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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1402 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | CAD-Toolbar, Toolbar, Menu, Tool Matrix with customized... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would it be possible to arrange the Menu, CAD-Toolbar, Toolbar, Menu, Tool Matrix with customized keywords, like “simple”, advanced” and “expert” to show only a minimum for user there are begin with CAD, advanced for CAD-User, and expert for construction.
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1940 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | CAM > CAM Configuration: Add program description | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add a program description to the CAM configuration dialog and export to postprocessors as variable.
See also: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/posting.php?mode=quote&f=32&p=24649
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2227 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | CAM > CAM Export: post processor for tangential knife c... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
See also: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8342
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1902 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | CAM G-Block Toolpath | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hallo Andrew,
Still busy on the never ending G-code story. Urgently needed the very handy G-code Block Toolpath. This ‘toolpath’ also solves a lot of “editing requests”.
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1901 | QCAD/CAM | Feature Request | Low | CAM Traverse Toolpath | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hallo Andrew,
Still busy on the never ending G-code story. Urgently needed the very common Traverse Toolpath.
Example added as pdf.
Greetings
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1838 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Carbide Create import | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add support for importing Carbide Create files (.c2d).
Format is JSON based, human readable.
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1255 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Change a quote value modify the drawing + link quotes w... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Change a quote value modify the drawing + link quotes with entities
In other words, makes quotes editable AND linked to entities.
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1810 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Change icons from black on white to white on black depe... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Automatic change of icons in the Library Browser from black on white to white on black or vice versa depending on the background (white or black; light or dark) in QCAD main window. See also https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=21970#p21970
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525 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | change the printed symbol of points | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi,
in QCAD3 RC2 points were printed as crosses, in QCAD3 RC4 they are printed as (very little) points. I think this isn’t a bug but a feature.
It would be nice if one could change this behaviour / select the symbol of points.
Best regards - Stefan
This is a double post of http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?p=5870#5870 as suggested there.
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1651 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Change thickness of arch tick for dimensioning | Assigned | |
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Task Description
An option in the drawing preferences to change the line thicknesses for arch ticks would be a huge plus, at the moment I am having to insert ‘arch tick’ blocks for this.
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1282 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Changeable color of the selection bar in layer list. | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Changeable color of the selection bar in the layer list. Now the color of the bar is darkblue and the underlaid icons are black and are not readable.
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609 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Clean up tool | Assigned | |
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Task Description
To have a ‘clean up ' tool to:
- eradicate duplicate lines - eradicate stray points - remove empty layers - remove unused blocks
Perhaps with an initial dialog which allows the user to choose what they want to clean up.
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1452 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Colour opacity option | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Not sure how difficult this would be to implement but just wondered if it is possible to have an option in QCAD to change the opacity of a colour ?
related to topic: http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=83&p=15715&sid=45f0f0679e8257f3cf98f91e4f0c4577#p15715
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277 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | command line arguments: allow class name after -exec | Assigned | |
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Task Description
command line arguments: allow class name after -exec
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873 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | command line does not accept distance value for funtion... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
In the comnmand line, I can sucessfully enter for example the radius of a circle to draw (Space 100 Enter) but the command line does not accept a value for the distance when drawing parallel lines (l p space 100 enter → error).
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648 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Configurable behavior for line patterns at weight 0.00 | Assigned | |
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Task Description
A line with linestyle = dots and line weight = 0.00 appears in model space overly spaced, all other lineweights behave as expected. Suspect other linestyles to behave in a similar fashion.
See attached drawing.
Suggested fix: use the same scaling for lineweight 0.00 as for lineweight 0.05.
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684 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Configurable behavior for using box selection with Shif... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
See also: http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2180
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670 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Configurable rendering options for stacked text | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Customer wishes that stacked text used as subscript is rendered differently (i.e. increased text size, lower position for subscript). This may also apply to superscripts.
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1705 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Connect certain actions and layers | Assigned | |
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Task Description
When dimensioning my drawings I always want the dimensions to be on the dimensions layer. When adding text I want the text to be on the text layer. When drawing an infinite line it is always a construction line, therefore I want it to be on the construction line layer. When drawing a line segment it almost always is on my outline layer.
So I propose a new option to bind certain actions to certain layers. Whenever those actions are selected the layer should automatically be switched.
I can imagine this being implemented in the General→Tool Settings menu, where the short cuts are defined.
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503 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Convert entities to points with a fixed distance | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Select lines, arcs, ... and convert them to points along the lines, arcs, ... with a fixed distance.
See also forum at: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1834
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579 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Copy layers / blocks | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Duplicate (copy, clone) a layer with or without entities on it. New name can be specified by user.
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2354 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | copy-paste between two QCAD instances | Assigned | |
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Task Description
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 arranged side-by-side (larger monitor). Changes would be copy-pasted from one set to the other.
From #2352 I’ve learned that there is a command-line option to achieve this.
Unfortunately it’s not possible to copy-paste between these instances.
And yes, it’s important to do this in two windows to see both versions at the same time. So, tabs are not the answer.
It’s also ok if i could detach a tab from one instance and arrange it aside of the main window (like the property editor). Than all data transfers would happen inside the same instance.
Best regards, Klaus
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1977 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Corresponding coordinate format | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Hi,
It would be less confusing to read messages in the command line protocol if it would use the same coordinate separators like the settings below Application Preferences / General / Coordinate Format.
This example shows the “Absolute Cartesian Coordinate” but of course all corresponding format settings should be used within messages.
Absolute Cartesian Coordinate: Setting = semicolon (;) but the message will use division (/).
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805 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Create tool radius compensation / tool path generation | Assigned | |
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Task Description
This is how I would implement this:
This would be a modification tool. Parts are selected, a toolpath is generated, and a dialog pops up to allow putting the tool path into an existing layer, a new layer, or replace all drawings in an existing layer.
This is how the toolpath is generated:
We iterate through all elements and explode everything but text into line segments. Then we connect the line segments into chains wherever the line endpoints are less than some tolerance away from each other. The chains can be very chaotic, but at least we have separate entities for now.
For every chain, we need to find the largest complete loop. A good drawing would only contain non-overlapping loops, but we can’t expect that. Everything that is not on this loop can not be defined as a part or as a hole, so we will merely create a tool path segment that is equivalent to the line segment. Every segment that *IS* on a loop is either an outside edge (part outline), or an inside edge (hole outline), (or overlapping, in which case it is neither, and we have an operator problem).
In a perfect world, we need to find exactly which shape is inside which other shape, and then create alternating tool offsets from the outmost loop (part edge) to the second outmost (hole), to the next (part) etc. .
In a simplified world, we can used the bounding box of the loop instead. This works OK for rectangular shapes, but a circle next to an “L” shape could be seen as inside the L’s bounding box, hence inside the L, wrongly accused of being a hole, not a part.
Now all that is left to do is to create a new loop, offset by the tool radius. Oh, and since we have the connections from line segment to line segment in the correct order already, we can use the opportunity to order all cutting loops from inner to outer, or from small to large, and order non-loop edges by travel distance.
The new drawing in the new layer can now be exported without further hassle to create a nice laser cut file.
PS: of course, a user could create multiple layers for marking, cutting, enraging, etc. . Additional Layer attributes for cutting speed and laser power (and a few more) would be needed.
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2070 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | cropping image | Assigned | |
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Task Description
It may be useful to insert the “image cropping” function both in top / bottom - right / left mode, and with polyline
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2296 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Custom font type and size for command line widget | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Would be nice to change default font type and size for command line widget.
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1833 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Deep synchronize attributes feature | Assigned | |
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Task Description
There is the Synchronize attributes feature which works well. But It affects only block references in the active layout(modelspace, block layout). If I want to synchronize attributes of block references in in another blocks, i have to manually go through all blocks and run synchronize attributes feature. That is the reason I would like to modify Synchronize attributes feature to affect all block references in a drawing, or add new Deep synchronize attributes feature.
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990 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Default Names for Custom Property ... | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Property Editor - Geometry - Custom - Add Custom Property
It would be nice to have in “Application preferences” the possibility to predefine a couple Custom Property Names. Right now I use the Custom Property function to add a DIN and the Material info to every Block. This project has a lot of DIN parts and I have to type again and again the names DIN ... Material ... DIN ... Material ... DIN ... Material ... DIN ... Material ... DIN ... Material ... you got my point
If I have predefined Names - I have just to fill out the value
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962 | QCAD (main) | Feature Request | Low | Default save / open directories | Assigned | |
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Task Description
Add the option to use a fixed path for the save to, open and CAM export directories.
(G code files are usually saved in on directory that the Control Program opens them up from so this would save a ton of mouse clicking)
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