Tags not displayed on print preview page,
Check Drawing Preferences shows that Page Tags are still enabled, turn it off, turn it on, confirm with OK makes the Page Tags visible on the Print Page.

2. Customized start template drawing - saved as template with enabled Page Tags - same behavior.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6673

When in print-preview mode, the page orientation (portrate or landscape) can be changed using its document-preference dialog box, but it does not take effect.

Some drawings, particularly with a lot of angles, results in a very decimal number.

It would be great to have the option to change the precision of individual dimensions when necessary.

Currently, the precision is universal in the drawing.

What I’m currently doing is leave the precision to zero decimal cases and manually inserting decimals when needed, but it results in a dimension with no “Auto” label, that may result in wrong dimensions on the workflow, especially when editing the project. The dimension labeled manually will not change, so it can cause errors.

Version: qcad-3.27.9.3-alt1
Qt version: 5.15.8
Architecture: x86-64
Graphics platform: X11
Kernel version: 5.15.94-un-def-alt1

Steps:

1. Run from console: $ qcad
2. Reduce the size of the program window.

OBSERVED RESULT: Label overlay.

EXPECTED RESULT: Correct display of inscriptions (text in the bottom panel).

Same behavior: on first run.

Please refer to attached drawing

1.Draw square 80mm x 80mm.
2.Draw circle in the centre 44mm dia.
3.Select circle and project using orthographic projection tool (cylindrical) with clipping enabled onto copy of square to the right.
4.Clipping should do what? is it suppose to clip the edges of the square? if so it doesn’t clip and doesn’t seem to make any difference whether I enable the ‘clipping’ option or not.

Hello,
I’m having issues with ordinate dimensions on a DXF file that is not scale 1:1.

Running on Windows 10
Qcad/Cam Pro V 3.27.1.0

Here is my scenario;

Step 1; Import CAD file “ScaleTest1142022.DXF” which is scaled at 1:2 from the previous software (Solidworks).
Step 2; Clean up file, scale up to 1:1 and move to XY zero.
Step 3; Add horizontal or vertical dimensions, they are correct. If I do ordinate dimensions, they are double of what they should be.
Outside of block is 1.0” x 6.0”, but ordinates come up as 2.0” x 12.0” When adding ordinate dimensions, there is a scale dropdown option, changing this seems to have no effect on anything.
Going into drawing preferences, Dimension settings, the size scale factor is 1.

On these dimensions, the linear measurement factor is set to 2, and the dimension displayed is not double what it really should be. All other horizontal and vertical dimensions added have the linear measurement factor set to 1 and the dimensions are correct.

Is there a way to force the “LMF” to 1 always?

Hi Andrew

I wasn’t sure if this was a bug or feature request, when I’m drawing part sets that only change in lengths I dimension them
to save time then I stretch and save as whatever filename... I was surprised when Qcad reacted the way it did when stretching ordinate
dimensions on a part, the 1st thing I did was window select over the dimensions which didn’t work ( this is the typical way for
stretching ordinate dimensions in AutoCAD,IntelliCad,Draftsight etc )... anyway Husky and I had a fairly long debate and he told me
I had to select the object and only parts of the ordinate dimensions which when stretched leaves a bit of tidying up to do..
Please let me know if I’m going about this the wrong way.. do i really have to do multiple stretches and move all the jogged dimensions?

See Topic https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=6901&start=15 It started off with negative values for ordinate dimensions then turned into problems stretching ordinate dimensions..
I also posted dropbox links to quite a few videos..

Attached is a zip file containing some screenshots plus the original dxf file..

Best Regards
John Hyslop

I have an UI icon size inconsistency : Please see the attached image
I set my Edit > Application preferences > Toolbars > Icon Size to 16 px

Likely affects Windows Vista, 7, 8.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3588 http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3587

Caused by update from Qt 4.7.4 to Qt 4.8.7

Please double check the functionality of the Print options - I think that there are not correct working.

Move Paper position = OK,
Autofit drawing to paper = out of center, wrong scale
Autofit pages to drawing = to many pages are used,
Auto center = out of center,

Option to remember / configure specific folder to save to when creating a library block.

Currently every time I want to create a library item I have to navigate to where I want to save the block - unless this is a bug and not working properly? I set the library path and re-started QCAD, but it doesn’t seem to work for me now!

It would be good to have the option to lock the origin if needed.

Would it be possible to change the Divide tool, so that one can divide by e.g. 4.5 or 7.75 etc...? Instead of just whole numbers, like it is at present.

It would be useful to have an additional option in the polyline tool set to be able to create a polyline from selected entities only, without the need first for preparatory drafting measures.
Basic example attached.
You see here I want to create a polyline from only the selected lines, thus leaving the rest as separate line segments.

Option to add a setting to configure the number (min/max) of segments for splines.

See topic:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=7007#p7007

It would be useful to have an option to be able to add new folders in the layer list, to group certain layers together in a folder when needed, this would reduce the layer list length and make it easier to navigate to certain layers (would be useful for me anyway!).

This feature might also be useful for the block list too!

I moved all my tools bars to the side of the screen (vertical). only options was at the top. next restart it went HUGE.
it would only revert after putting another toolbar back (horizontal) and restarting qcad.

An option for unidirectional dimensions, in addition to the default aligned dimensions.

... 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!!!

When opening a multi layered file, which has been saved in a previous version with some layers turned off, the following happens:

The file is loaded, all layers are shown as switched on.
The view contains only those layers that were switched on when previously saved.

Repeatable

If the file is loaded with all layers turned on, then saved (all within beta3-2)
then upon reopening:-

The file is loaded and the layers are shown with status as saved.
The view is as expected showing just the ‘on’ layers.

If all the layers are then switched on, the view is unchanged.

Opening a 4 MB dwg file results in no-response for about five minutes. Opening the same file with DraftSight takes less than five seconds.

Qcad has been open and moved to a secondary screen, and then stopped.
QCad reminds where it has been previously open.
But later when QCad is started on the same computer but with no secondary screen (at home for example), QCad opens outside the only available screen. One can move QCad window on the main screen by right click on the icon in the tabkbar, then move. But one then needs to remember where it has last been openned to move it in the right direction with the arrow keys of the keyboard.

Should not QCad check if the last saved coordinates are valid and enventually change them to a default size and position before starting. May be should it move to such a position when the size of the screen changes and the coordinates become invalid, after redefining the desktop for example?

Before this problem is solved this behaviour and the process to move the window back on the screen should be documented.

The option “open in the browser” in the “library browser” doesn’t work on Linux Mint 18.2 (KDE) whose default browser is Dolphin.

Double clicking a DWG file in Finder opens QCAD but not the file

Description:
QCAD fails to open a file with space or special characters in its name or in its path.
Special characters are “á”, “ç”, “Ê”, “ß”, “+” etc.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a file named with spaces or with special characters or a file inside a folder that is named with spaces or with special characters.

What happens
- Warning about import error and file is not opened

What would be the correct behavior
- The file would be opened

I have used QCAD for a long time waiting for developers to correct that issue, that happened with all versions QCAD I used.

It was a trivial behavior for programs in Windows to manipulate files and folders with spaces and special characters. That issue is like the conversion method is too old, like from MSDOS 8.3 limitations.

The people that just want to open a DXF file to work face with that issue and thinks “that QCAD does not open DXF files”, and give up using that software. I gave up in the past because that. I discovered that QCAD works fine with MSDOS 8.3 format, and I created a script to rename files and folders before opening them, but it is not for everyone.

As QCAD works well with open DXF format, I think it is a important software to eliminate DWG dependency. Also, I think it would be very simple to solve that in code and very important to correct it.

I do not know if DWG trial plugin avoid that issue.

I am a new qcad pro user and created a simple drawing and saved as DXF R27 and closed the app. I reopen the app and open that DFX and the app crashes. However, I can import it. I suspect (without any evidence) that the text in the dimension of the drawing is the problem. Perhaps this issue is like #1261

Process: QCAD-Pro [97927]
Path: /Applications/QCAD-Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/QCAD-Pro
Identifier: org.qcad
Version: 3.19 (3.19.2)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: QCAD-Pro [97927]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2018-04-11 18:07:15.937 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.12.6 (16G1314)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 1EBA0D43-4553-C6E8-6F6A-1A9F3992052D

Sleep/Wake UUID: 86FC779B-AD43-426E-9FFA-4AFBFD6EFC8A

I’m seeing only a partial hatch in the shape. See here for details.

hi,

I miss one Offset option to use an offset indirectly related to the used entity. Right now I have to work with further construction lines and trim, divide, delete etc. tools to archive what I need.
Basically an offset as a ray would be enough but unfortunately we have no control of the Ray orientation.
This said - it would be nice to have an infinitive line added to the “Offset Polyline Segment” option to be able to use an Offset as construction line which is not only reflecting the shape of the source.

On OS X using a trackpad pinch gesture to zoom in / out breaks panning and zooming. When a drawing is opened or created, pan and zoom functions work as expected. As soon as you use a pinch gesture to zoom in/out all zooming and panning operations (toolbar buttons and scroll bars) begin producing erratic behavior. The drawing has to be closed and re-opened to restore proper operation. Other open drawing windows are not affected and work properly unless you pinch gesture zoom in their window.

When “offset whole polyline” is selected and the mouse is moved over a rounded polyline, the preview is not working at least in Window 7/8.
This worked in older versions e.g. 3.6.3.

There is an example appended with an edged inner polyline and a rounded outer one. For the inner one, the offset preview is working as expected, for the rounded one it isn’t. Tested on two different PCs, one Win7 and the other one Win8.

Also see:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4009

Andrew,

Encountered with snapshot 3.26.4.9
On both a 32bit win7 and a Linux machine.
But probably not related to version nor OS.

The calculated area centroid position for a self-intersecting shape is invalid.
Therefor polylines and splines are checked for their self intersection nature.
Polylines with line segments require a tolerance of 1e-6.
For polylines with arc segments there is no easy to formulate value.
Reverted to something less strict than the arc connect tolerance: 1.1e-3
Refer to: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8526&p=34056#p33694

RSpline.getSelfIntersectionPoints() has no tolerance value.

Some perfect valid spline shapes fail this test.
Not related to the XP spline approx tolerance preference.
Related to orientation, try the failing shape when reversed in situ.
Related to their position in the plane, see translated examples.

Reproducible with control point splines.
Reproducible when rotating the shape.
Such failing closed splines can be hatched and an area centroid is returned.

Regards,
CVH

PS: Got a notice posting this:
“Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/qcadch/public_html/bugtracker/scripts/details.php on line 222”

I am trying to use the align tool (M, A) to align two text objects vertically. I am able to get them aligned how I want them, but when I confirm (click the green check box in the upper right-hand corner) they mysteriously jump up a large grid square or so. I am then able to get them back into the alignment by the “undo” command. In case that didn’t make sense I’ll try this one more time:

{Result} (User Action)

{text boxes out of alignment} →(Align tool “M,A”)→{text boxes aligned}→(click green checkmark)→{text boxes move randomly}→(undo “ctrl-z”)→{text boxes aligned}

I’m thinking this is either operator error or a bug. It is consistent though.

Found a strange behaviour with formatted text.

File attached.
‘Draw’-selecting only the yellow text with a little space arround it
- L>R or R>L ⇒ Yellow text not selected.

‘Draw’-selecting only the yellow text with a little space from R>L but crossing the text half way
- Yellow text Selected ⇒ Expected behaviour.

‘Draw’-selecting just including the mentioned little circles.
- Orange L>R or R>L ⇒ Normal texts selected ⇒ Expected behaviour
- Green L>R Yellow not R>L Yellow selected ⇒ Expected behaviour
- Magenta L>R or R>L ⇒ Yellow text not selected ??
- Red L>R or R>L ⇒ Yellow text not selected ??

Version: 3.20.1.0 (3.20.1)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Apr 13 2018
Revision: dd51609
Qt Version: 5.5.1
Architecture: i386
Compiler: MSVC++ 10.0 (2010)
Windows 7 32-bit

Kind Regards

Andrew,

Discovered in writing a custom tool:
hatchEntity.setCustomProperty(”MijnEPB”, “Ruimte”, roomData.numberText);
Works perfectly and I can retrieve the room numbers of all semi-automatically placed hatches in this instance of QCAD.

But I can not store and reload this file with these custom properties to use them in a new QCAD session.
I then assume the title must be ‘QCAD’.
Then I wonder how QCAD handles custom properties by other CAD applications.
Are they also removed on loading/writing?

QCAD doesn’t list these custom properties in the Property Editor.
Here hidden was fine unless they are not stored with the document.

Is it even possible to store them in the drawing file?
Why is the title a required variable when it can’t differ from ‘QCAD’?
Would it be possible to list them up in the Property Editor because I know they are filtered on title ‘QCAD’.

For now I revert to:
hatchEntity.setCustomProperty(”QCAD”, “EPB-Ruimte”, roomData.numberText);
Similar as the CAM tool that uses ‘Cam....’ for all keys.

Regards,
CVH

Autocad requires that all overrides are written to DXF/DWG, not only those that are actually different from the dimension style.

Hi there,
if I put commands in command line to prepare my environment on desktop (GY , GP) - all works fine. These commands will be executed and also repeated in command window.
The command GB should work too, but I receive the error in command window:

"unknown command or invalid coordinate or value 'gb' "

If put all commands while my mouse has focus in my working area, all three commands are working.
I need this functionality to write al little script to setup my well known working environment with QCAD (set up tools, open needed files ...).
What goes wrong?
Greetings from Bavaria ... Lutz

If a non-layer assigned line type is used, when the object(s) are duplicated the line type reverts back to ‘By Layer’.

Installing QCAD 3 RC5 under Linux using the .bin installer leads to an English only installation.

I’m trying to print a large cad drawing at 1:1 scale. However, when I go into preview to select tile button, it doesn’t exit. First image is my screeen capture, the 2nd is from the online tutorial regarding printing and the button that is missing.

I have a drawing imported from 2.2. I have tried to edit a block and the block window duly opens. However I can’t get back to my main drawing window. In the earlier version I could select a main drawing window. The window menu did not offer any other window to select. The window shown in the list was the name of the main file and clicking on it did nothing. The Tile and Cascade options worked but showed no other windows.

No reference Manual in 3.4.4