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396 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Blocks: moving blocks: show bounding box | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Blocks: moving complex blocks with drag and drop should show bounding box as preview
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316 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Blocks list and selected block | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Wouldn’t it be nice, if selecting a block in model view would somehow highlight (just like clicking a block in the list does) the selected block in the “Block List” window?
(Feature request sounds a little harsh, enhancement proposal would seem more apt.)
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614 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Blocks - overwrite current layer yes/no ... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
I would appreciate an option for the library Browser that gives me the possibility to decide by my self to use the current (same name) layer in my drawing or overwrite it with the existing layers in the library item.
Imagine the possibility’s of this feature ....
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2339 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Block List multible selection | Assigned | |
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Task Description
It would be nice to have the possibility to select multiple blocks with Shift and/or CTRL + mouse like the Layer List to use a delete etc command on all selected blocks at once.
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1080 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Bitmap export: calculate size based on bounding box inc... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
I have created a drawing, where the CENTERS of the most outer lines have a distance of 3.06mm in both X and Y. The line weight of these outer lines is 0.6mm, so the whole image is 3.06mm + 2* 0.6mm/2 = 3.12mm wide and long (center to center plus half of the line weight on every side). Additionally in the export there is a frame around the image, making it 3.12 + 2*frame. The export function however calculates 3.06mm when setting the resolution to 1000Pix/cm, so it does not include the line weights and the outer frame.
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1169 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Bitmap clipping | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Clipping bitmaps to only show a part of the image.
See: http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3263
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588 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Bemaßung Prefix Dropdown mit eigenen Vorgaben erweitern... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Es wäre Arbeitserleichternd wenn ich bei den Optionen für Bemaßungen (Prefix/Postfix) eigene Präferenzen speichern könnte so das diese in allen Zeichnungen von mir verfügbar wären. Zudem wäre es wünschenswert dieses nicht nur bei den Prefix sondern auch bei den Postfix Angaben nutzen zu können was dann alle(?) Manipulationen erschlagen würde.
Siehe auch: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1966
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2416 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Automatically set a proper alternating row color for th... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Andrew,
When switching from Default to Dark mode the text on alternating rows is hardly visible. We can customize this color.
It would be easier if a proper default color is set on switching to and back.
Perhaps the user preferences can be remembered. Perhaps only when the contrast would be affected.
Regards, CVH
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1425 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Automatically create hatch entities behind border entit... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Automatically set the draw order one lower than the lowest draw order of a border entity when creating a hatch. This should be a user preference, since not everyone might want that behavior.
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1917 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Automatic labels with static information of the drawing | Assigned | |
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Task Description
I would like static information of the drawing (like scale, creation-date, modified-date, revision etc) to be available as automatic labels to be placed in the drawing (with selectable style, font etc)
This would greatly simplify the creatin of title sections in the drawing and making sure it is consistent with the actual drawing and not requiring manual “synchronization”.
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500 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Autohide Side Panel | Assigned | |
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Task Description
it would be ideal to be able to have the option to autohide the side panel to increase the visible drawing space when working on a small screen.
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1681 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Auto-dimensioning | Assigned | |
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Task Description
You can apply the command to Lines, PolyLine segments, Arcs, Circles, and Rings:
For linear entities parallel to an axis of the coordinate system, aligned Dimensions (parallel Dimensions) are created. For linear entities not parallel to an axis of the coordinate system, either aligned Dimensions (measuring the absolute distance between two points) or horizontal or vertical Dimensions (measuring the horizontal or vertical distance between two points) depending on where you move the pointer are created.
For curved entities, you can create radial, diameter, linear, angular, and arc length Dimensions.
To dimension entities:
Click Dimension > Auto (or type AutoDimension). In the graphics area, select an entity to dimension. Click to place the dimension line. To use another dimension type for Circles or Arcs, specify an option: Diameter. Creates a diameter Dimension. Radial. Creates a radial Dimension for an Arc or Circle. Linear. Creates a linear Dimension of the diameter of a Circle or an aligned, horizontal, or vertical Dimension between the end points of an Arc. Angular. Dimensions the angle between the end points of an Arc. Arc length. Dimensions an Arc length. Note: The chosen option is the default the next time you use the AutoDimension command.
When you move the pointer during a linear dimensioning, you can: Lock. Determines the current dimension type (aligned, horizontal, or vertical) regardless where you move the pointer. Unlock. Unlocks the type of linear dimension used. Press Enter.
*** In short, when you use this tool you click on an entity and it will know what dimension you’re looking for. For Circles, you can specify in the command window R or D for Radius or Diameter. This would be extremely useful on large drawings where a lot of dimensioning is to be done. One tool and start clicking on entities for dimensioning.
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2294 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Auto Zoom with middle mouse button | Assigned | |
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Task Description
I tried to assign double click on middle-mouse button to zoomauto command, but it seems it’s not possible currently.
Would love to see this feature.
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554 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Auswahlbox sollte auch mit der Shift Taste Bereiche dem... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Ziehe ich mit der Maus eine normale Auswahlbox kann ich Elemente markieren. Möchte ich einzelne Bereiche wieder herausnehmen muss ich alle Elemente einzeln anklicken (mit gedrückter Shift Taste). Ich kann zwar dies komfortabler gestalten mit der Select → (De -) Select Contour Funktion welche aber erst über das Menue aufgerufen werden muss.
So wie ich einzelne Elemente mit der Maus auswählen und mit der Shift-Maus Funktion deselektieren kann wäre es schön wenn die Shift Taste auch bei Auswahlbereichen direkt zum deselektieren eingesetzt werden könnte.
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1023 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Arrange points on a plan according to variation of dist... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Arrange points on a plan according to an arithmetical, geometrical, logarithmic, customizable variation of distances
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895 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Area calculation based on existing entities | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Use case:
Start tool
Choose one entity of the contour
If contour is closed, area of closed contour is calculated an printed in the command line history
Configuration parameters: segment length for arc interpolation
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1472 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Arc fit tool to improve large files | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Large files/large entities perform bad in QCad. There are many dxf files that are created with thousand of lines that perform reasonable in other cad’s/cam’s that qcad cannot match.
One very useful tool, that could be added would help to improve qcad performance and at the same time enlarge the dxf quality (by replacing thousand of files by arcs), would be a tool called “arc fit” where, when possible and under a determined possible error margin (user selectable) creates arcs replacing the existing lines. This would improve the file work in QCad also improves CAM software that would work after QCad, that I think is important for many users.
For example, if it is needed to use qcad to generate toolpaths for letters, after exploding letters, the output is almost impossible to work due to the number of lines that are created. Having arcs instead of lines would greatly improve qcad use.
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2531 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | An always-visible hotkey overlay option would be extrem... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hello! This is perhaps the most useful and valuable of the suggestion ideas I’ve had for QCAD so far!
I think it would be extremely useful if there was an option within the QCAD preferences for making it so that the hotkeys currently bound to each tool button in the UI (if existent) are always displayed such that they are overlaid on top of each of the buttons. There are two main approaches I can think of for doing that (both intended to avoid disturbing the existing layout of the UI):
Display the current hotkey binding associated by drawing it (probably in a distinct color) on one of the edges or corners of each of the buttons (such as the bottom middle side, the lower left corner, or the lower right corner). Even at a small font size I think this would be very effective and useful.
Instead of making the overlaid hotkey display in a small font at a side or corner of each button, you could have the hotkey text be in a large font and overlaid on top of the entire button, using things such as transparency and a distinctive (never used in the other parts of the UI) color to ensure that the button icons is still readable. A broader width of the font stroke may also help if transparency is used, so that the underlying icon lines remain more readable.
Both approaches have pros and cons. I personally lean towards the former, but Husky and CVH seemed to take issue with the readability of small fonts and so I later suggested the later option too.
They seemed opposed to both (at least during the forum discussion). However, I think this UI feature could be one of the best workflow speed improvements for the average user (many/most of whom probably don’t have time to memorize the hotkeys or just don’t end up doing so) of QCAD!
The gains in efficiency and pleasantness could be enormous potentially, even despite it QCAD already being among the most pleasant and well-designed programs I’ve ever used!
It is far faster to be able to instantly read a hotkey from the UI than to have to wait for a tooltip or to look the keystrokes up in the documentation.
Memorization is the fastest of course, but as someone who finds themselves constantly spread thin over many different programs (often half a dozen or more) for long spans of time I often find it difficult to remember all of the hotkeys for each program I use. Having such hotkeys always visible is useful for users who are spread thin, as many people increasingly in the world of software.
CVH suggested that I make custom icons myself, but doing so seems far worse than simply having QCAD automatically read and then print out the corresponding hotkeys over every tool in a programmatic and properly automated way.
I seriously think this would be one of the most awesome improvement you could ever add to QCAD!
Indeed, there is no missing feature I want more than this one!
Few programs do this but the few cases I’ve seen it the feature was extremely useful for speed without having to take weeks/months/years to fully memorize hotkeys only then forget them later. This idea eliminates that problem!
It would be glorious from a usability and accessibility standpoint! Please implement it!
Hopefully Qt’s GUI system is flexible enough to draw overlaid text over the buttons like this without to much hassle. That is the main potential impediment as I see it.
Anyway though, here is the associated forum discussion where I mentioned this idea. It was the same thread as the one where I also suggested adding a way to control tooltip delays.
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741 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | An additional Radius Measurement tool ... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
It would be nice to have an additional Radius Measurement tool with short leads. The current Radius tool shows always the lead line to the center of the radius what is in many cases not useful.
I’m not asking for a workaround
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2532 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | An "auto-tick" or "automated ruler creation" tool (adde... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hey, this is the first of my feature suggestion submissions that isn’t tied to a corresponding suggestion thread on the QCAD forum.
Should I always create corresponding feature suggestion threads or is it ok (or better?) to just post ideas here?
Anyway though, here’s the idea:
I noticed that it is relatively easy to use things like the QCAD Split Entities and/or Paste Along Entity tool(s) to create an even set of divisions along a curve or line.
There’s also the Misc → Draw → Counter available too, for automated counting.
These together are useful for creating a “scale ruler” to be printed on a schematic for ease of reference or for use in cases where someone forgets to bring along a physical measuring device or when someone else is using that measuring device.
For example, one could print a to-scale 1 foot long ruler (or whatever other scale is relevant, e.g. 1 inch for small objects or just as a nice scale reference/legend/key) on the schematic page for convenience.
However, it would be nice if there was a convenient tool added to the Dimensions tool category that automated this entire process and was able to create arbitrary ruler-like numbered reference scales along lines (and even better if it also worked on arcs, though less important).
Even better would be if this “auto tick” or “auto ruler” tool supported multiple levels of tick scaling (e.g. 2 or 3) such as what one sees on actual rulers.
For example, an imperial ruler for a foot (I’m in the US currently) will typically having increasingly smaller tick marks added at halfway points between each of the numbered points along the ruler’s scale, which makes using it quickly much easier. For example, it’ll have a half-length tick for half an inch and then a quarter-length tick for each quarter of an inch within an inch (with the inch’s ticks being full length).
It seems like it could be relatively easy to implement that kind of nested tick marking system, which would make it super convenient and pleasant for the user of QCAD to create usable to-scale ruler-like objects wherever they desire them with hardly any effort!
I think this idea would also fit extremely well with existing tools in the Dimensions category and would be useful for many/most QCAD users!
It’s yet another good QCAD feature that could attract more people to buy upgraded copies of QCAD in the future I think!
I hope you implement it. Small conveniences still make a big difference.
Anyway, thanks a bunch again for creating this awesome program!
That’s all the suggestions I have for today.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and upcoming week, etc!
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1337 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Alternate units for dimensions | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add support for alternate units for dimension style, for example to display units in mm and in.
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2213 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | Allow editing Spindle Speed separately for each Toolpat... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hello dear CAM developers!
I need to use the same tool at different spindle speed in a single machining file. I would deeply appreciate if you could add a Spindle Speed edit field in the CAM Profile Toolpath edit window in order that each Toolpath can have its own Spindle Speed value (same as you did for Feed Rate and Plunge Rate)
FYI, the tool on my concern is a laser who’s power is driven by the Spindle Speed PWM signal. I need to be able to do both engraving and cutting in a single file. Alas! this laser tool is defined with a fix and unique number (99). Therefore I cannot define different laser tools with different speeds.
Many thanks Best regards.
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829 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Additional options for the Info Tool Area ... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
The Info Tool Polygonal Area is a helpful tool ... but I like to ask for additional options
Yes, the polygonal area makes absolute sense but many times you have just to check a square or rectangle area!
It would be nice and time (click) saving if we could use a “Strg Key” to limit the polygonal area to just a rectangle area. Two mouse clicks for a rectangle area and done
In addition to that it would be nice to have the possibility to count up or down a couple areas. E.g. I measure area 1 plus area 2 or area 1 minus area 2 ... Maybe just with an additional keystroke like + or -
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680 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Additional Export function for Sketchup etc. .... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Additional Export function for export/import into 3D Programs like Sketchup etc. (file types like .dae, .3ds, .ddf, .skp).
See also: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2176
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774 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Additional Button in the Blocklist menu for "Create Blo... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
If I work in QCAD only with Toolbars (and not with the “Cad Tools” there is nowhere a Button to find for “Create Block from selection”. If I have to create a Block based on a selection I have to work with the Menu or have to activate the Cad Tools.
But, if I look at the Blocklist menu there is a function (+) to add an empty Block. It would be nice to have this button working for both situation - empty Block or depending on a selection to “Create Block from selection”.
Or alternative an additional Button ...
Anyway - in my opinion would that make the “Blocklist” complete.
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1345 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Added option to paste a number of entities with even/eq... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Please see topic: http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=14209&sid=162973e4a12f58c8116299b62673a520#p14209
An additional option would be useful to paste any given entity a set number of times with even/equal gaps in between.
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991 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Very Low | Add warning when overwriting custom property | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Property Editor - Geometry - Custom - Add Custom Property
If I use an identical Name accidentally again in the Custom Property dialog - it will overwrite the first value with the same name without any warnings.
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1645 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add warning when opening file with 3D content | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi.
I’m working currently a lot with files coming from rhino. Qcad can open them properly any also most operations on them work as usual - except the selection methods.
box select from upper left to lower right works as usual. double click to select all connected entities is broken. (only one entity is selected). box select from lower right to upper left does not select entities touching the selection box. (nothing is selected)
on mac os nothing is selectable with single click. on linux single click sometimes fails (nothing is selected after clicking on a line).
thanks for looking into this :)
Martin
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2507 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | Add Toolpath from Layer | Assigned | |
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Task Description
I’ve been able to make this work as proof of concept very easily, but many of the functions are inaccessible/difficult to override from post-processors.
Desired functionality:
1) Enable “Add Profile Toolpath” UI elements all the time (remove setRequiresSelection) 2) CAM Profile Toolpath Dialog: Drop-down menu of available Layers. First option “By Selection Only” 3) “By Selection Only” continues to pass EntityIds of selected objects (existing functionality) 4) Choosing an active Layer will use the Layer as source of EntityIds 5) Any changes to Entities on a Layer will result in those new/removed/changed objects being re-generated without having to manually select and update the tool paths. Either do not recover list of EntityIds from the ToolpathBlock, and instead use “live” each time it’s regenerated, or additional functionality to determine if a LayerId is associated with the Toolpath, and then lookup EntityIds.
I assume the persistence of the Layer selection would be available within the Toolpath, so that it will automatically update EntityIds every time a Toolpath is regenerated, without having to select Entities and updating the toolpath manually.
For large projects, being able to force select objects based upon layer dramatically reduces mistakes and speeds up the workflow.
Thanks
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2353 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | add theme folder to a local shared path | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would it be possible to add Qcad’s theme folder to the local shared path, for example this would be /home/username/.local/share/QCAD/QCAD/themes for Linux. I know this works well for line types and would be extremely helpful for themes.
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1888 | dwg2bmp | Feature Request | Low | Add support to disable hatch rendering on "dwg2bmp" | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi!
A friendly request to add an option to disable hatch rendering on “dwg2bmp” conversions.
Depending on the nature of the conversion and the density of the hatch, this may render unintelligible images (see attachments). The option could look like “-t, -nohatch” to indicate hatches should be hidden before rendering. This could potentially become an option too for “dwg2svg” or “dwg2pdf.”
Amazing product, thank you so much!
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1106 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add support for wipeouts | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Wipeout entities can be used to hide rectangular or polygonal sections of a drawing, for example to make space for a label inside a hatch.
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661 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add support for the DGN format | Assigned | |
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Task Description
See OpenDesign news: “ODA consolidates support for .dgn and .dwg file formats in Teigha”
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752 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Very Low | Add support for the 3dConnexion Space Navigator (Pan an... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
The 3dConnexion Space Navigator would be wonderful as a pan and zoom control. I find it extremely useful in SketchUp and when I switch from that to QCAD am always disappointed to find it doesn’t work.
3dconnexion DOT com/buy/shop.html?3dxcp=GA_GA_search_google_US_Brand
While full support for the buttons and such would be nice, just the ability to map the axis to pan and zoom would be wonderful.
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1567 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add support for separate window | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi, for multi-screen hosts it would be very useful to have additional windows while running the single QCad instance. Other applications like Palemoon, Evolution, Gimp are providing that already. That would help a lot when working on multiple files and copying blocks between.
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2299 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add support for multi line attributes | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Multiline attributes can contain linefeeds and formatting like MTEXT.
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1895 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add support for block transformation matrices | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Support transformations by transformation matrix for block references.
See also: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=33&t=6333
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2374 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | Add Spindle Speed to Toolpath Dialog | Assigned | |
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Task Description
When editing an existing toolpath to update the parameters of the selected tool, we can update the Feed Rate and the Plunge Rate, but I couldn’t find any way to update the Spindle Speed.
Even when using the Edit Tool KE button, we can edit parameters of the tool on concern but none of the modification is applied to the current Toolpath because as I see, tools parameters are copied fron tools definitions to a Toolpath only at creation of this Toolpath, but Toolpath are not updated accordingly.
Could you please add an edit field for Spindle Speed in the CAM Profile Toolpath window?
Many thanks’, and best regards.
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2501 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Very Low | Add spelling checker / spell checker for all text boxes | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Suggestion to add spelling checker / spell checker for all text boxes
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832 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add shortcut to fastly enter ortho mode | Assigned | |
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Task Description
When drawing or moving objects holding down CTRL should activate ortho snapping as long as CTRL is pressed.
If ortho mode has been active before holding down CTRL should deactivate it (for the time it is beeing pressed).
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1601 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add regex to text search & replace | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add a more versatile way of doing a search and replace for text. Regular expressions maybe?
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1156 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add preference to force toolbars to be floating | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would it be possible to have the choice to dock or not dock toolbars - in other words keep them floating, an additional option in the tool settings could be added?
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1155 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add preference for solid line crosshairs | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would it be possible to have the choice of either dashed or solid lines for the large cross hairs?
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1152 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add preference for snap label and snap cursor shape / c... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would it be possible to have options for:
1.Enable or disable Snap label with text.
2.To have a ‘Snap Marker’ with style and colour choice instead of snap label.
* It would be good for users to have the choice.
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1159 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add preference for button option instead of drop down m... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
For some tools like the Horizontal or vertical line, it would be good to have button options (similar to infinite and ray line buttons) instead of the drop down menus.
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1647 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add point / dot option for leaders | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi Andrew,
Hopefully you might be able to squeeze this one around your busy schedule.
Would it be possible to add in the property editor an option to change a dimension arrow to a point / filled dot and maybe also a tick?
I see you are working on some viewport stuff, I am very much looking forward to testing some of this out ;).
Many thanks
Clive
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1613 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add Orthogonal Option to Angelur DIM Tool ... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
... please see below:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=4956
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2529 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add normalized unit circle coordinates (complex numbers... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Similarly as for my previous suggestion submission, I also had a related idea for making it easier to work with complex numbers when using QCAD by adding normalized unit circle coordinates as another option in the Angular Dimensions display units options dropdown.
Here’s the corresponding forum thread I started.
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695 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add more dimension arrow styles (e.g. dots) | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add more dimension arrow styles (e.g. dots).
See forum thread: http://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2185
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823 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Add Midpoint Handles to Lines and Polylines | Assigned | |
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Task Description
The Midpoint Handles should be used to move Polyline Segments and lines. This would add easy to access stretch functionality. Combined with a shortcut(hold down shift or alt etc.) to fix the movement to be orthogonal to the line this would bring a lot of extra value. It would also be possible to to have another shortcut to easily insert nodes to Polylines (again hold shift or alt etc.)
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