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ID  descCategoryTask TypeSeveritySummaryStatusProgress
 1249 QCAD (main)Bug ReportHigh QCAD makes USB stick read only Closed
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Task Description

After the first time I have saved a file from QCAD to the USB stick, the USB stick becomes read only.

Highly inconvenient as one then needs to copy over the data and format it again.

 1248 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Edit > Duplicate: only duplicate selected entities Closed
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Task Description

Edit > Duplicate duplicates all

 1247 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow File > Print / PDF Export: problem with offset Closed
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Task Description

Offset shown in print preview does not match offset on paper / in PDF file.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3609 http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3605

 1246 dxflibBug ReportLow Saving MText with linefeeds in escaped text causes corr ...Closed
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Task Description

Saving MText with linefeeds in escaped text causes corruption of file.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=3593

 1245 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Zoom in / zoom out: drawing painted at inconsistent off ...Closed
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Task Description

Zooming in or out repeatedly (keeping + or - key pressed or using mouse wheel) shows the drawing at incorrect offsets in between frames with the correct offset.

Original report:

Zoom in and out with the Mouse wheel is working but it is unfortunately jumping in a zickzack course.

 1244 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow SVG import: consider original unit Closed
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Task Description

Add support for importing units other than defaults (pixels) based on unit given in svg:width / svg:height attributes.

 1243 QCAD (main)Bug ReportMedium Printing / PDF Export: points offset Closed
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Task Description

Hi !
im’ trying the 3.9.6 base version, and i have found a problem in printing/exporting..

To replicate the bug:
Try to draw a simple form, for ex a circle, and draw a center of this circle using POINT function.

Now if you make a print preview, then CENTER the circle in the page and try to export to pdf or print, the circle and the POINT (center) are ofsetted !!

i have try to make the same operation with 3.9.5 and i have no problem !!!

1242QCAD (main)Bug ReportLowSVG import DPI box should use localized decimal separat...Assigned
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I wanted to make it so, that SVG units translate 1:1 into CAD units; I use the German localized QCAD and entered 25,4 into the box with the wrong result, i.e. the same as 25; Entering 25.4 got me what I wanted: The question box needs the point and ignores the comma. Would be nice if it could use the localized separator.

 1241 QCAD (main)Bug ReportMedium Options tool bar fields not editable, no interaction wi ...Closed
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Task Description

Likely affects Windows Vista, 7, 8.

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

Caused by update from Qt 4.7.4 to Qt 4.8.7

 1240 QCAD/CAMBug ReportLow USB Flas Drive save makes the drive Read Only Closed
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Task Description

This problem is USB Flash drive related.

First of all, QCAD does not show the flash drive a drive where data can be stored, but it does when one wants to open a file.

If one then did open a file from the flash drive, saving it back tot he flash drive change the permission of the entire drive to read only and I could not manage to change that other than formatting the drive.

 1239 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Draw > Polyline > Create from Segments: fails with arc  ...Closed
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Task Description

In some cases, loose arc segments result in errors.
See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3573

 1238 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Explode: zero length lines from closed polyline Closed
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Task Description

Exploding polylines which are closed both geometrically (first vertex equals last vertex) and logically (closed property is true) results in an additional zero length line after the last segment.

 1237 QCAD/CAMBug ReportMedium Blocks should be layer agnostic Closed
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Task Description

I have created a block from a selection. I have then later created more items on my CAD page using that block, then later yet, moved the objects to a new layer. I noticed that while the object has accepted being on the new layer, the color hasn’t changed to the new layer’s color. I can only get the line color to change if I go into the block itself and move the individual segments of the block to that new layer, then save the new block (which, by the way, I can’t save over the existing block?!?!)

In the sample file attached, you will see that the block item in the 3 o’clock position is in layer 0, while the rest are in “Vent Holes” layer. If you make layer 0 hidden, the one block is hidden (like it should), but the block item refuses to take on the layer’s color even though the block’s color is “By Layer”

 1236 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Arrow heads on leaders are missing every time files are ...Closed
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Task Description

Arrow heads on leaders are missing every time files are opened.

 1235 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Remove focus from command line after command execution Closed
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Task Description

I find it a bit annoying that after executing a command by issuing some points in the command line, the command line retains the focus.

This means an extra Escape key press, and sometimes my hotkeys are just sent in plain text to the command line if I forget to escape.

Something like this:

- hotkey: ss (stretch)
- click for first point
- click for second point
- click for reference
- hotkey: eh (restrict horizontal)
- spacebar
- enter distance by hand
- return (execute)

At this point, if I want to repeat another “stretch” command, I have to disable the horizontal restriction by hand (en), and start again.

The problem is that if I forget to press the Escape key, my “en” command is issued in the command line, and I keep looking at the screen because the hotkey was not issued.

What would be desirable IMHO after a command execution would be to reset any restrictions applied and remove focus from command line.

 1234 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Point styles can't be set in Application Preferences Closed
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Task Description

Point styles are ignored after setting them in Application Preferences.

See this post: http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3553

Thanks.

1233QCAD (main)Feature RequestLowTab key to cycle between selected objectsAssigned
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Task Description

I think it’s a useful adition and makes it easy to select objects that are overlapped. I know there is a selection filter, but sometimes this is faster and/or all the objects share the same type and such things.

If I remember correctly, Inkscape has this behaviour.

Thanks.

 1232 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Command Line: ignore leading spaces Closed
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Task Description

Many times, after pressing the space bar to access the command line, accidentally an space character is added at the start of the line. It’s very difficult to see it.

The result is an error like this:

Invalid coordinate or distance ' @20,20'.

The request is for the command line parser to just ignore leading spaces.

Thank you.

 1231 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Dialogs 'Save As' and 'Open' freezes QCAD under Linux/F ...Closed
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Task Description

Linux Fedora 21, kde 4.14.7, QCAD version 3.9.4. QCAD Pro add-on and QCAD/CAM add-on disabled.

Clicking on ‘Save As’ or ‘Open’, even when showing an empty drawing, freezes the program. A dialog shows up, but is completely grayed out. QCAD then stops responding completely (so far for about an hour), and has to be killed.

In the process, a warning shows up in the terminal:
Warning: KGlobal::locale(): Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work

(’Open Recent’ and ‘Save’ does seem to work, and can (presently) be used as kind of a workaround, since I’m only working on one file at the moment.)

1230QCAD (main)Feature RequestLowFile > PDF Export / SVG Export: export layersAssigned
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Task Description

Dear Andrew, just in case you should ever run out of ideas for enhancements; As an advisor I sometimes get PDF files and recently, some CAD drawings contained layers, which is kind of nifty to reduce the clutter.

Sadly though, qprinter/qpainter seem to be unaware of OCG (Optional Content Groups, the PDF jargon for layers) at the moment, so my plea is for the back burner now. Probably in SVG though it can be done? Yet that is of a little less use, maybe…

1229QCAD (main)Feature RequestLowLoad last project at startAssigned
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Task Description

When starting QCAD it will open a new, untitled, page causing me to close that, click through the saving option to discard changes and then load up the project i’m working on. It would be nice to have the option for the program to start with the last used project.
I checked the application preferences to see if this option was already possible as it’s common with other applications but couldn’t find it. In ‘Startup’ (the obvious place for it) there was only an option for the splash screen.

 1228 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Restore Fullscreen state on load Closed
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Task Description

If you close QCAD while it is set to full screen it will save the window size and position but not the full screen state so when you restart it will appear as though it is full screen but part of the window will be hidden by the start menu.

 1227 QCAD (main)Feature RequestVery Low AutoCAD skin Closed
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Task Description

QCAD has a lot of features and buttons, probably more that the autocad I’ve been using. Therefore the learning curve is too slow. It would be a great boost for the program to have the possibility of having an Autocad skin, and it will attract many new users.

 1226 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Print selection Closed
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Task Description

Add the possibility of printing a part of the drawing. This is vital on large building plans.

 1225 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow add support for circles, ellipses Closed
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Task Description

The attached file should result in two overlapping circles, it does not, it results in a single ellipse.

The “<circle ... />” directive seems just be ignored in this case, but in other instances I have seen it result in ellipses.

And the “<ellipse ... />” directive should of course result in a circle, when rx and ry are the same.

1224QCAD (main)Feature RequestLowRevision cloudsLikely to be implemented
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Add support to draw revision clouds or convert polylines, ellipses, circles to revision clouds.

 1223 QCAD (main)Bug ReportVery Low Text: formatting with subscript and font size Closed
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Task Description

- enter the text A1 and format the “1” as subscript and with a different font size.
When you click OK, it will be something like: AH3.571431;
I have to manually edit it (source tab) to AH3.57143;S^1;

 1222 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Selection Filter / Line / Angle in radians Closed
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Task Description

If I try to use the Selection Filter to find Lines regarding to the used Angle it fails in many cases.

In my test drawing you can see that I’m able to select Lines with an 0° Angle but I’m not able to select any of the other lines with e.g. an 45° / 90° 180° or 315° etc. angle.

 1221 dwg2pdfBug ReportLow dwg2pdf: Cannot create a QWidget Closed
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Task Description

dwg2pdf shows error under Windows systems:
Fatal: QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used

 1220 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Batch print multiple jobs. Closed
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Task Description

It would be great to be able select a print style (Page size, printer), and apply it to a batch of .dxf files to do a batch print of a multi-drawing job with separate files. I used this feature a ton in ACAD in my previous job.

 1219 QCAD (main)Bug ReportVery Low File > Print Current View: error with multiple pages se ...Closed
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Task Description

Windows XP, QCAD Pro 3.9.4.0 (3.9.4)
Multi-page drawing, 3 columns on american tabloid landscape (11 inch x 17 inch).
Current view is top right quadrant of page 2, Print current view prints top left quadrant of all 3 pages. Last full print was all 3 pages in full.

 1218 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Edit blocks in the drawing instead of isolated Closed
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3 Task Description

see:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3466

 1217 QCAD (main)Bug ReportHigh Modify > Explode: crash for non-explodable entities Closed
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Task Description

- Select line
- Modify > Explode

 1216 QCAD (main)Bug ReportMedium DXF/DWG writing: block name mixup with anonymous blocks Closed
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Task Description

Anonymous blocks (with names starting with *, imported from other software) can be mixed up on writing.

 1215 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Linetype combo box: linetypes not sorted Closed
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Task Description

Linetypes should be sorted in linetype combo boxes.

1214QCAD (main)Bug ReportLowArray of blocks -> Clipboard -> "flip pasted entities" ...Assigned
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1 Task Description

Case:

Select a block array,
put it with “Copy with reference” or “Cut with reference” into the clipboard,
choose a reference point which isn’t in the center of the array,
use the paste tool / with option “flip pasted entities”

If I flip only in horizontal or vertical direction the preview box will double in size and I can’t place the entities precisely regarding to the reference point.
If I try to flip in both directions at the same time - you can’t see this effect.

 1213 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow point of tangency precision error Closed
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Task Description

- using the Polygon (2 points of side) tool create a triangle based on points 0,0 and 10,0
- using the 3 Tangents tool create the incircle of the triangle
- measure from each vertex to each point of tangency

Instead of getting 5 as a result for each you get either 4.99999993, 5.0000001 or 5.00000007.

Dongxu Li says:

“the problem is that inscribed circle is generated correct up to relative precision of 1e-8, while the tangential points are test at a precision level of 1e-10. Therefore, the inscribed circle actually intersects with one line.”

https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/issues/523

I have marked this as critical because I work with tangent circles a lot, and need these measurements to be accurate.

 1212 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Library Browser: inconsistent paths under Windows Closed
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Task Description

Windows paths are expected to be consistent, but aren’t (slash / backslash mixup) which can lead to QCAD thinking that a source was removed even if it wasn’t.

 1211 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Localized color names saved to DXF Closed
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Task Description

Property ColorSettings/BackgroundColor can contain localized color name in DXF.

 1210 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Block > Insert: too many rows previewed Closed
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Task Description

Preview always shows maximum number of previewable rows instead of configured number of rows.

 1209 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Printers do not appear without modification to Cups Closed
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Task Description

Printers do not appear in QCAD unless you modify the default cups to create a /etc/printcap file

https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3247

Is a work around

This is the only application on the platform this has to be done for.

I am guessing it affects any Linux with the printcap not set.

 1208 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Remember folded layer state Closed
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3 Task Description

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3395

 1207 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Alternating colors for layer list, block list Closed
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2 Task Description

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3394

1206QCAD (main)Feature RequestLowLink drawings with each other to update layers, blocksAssigned
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3 Task Description

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3410

 1205 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Phantom period printed on PDF when attribute is empty Closed
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Task Description

I have some blocks with multiple attribute lines to name equipment represented by the block. When an attribute is left empty and printed to paper (and/or SVG) the print out is as expected. Alternatively when I print to PDF QCAD (Qt) seems to put a phantom period (.) where the attribute is.

This is prevalent on Windows 8.1 and Fedora 21.

 1204 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Possible Library Indexing bug Closed
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Task Description

26 April 2015

I have the Library browser set up per instructions from website. The following is about as good an explanation as I can come up with for now.

When I open the program the software keeps trying to update the library index at start-up regardless of whether “Update search index on start-up” is checked or unchecked (this happens when there are items installed into the library and show up in the browser window). However, if I have no library components installed and open the program the software does not try to update the index and immediately opens the main program window (when the index at start-up is unchecked). I can use the manual method to update the index at that time. However after doing that, same thing happens. When I close out and restart the program again the software will want to update the index before the main window opens up (with the index at start-up unchecked).

I have uninstalled the program and reinstalled it again to no avail. It still does the same thing. Therefore I have to wait around 30 sec to 1 minute to wait for and update of the index depending on what I have in the library browser at any one time. Most times I open the program I don’t need index updating as there are no new items to add to the library.

1203dxflibBug ReportLowImages not saved (dxflib)Assigned
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Task Description

I am doing a bit of landscaping and using a (big) ortophoto as one of my layers in order to sanity-check on the ground measurements.

The layer contains a point and the image and nothing else.

The image is a 8MB file: “PNG image data, 4200 x 2980, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced” and it is scaled to 210 coordinate units (meter) horizontally in the drawing.

With approx 50% probability the image disappears during Save, as see for instance in this diff of the DXF file:

      @@ -158699,28 +153057,6 @@ AcDbXrecord
        90
       6
         0
      -IMAGEDEF
      -  5
      -A1
      -100
      -AcDbRasterImageDef
      - 90
      -0
      -  1
      -/critter/HTV10/Ortofoto/ortofoto201502f.png
      - 10
      -210.0
      - 20
      -149.0
      - 11
      -1.0
      - 21
      -1.0
      -280
      -1
      -281
      -0
      -  0
       ENDSEC
         0
       EOF

The point in the same layer does not similarly disappear, the bug only seems to affect images.

I have seen this bug from version 3.7.5.0 to git as of yesterday (63e06c778926a803bdfbffdf27b8c24d41511072).

I have not been able to correlate the bug with anything.

Looking closer at the DXF file (attached), there seems to be some residuce of attempts to insert images in protected/invisible layers, so this may be some kind of refcounting issue.

(Any chance of getting FreeBSD into the “Operating System” field ?)

 1202 QCAD (main)Bug ReportLow Defaults - New drawing - Printing colors setting shows  ...Closed
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Task Description

Default settings (Application preferences) for “Printing colors” shows no effect on a “Grayscale” or a “Black and white” setting.
Regardless the setting a new drawing is always presented with a “Full color” adjustment.

 1201 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow SVG import: add support for circles, ellipses Closed
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1 Task Description

The attached file should result in two overlapping circles, it does not, it results in a single ellipse.

The “<circle ... />” directive seems just be ignored in this case, but in other instances I have seen it result in ellipses.

And the “<ellipse ... />” directive should of course result in a circle, when rx and ry are the same.

 1200 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Embed fonts in exported PDF Closed
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Task Description

This is not the same as  FS#782 .

Is it possible to have referenced fonts embedded in the exported PDF files somehow? Sort of like producing PDF/A (not really, but at least with the fonts referenced being included)?

I have played around a little with QPrinter::setFontEmbedding(), but it didn’t really produce any results (pro or con). I am not sure it can even be done, as looking around there are numerous references (rather questions and RFEs) for creating PDF/A-3 format PDFs with Qt, but I am yet to bump into a resolution. I almost have a feeling that generating PDF/A-1 files is possible, but I have not found any definite guidelines or ways to that either.

The use case is obvously when you don’t have a particular font installed on the system you are printing your designs on, for example.

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