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As andrew says, it was a bit horrid! Th idea was to produce special layers, which held only "cutting" lines. A "cutting" line was drawn across the object (e.g. the stem of a bolt) on this layer and the stretch took place at this point. The layer name had to follow a fixed format e.g. "_stretch_lr_5"...

Just an idea:

To match all properties of a selected object.
Select "donor" object then select "recipient" object.
All properties are copied over.
(could this be done in a script?)

All I can suggest is to draw the line too long, position it, then trim it. Very long-winded and prone to errors. I don't think Autocad can do this either, so QCad isn't alone!

What a pity. This is just the sort of application that could have used it! Mind you, it took Autodesk quite a long time to include parametric & dynamic blocks. They are still weird to set up too.

Isn't the "_stretch_" system supported any more, Andrew? I must admit, I haven't tried it.

However, exploding a block doesn't dump the bits of block onto layer 0. I find that preferable to Autocad's way.

Drat! That's been changed to the Autocad system now.

Is there a way of reducing the number of lines in the command line history window, or just keep a basic command line without it? It seems to use a lot of valuable screen estate. Also, can it be shorter, to allow the blocks menu to be longer?

Ah-ha! Thanks. I've just discovered that. I was looking for a way of getting some blocks off an existing drawing & adding them to the library. I've now managed a couple. in dxf format. I've not managed to do it by using export to create png files though. Pictures are created, but aren't viable in th...

As subject...

This appears to be something severely missing from qcad - unless I've missed something.

I just tried a test drawing to simulate this. 4 layers: 0, chassis, drilling pattern & objects. An object block was created, putting the outline on the "objects" layer and the drilling pattern on the "drilling pattern" layer. Everything was set to "bylayer". A simple chassis outline was drawn on the...