Count up counter for consecutive number labeling
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:23 pm
Hello everybody ...
...I have again a feature request.
I find myself often in need to use consecutive numbers for any kind of labeling in my drawings. E.g. in drawings with flat pattern to keep track on the next step or for drawings with many detail views, scale views etc. etc. etc.
For this purpose I can use in QCAD the Text tool or the Block Attributes.
Both methods are working regarding this issue on the same way.
Example for the Text tool:
If I use the text tool I get an option bar which can be used to change the numbers.
What means:
Step 1: Open the text tool - set the formation for the text - type "1" for the first Number - OK - click in the drawing to determine the position for this number "1".
Step 2: For the next number (2) I can use the Option field to change the value - what means I have to place the mouse pointer in the value field (Step 3) - delete or overwrite the number with the keyboard keys to replace the "1" with a "2" (Step 3) - determine the position for this new number in the drawing (Step 4) and start over and over for the next 100 (?) numbers.
This over and over "manual number changing" is for me time consuming and distracting - I need to stay focused on my drawing and I think that should be much easier because ..... it's a computer program.
Long story short: My feature request is pretty simple: I would like to have a sort of automatically "Up counting Number" tool as a new tool or maybe even better as an option for an existing tool (Text / Block Attributes).
I think it should work like this:
1. Start the tool or activate an option
2. Tell the tool the first number
3. determine the position for the first number in the drawing
4. the tool counts automatically up to the next number and I can - without any distraction - determine the next number position in the drawing.
just like: Tool, Number, click click click click click click click click click click ...
The tool should be able to handle any initial given number. Start number 1 means the tool will use the 1 and starts further counting with 2, 3, 4, etc
Start number 14 leads to the next counted number 15, 16 , 17 etc
The tool should also have a remember function for the last used number.
Of course - it could be programmed with much more options/functions like up counting / down counting , counting with a fixed prefix/postfix, using numbers / letters (a,b,c,d ..), combination of those etc etc etc but right now I would be more than happy with a simple "automatically up counter function" solution.
If somebody is able/willing to help with this issue I would really appreciate it (and I'm sure not only me!).
If you have any questions or my request needs more clarification ....
Thank you in advance!
...I have again a feature request.
I find myself often in need to use consecutive numbers for any kind of labeling in my drawings. E.g. in drawings with flat pattern to keep track on the next step or for drawings with many detail views, scale views etc. etc. etc.
For this purpose I can use in QCAD the Text tool or the Block Attributes.
Both methods are working regarding this issue on the same way.
Example for the Text tool:
If I use the text tool I get an option bar which can be used to change the numbers.
What means:
Step 1: Open the text tool - set the formation for the text - type "1" for the first Number - OK - click in the drawing to determine the position for this number "1".
Step 2: For the next number (2) I can use the Option field to change the value - what means I have to place the mouse pointer in the value field (Step 3) - delete or overwrite the number with the keyboard keys to replace the "1" with a "2" (Step 3) - determine the position for this new number in the drawing (Step 4) and start over and over for the next 100 (?) numbers.
This over and over "manual number changing" is for me time consuming and distracting - I need to stay focused on my drawing and I think that should be much easier because ..... it's a computer program.
Long story short: My feature request is pretty simple: I would like to have a sort of automatically "Up counting Number" tool as a new tool or maybe even better as an option for an existing tool (Text / Block Attributes).
I think it should work like this:
1. Start the tool or activate an option
2. Tell the tool the first number
3. determine the position for the first number in the drawing
4. the tool counts automatically up to the next number and I can - without any distraction - determine the next number position in the drawing.
just like: Tool, Number, click click click click click click click click click click ...
The tool should be able to handle any initial given number. Start number 1 means the tool will use the 1 and starts further counting with 2, 3, 4, etc
Start number 14 leads to the next counted number 15, 16 , 17 etc
The tool should also have a remember function for the last used number.
Of course - it could be programmed with much more options/functions like up counting / down counting , counting with a fixed prefix/postfix, using numbers / letters (a,b,c,d ..), combination of those etc etc etc but right now I would be more than happy with a simple "automatically up counter function" solution.
If somebody is able/willing to help with this issue I would really appreciate it (and I'm sure not only me!).
If you have any questions or my request needs more clarification ....
Thank you in advance!