QCAD Bugtracker

If I insert a content from the Clipboard to the drawing a new Relative Zero Point isn’t created.
I’m not able to use e.g. a restriction regarding to the last inserted content. QCAD will use the last Relative Zero Point in the drawing even if I already inserted a content.

Screenshot:
Clipboard content = circle

1. First insert

Restriction horizontal

2. Second insert

(I originally described the problem in the forum: https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=5721 )
(The problem was also reproduced by user “Husky” so it not installation specific.)

I have a model where one of the details is as shown in attachment 1

However, when I create a viewport and display the part in the the layout the angular measurement is another. See attachment 2.

In the model it should be noted that the part displayed is a detail copied with a different scale as to Zoom in on a detail in order to put dimensions on it. It was created by copying a part of the model and pasting it back in the model but with 3x zoom.

I have also included the full .dxf file in the hope that it helps you both reproduce and fix this issue

Note: The same problem seems to also produce “ghostlines” in other viewports in the layout which is not present in the model. Removing the angular measurement also removed the ghostline. You can observe the issue by looking at layout2 and you can see a line (dimension layer) going from top right corner of the viewport towards the lower left. This line is not present in the model and appears to be some strange extension to the angular dimension the detail that is just to the top right in the model.

System:
Macbook Pro 15”, OS X 10.13.6

(Can also be reproduced in Linux version)

QCad version:

Version: 3.21.2.0 (3.21.2)
Build Date: Jul 9 2018
Revision: f9cea14
Qt Version: 5.10.0
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: Clang 8.0.0

Regarding to an observation by the forum member Horst1803
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=5725

The ruler functionality is compromised by Graphics View / Grid settings.
To show the full Ruler functionality “Automatic scale grid” has to be activated. I think that is not intended behavior.

Case: Appearance / Show rulers = activated

Application Preferences / Graphics View / Grid

on - Automatically scale grid
on - Automatically scale meta grid
off - Solid grid lines
= Rulers visible
= Graduation visible
= Labels visible

off - Automatically scale grid
on - Automatically scale meta grid
off - Solid grid lines
= Rulers visible
= Graduation invisible
= Labels invisible

Please see also http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5745

When a file is opened from “File→Open Recent” on QCad Pro it gives a 100% repeatable crash if the file is on a folder synchronized with Google Drive. If the file is opened using “File→Open” instead it works as expected. See attached crash-log.

OSX specific. Does not happen on Linux with synchronized Google Drive folder

System: OSX 10.13.6

QCad version:

Version: 3.21.2.0 (3.21.2)
Build Date: Jul 9 2018
Revision: f9cea14
Qt Version: 5.10.0
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: Clang 8.0.0

In 3.21.1, and 3.21.2 a change to a shortcut looses all previous shortcut changes.
This does not become apparent in the current session; a modified shortcut works fine together with all the previous modifications, until you close QCAD.
But-
When you re-open QCAD, the only customised shortcut available is the last one that was changed, every other customised keyboard shortcut has gone back to default.

Windows 10 64 , Gigabyte laptop i7 processor

There is a case that qcad do not detect intersection between a circle/arc and a line. Attached is an example.

Having a multi selection and at least one ‘older’ arc the startpoint indication in red of some entities might disappear.

Entities that suffer from this are:
Other arcs
Polyline
Splines

Only the ‘oldest’ arc in selection will have a startpoit indication.
Multi selection of ‘newer’ entities from the list above will not if an ‘older’ arc is part of the selection.
Deselecting de ‘older’ arcs will reveal the startpoints up to the ‘oldest’ arc.

In the file provided entities where drew in order from left to right.
Select all and start deseleting arcs from the left.

The behaviour is affected by changing the draw order property and a save/close/open.
In the second file the rightmost arc was set to draw order 7, the same as the 4th was.
After save/close/open it is renumbered to 8 and the behaviour is different as in the firts file.

Regards

Ij window CAM Configuration output unit appears as inch instead of mm. All parameters are in option
when create a nc file,units are in inches not in mm. unsuable and not possible to change

See http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5825&p=21761

Hello
the message: The ORDINAL 3906 was not found in the LIBEAY32.dll dynamic-link library. is displayed each time QCAD is opened.
How to fix this problem
thanks in advance
cordially**

Property Editor / Size adjustment for Polygon rectangle accepts no changes for Width and Height. Was perfect working till 3.21.2

Drawing with more than 4 Layout Blocks (Layout1, Layout2 etc),

Add Viewport, choose rectangle for viewport, Dialog pops up to choose a Layout Block,
I choose Layout4 - the Viewport is placed on Layout2,

next new Viewport - placed on Layout3 - the Viewport will be placed again on Layout2 ...

The coordiantes (in the lower left corner) freeze while mouse is moving. Updates as soon as the mouse is stopped.

This slows me down considerably. I have to stop, wait (too see the coordinates), move, stop, wait, move back, stop, wait, move, stop wait... This gotta be a bug?

MacOS 10.12.6

Trying the EleksMaker EL01 Laser router I noticed some bugs in creating pathways, rapids, tolerance and homing.

See the attached pdf

 FS#1813  Revisited. (Several bugs in QCAD/CAM 3.21.3. when generating G-code in “G-code Laser (offset).)

Hi Andrew,

After closing the bug notification I realised I didn’t add the DXF. My apologies for not attaching the DXF-file at hand.

Fortunately I am not the only one;

You can fix the missing G01 by replacing your file postprocessors/GCodeLaserOffsetMM.js with the attached updated file.

Since it was not attached, that makes two of us.

Anyway I have attached the DXF-file to be tested.

When using (adding a TAB on a radius fails).

Example:

When length of the TAB is set to 1 mm.

After export to *.nc code the code is not ok.

And then check this is NC viewer or gcode sender the length is not set to 1 mm but is smaller.

On a line this function (TAB) is correct working.

After regenerate selected toolpath OR regenerate all toolpath.

The result of the output is every time different.

When pushed for example 2 or 3 times this button.

See pictures

... describes basically the “Paste” tool and not the “Paste along Entity” tool.

Please see:

http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5929&p=22098#p22098

If option “Preserve geometry” is activated, texts are exported at a wrong height if the drawing unit is not the same as the SVG output unit.

Most of the Chinese items cannot be shown correctly. But when I check the qm files, the translation are there and the contents are correct.

I’m using the Pro version 3.21.3.0

See QTBUG-69955 which affects QCAD on Mojave:
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-69955

Hi Andrew,

I was fiddeling around with a copy of the hpgl postprocessor, and has it adapted, up and running for a HP7580 penplotter. You may add this to QCAD if you like.

Poking and peeking in the other postprocessor files, I found enough information to generate a very acceptable hpgl.plt file now, including the required pen changes.

The purpose of a ‘bracket-field’ (as [S] ) is clear to me. Where are [S#] and [S!] used for?

1) Open the attached dxf file
2) Right click on “vne_vent_odvod_ec_3f” block in Block list and select Copy block
3) Choose name
4) Insert reference of this Copy block to the modelspace
5) Save the file
6) Close and reopen the file

RESULT: Attributes of block references included in the original block are missing in the copied block.
Immediately after insertion of the copied block I can see in the property editor, that block reference attributes are not “conected” to the block reference, but they are still visible. They disappear when the file is reopen.

Alternative way I use to copy this kind of blocks without error: Open block I want to copy, Select all entities, reference copy of them, paste to modelspace, select them in modelspace and choose create block.

In a the modelspace I have a block reference of a block(parent), which includes block references (with attributes) of another blocks(child). Than I select this parent block reference and choose Explode. The result is, that the child block references have visible attributes, but they are not connected to the block reference anymore (I can not see them in property editor when the child block is selected). Than when I choose synchronize attributes, new attributes with default values will appear.
I am not sure it his is a bug or expected behavior of the Explode feature.

If it is not a bug, I would like to have new Extract feature, which would copy the content of the selected block reference and immediately insert it exactly to the same place (attributes would be still connected to child references) Extracted block reference would be than removed. Optionally, it could delete the block definition if it is not used anymore in the drawing (but there is already Block Purge feature which will do this).

- Create block with attributes
- Create block reference
- Select block reference
→ Property editor does not show attributes

Hi I am having an issue with the attached DWG file, when I try to open the file qcad opens then immediately crashes and I am unable to do anything.

Here is the event viewer log:

Faulting application name: qcad.exe, version: 3.21.3.0, time stamp: 0x5b9fbdd3
Faulting module name: MSVCR120.dll, version: 12.0.21005.1, time stamp: 0x524f83ff
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x0000000000074a30
Faulting process id: 0x1ad8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d48bbf05480557
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\QCAD\qcad.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\QCAD\MSVCR120.dll
Report Id: fa661b18-d0df-41a8-88e9-37c2ea345bcb
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Hi,

when I export a dxf draw to svg the text objects shows in a bit different place.

QCAD version is 3.21.3.14

Drawing preferences have no effect on point type when printed or in print-preview for block reference points.
Notice in “print output”, the “Dot” (Block reference point) is displayed (drawing preferences are ignored).

See attached photos.

Hi Andrew,

While generating a toolpath I stumbled upon an odd error.

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

look at
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&p=22762&sid=26fade8dcfd514372faaf98834df4413#p22762

Linux, gcc:

make[4]: Entering directory '/home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/src/scripting/ecmaapi'
g++ -c -include release/qcadecmaapi -pipe -O2 -w -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x000000 -DQCAD_DLL -DQCADECMAAPI_LIBRARY -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_PRINTSUPPORT_LIB -DQT_SVG_LIB -DQT_OPENGL_LIB -DQT_HELP_LIB -DQT_UITOOLS_LIB -DQT_DESIGNER_LIB -DQT_UIPLUGIN_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_SCRIPT_LIB -DQT_SCRIPTTOOLS_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_XMLPATTERNS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQDESIGNER_EXPORT_WIDGETS -I. -I../../core -I../../core/math -I../../grid -I../../snap -I../../gui -I../../entity -I../../operations -I../../scripting -I../../stemmer -I. -Igenerated -Iadapters -I../../io/dxf -I../../spatialindex -I../../3rdparty -I/home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/src/zip -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5 -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtPrintSupport -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtSvg -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtOpenGL -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtHelp -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtUiTools -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtDesigner -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtUiPlugin -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtWidgets -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtGui -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtScript -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtScriptTools -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtSql -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtXmlPatterns -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtNetwork -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtXml -isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtCore -Irelease -isystem /usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o release/RScriptHandlerEcma.o RScriptHandlerEcma.cpp
In file included from RScriptHandlerEcma.cpp:372:0:
generated/REcmaZip.h:15:26: fatal error: RZip.h: No such file or directory
                 #include "RZip.h"
                          ^~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Makefile.Release:3622: recipe for target 'release/RScriptHandlerEcma.o' failed
make[4]: *** [release/RScriptHandlerEcma.o] Error 1

Seems to have been introduced in 854baacb, it seems.

when printing only a white page is generated. Also when pdf generation, a corrupted file is generated. I enclose my dwg file.
Also It takes more than 20 seconds for most of the task, like selecting, zoom in or out, and I own a 16Gb RAM and i7 8Gen processor....
It sucks...

QCAD seems either to mishandle or ignore svg group transformations altogether.

Importing the attached file into QCAD renders the largest polygon (polygon18) to be rotated and misplaced. This is shown in actual.png. The expected result (original Inkscape renedering) is shown in expected.png.

Looking at the code of the original drawing it can be observed there is a transformation applied to the group which polygon18 is in:

 <g
   style="stroke-width:0.35433099;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none"
   id="g20"
   transform="rotate(-90,316.66796,298.95141)" >
   <path
      inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
      id="polygon18"
      d="..." />

Removing the ‘transform’ attribute produces virtually identical (erroneous) rendering in Inkscape as well.

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

Add option to line input context menu to enter a distance from the drawing, measured from two points.
Perhaps existing measuring tools can be re-used to feedback values into line edits to avoid duplication.

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6111

Dimension entities that lay completely within the stretch area are not moved.

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=6118

I received an ACAD file for a cinema we’re working on and the handicapped toilets were rotated 180-degrees referenced to everything (so the toilet appears to be in the hallway rather than the restroom. The handicapped toilet is part of a block with the handrails and those are in their proper place, just the toilet is rotated.

I have verified the problem on both MAC and PC versions.

The drawing appears correct in AutoCAD as well as TrueView and other programs that can read AutoCAD (that I’ve checked). This problem seems to be QCAD specific.

I know that I can’t stretch a block in Model space but a block completely inside a Blocks should move. It doesn’t works that way in 3.22.0.3

Also, the way the state of radioButtons is saved on Qcad3.conf is rather confusing.

Exemple :
Two radioButtons _cr_i and _cr_x are in the same QWidget.
- check _cr_i
- validate the form with OK
- reopen the form, check _cr_x
- validate the form with OK

the config file reads

[_myPlenum2]
VisibleInMenu=true
...
_cr_i=_cr_i
_cr_x=_cr_x
...

On next form run, even if I select _cr_i, the radiobutton QWidget always takes the value of _cr_x.

Case: My last “Print preview” setting was “Multiple Pages” = 4
QCAD will remember this setting until I change it.

If I then - maybe days later - start a “Print current view” out of my drawing then QCAD will show me the current view on ONE page. Exactly what I expected. If I start the print QCAD will print on FOUR pages regarding to the last “Print preview” setting. Not what I was looking for ....

Now knowing what will happen I launch “Print current view”, see my current view on ONE page, launch the “Drawing preferences”, see that FOUR is the number for pages, doesn’t change anything and cancel the dialog. NOW I can see that FOUR pages are used for the current view print.

That is confusing and it would be nice to have somehow more control over this behavior.

1. Create polyline with global width (e.g. 10)
2. Scale polyline by factors X=-1, Y=1
3. Polyline loses width

In the attached drawing, the origin is at the lower left, but $EXTMAX 10 = 0, 20 = .66473 and $EXTMIN = 10 = 3.2, 20 = 0

The X value for $EXTMAX should be 3.2
The X value for #EXTMIN should be 0

the following is an excerpt from the file
$EXTMIN
10
3.2
20
0.664730029289
30
0.0

9

$EXTMAX
10
0.0
20
0.0
30
0.0

Please can you provided a worked example for scripting (I can’t find anything similar in the Help/Book)?

I have a 2D drawing that has a segmented circle that is divided into 12/16/20 segments etc.

I want to show this in a side 2D view e.g. there are 6/8/10 segments visible to fill in a rectangle.

I can manually calculate the distance to draw vertical “fill” lines by calculating the angle of the end of each segment. With the option to rotate the position of the lines by half/third of a segment.

A simple example with only 2 segments visible, it’s 0, 50% and 100%.
With 4 segments, it’s tan(22.5), tan(45), -tan(45) and 90 degrees that’s approximately 41%, 50%, 59% and 100%.

So the task, is to receive the coordinates of the area e.g. a rectangle, divide the rectangle into unequal smaller rectangles.

I imagine that a 3D program can do this, but I want to do something similar. Perhaps this is more easily applied - I’m new to CAD and QCAD.

QCAD Community, built from Git HEAD (bf30371), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 x64), Qt 5.10.1, fresh build on a completely clean, new checkout.

Warning:  QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it.
17:00:05: Debug:    RDxfPlugin::init
17:00:05: Debug:    RScriptsPlugin::init
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qtbase_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qt_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "assistant_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qt_help_en"
Warning:  Qt WebEngine seems to be initialized from a plugin. Please set Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts using QCoreApplication::setAttribute before constructing QGuiApplication.
Warning:  action not found: "Scheme"
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "TypeError: Result of expression 'global[defaultActionClass].init' [undefined] is not a function."
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "TypeError: Result of expression 'global[defaultActionClass].init' [undefined] is not a function."
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
Warning:  At least one uncaught exception:
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
17:00:07: Debug:    "<global>() at 522"

My best guess is this was introduced sometime during last week or thereabouts (i.e. before that, Git HEAD used to work fine).

Scenario:

launch BE / Edit contents of selected block,
Pencil symbol shows that this block is now in edit mode,
launch Rename Block / rename it, confirm with ok, dialog closes,
renaming doesn’t works, pencil symbol is still on that block,
try to launch rename block again - doesn’t work anymore,
return to main drawing,
if I then select this block it will show the new name in the Property editor but not in the block list,
if I try to open this block within the block list again it doesn’t works,
if I open this block within a double-click in my drawing it will open but the pencil isn’t shown.

Hello

So, I think .. that when the dark scheme has been chosen
the eye color for the active layers should be white
(similar to the list of blocks).

Best regards
Jacek

Hello

I noticed that
when the dark scheme has been chosen
the shortcut for any toolbar tool, shown inside tool tooltip
has color similar to the tooltip background
which makes it invisible.

QCAD version 3.22.0.0 (3.22.0) revision 2ba5a26
Checked on Windos, Suse, Archlinux.

Best regards
Jacek