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(CU) Convert Drawing Unit (inch, mm etc) to none fails with the message “Warning, Unit “None” selected. Nothing to be done”.
In the same drawing I can change the Drawing Unit below “Drawing preferences/ Drawing Unit” to None without any problems.

Rectangle area selection doesn’t work on ALL Ordinate dim’s.

Related to?
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2214

A block selection in Model_Space with the rectangle area selection tool fails because the block reference is located at an unexpected location. If I catch by accident the reference point or do a simple mouse click selection it will work.

Block contains a polyline with customized width

Works flawless with 3.25.0

Reported by claudioarch
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8205

It would be nice if we could use the length of a polyline as a search criterion too.

Selection Filter, Property for Polyline, “Length” Comparison: same like Line?

Thanks.

Status change for Visibility is without any effect on Viewports in Paper_Space.

Case:
Entities drawn on a layer in Model_Space. Visibility on/off works.
Situation covered with a Viewport, placed in Paper_Space, Edit content launched for that Paper_Space, Visibility on/off doesn’t works.

It was properly working in previos QCAD versions ...

Reported by CVH

https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=7868

Case: Tested with the example drawing provided below:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=7776

If I select every single entity piece by piece with the mouse pointer the total length is correct.
If I select everything in once with a rectangular or a polyline selection the total length is incorrect.

Crop marks in Paper_Space are only printed if a Viewport covers the crop mark position.

See also:

https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=7651

Case:
launch LI,
launch for the first point SH, set to 5 distance,
snap to a point,
activate Auto snap, (which would work with SD for EH and EV but not for Alt)
try to restrict orientation for second point with ALT, EH, EV - it won’t work in this scenario ...

Edit: Playing around ... could it be that RZ is not propperly set within those tools?

The property editor offers for an Angular Dimension the option to make a fixed extension (yes/no) but the input field for a length is missing.

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

no task description

Case:

Drawing unit = inch,

Dimension Label Format set to Engineering or Architectural,

The new QCAD feature “dimension label color” will change the label color at existing drawings to “Custom”.
In my opinion it should be by default “by Layer” until the user decide to change the color by him/herself.

https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7269

If I edit a DIM regarding the fixed Extension Line Length it will fail if it has to be extended to meet the new length. Even it has failed - the Property Editor will provide from now on the new length as the “correct” value for the Extension Line Length.

Example drawing: Try to adjust the Extension Line Length to 50 ...

Drawing Unit: Inch
Label Format: Architectural and Engineering

Note: Info tool calculation is correct.

Sorry - can’t give you a proper way to reproduce it .... it just happens.

Dimension Arrows shown with reduced contrast, zoom in/out can trigger it but not always,
text hight jumps from “correct” to way to small to a kind of mixed size display,
DIM preview fails often in size - probably depending on zoom factor ...

Snapshot Version: 3.24.3.4
Edit: Issue occurred first with version: 3.24.3.2

To reproduce the issue: Insert a Library item from the Library browser and the RZ point will stay where it is.

If I use the mentioned option and do an undo all entities will stay on the previously chosen target (current) Layer - the layer restoration fails.

Example:
entities on layer x,
current Layer y,
select entities,
Move/Copy MV,
reference,
drag to new position,
Dialog option “Use current Layer and attributes” checked,
OK,
Undo

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. ???)

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

Clip to Area = deletes whole blocks
Clear Area = deletes whole blocks
Cut at Area Boundary = deletes whole blocks

It was working before e.g. in QCAD Version 3.18.0

If I set “Set Nesting Quantity” to e.g. 5 it will remember this number within the session.
If I need to check which number I’ve used last time there is no way to find the actual used value - it will show me always 1.
If I restart QCAD/CAM the value is completely lost and the nesting tool tries to fit in as much as possible into the sheet - regardless that the quantity number still shows one.

It would be nice to have a remember function even after restarting QCAD/CAM and have some kind of possibility to see the last used value.

Case:
Nesting quantity all test: 3

Nesting block2 = works
Nesting block1 = fails (placed outside sheet),
Nesting both blocks = fails (placed partly outside sheet),

Open the example drawing,
selected all,
copy to clipboard,
open new drawing,
paste clipboard content with a scale of 1:1, check preview = everything ok,
change scale to 1/10 etc., check preview = block references way of.

QCAD Pro Version 3.24.0.1

Example shows the effect on a ring (Menu → Draw → Ring)

I like the new shape tool “Star”. Comes at the right time

Would be nice if we could get the same options like all other shape tools: “Create Polyline” and “Fill”.

Bugreport filled on behalf of John Hyslop / QCAD forum member.

If launching the Menu / Block / “Create Block from selection” tool the usually used Command Line dialog to prompt to the next required action is missing.
The Status bar is properly calling for “Reference Point” etc.

https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6762

Description for the CAM Nesting alignment:

Quote:
Alignment: Parts are arranged with the chosen alignment in mind. An alignment of “Left - Bottom” means that parts are shuffled to the left (primary alignment) and towards the bottom (secondary alignment).
Quote end

I tested a few scenarios. e.g
a Top Left, Align → leads to a top right alignment,
a Top left, Hull → leads to a Bottom Left alignment,
etc.

Within the nesting preparation:
A left mouse click to add a sheet will always be confirmed with “Sheet added”, regardless of a proper selection or where the left click is done in Model_Space.

1. If I use accidentally explode on a bitmap it will be deleted without a warning.

2. If I select an area with a selection rectangle as preparation for the “Clip to rectangle” tool all bitmaps within the selection are deleted - without a warning.

QCAD 3.23.0.5

If I use accidentally explode on a ray or infinitive line the line will be deleted without a warning.

QCAD 3.23.0.5

If I insert a bitmap the relative zero point (RZ) isn’t set at all. It will be set at the mouse position in the moment when I terminate the tool.

This leads among other things that I can’t use the Alt key for ortho mode or other tools for restrictions.

Case:
Infinitive line,
launch Divide (DI),
click infinitive line

An orthogonal preview line should now indicates where the cut will happen when the next point is chosen.
QCAD version 3.23.0.5 displays that indicator below a variable angle to the infinitive line. Regardless what it shows - the cut will happen orthogonal.

QCAD Pro, Deutsche Benutzeroberfläche:

Kommando Zeilen Mitteilung:
[13:35:12] Automatisches Speichern in: C:\Users\......xxx.dxf...
[13:35:12] Autosave abgeschlossen.

Englische und Deutsche Benutzeroberfläche:
Die angezeigten 3 Punkte nach dem xxx.dxf sind überflüssig da die Zeile nach dem dxf definitive endet.

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

Drawing created with a previous QCAD version has issues to be correctly displayed in the current snapshot.
e.g. drawing opened in QCAD 3.23.0 - works flawless.
same drawing opened in QCAD 3.23.4 - has problems to show inserted blocks correctly.

https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=6660

Snapshot 3.23.04

Spacing for symbols in layer list way to wide compared to previous versions.

Version 3.23.03 - Husky-2019.10.22-02.png
Version 3.23.04 - Husky-2019.10.22-01.png

QCAD Pro fails to write R10, R9, R2.6, R2.5 dwg files. Younger types and dxf work as expected.
Tested the issue back to QCAD 3.18 - no version is able to save those file types.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6620&p=24980#p24980

3.23.02 Block toggle switch for visibility fails.
3.23.0 Block toggle switch for visibility works.