configurable hardware resources for QCAD
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:29 am
Hi, I've been using QCAD for a little while now and find that it fills a vital hole in the Linux comunity for CAD. There are couple of other CAD apps for Linux, but I'm not prepared to shell out £400+ just to see how well they work.
I have noticed that when Architects send me their .dwg and I convert them to .dxf, qcad slows right down - horribly so sometimes.
From other posts this seems to be a problem for files over a certain complexity. Could you possibly provide an interface that could configure the amount of hardware resources to be dedicated to QCAD - like how much RAM to be used and how many cpus etc.. GIMP has a similar interface that lets you configure how much memory you can use for images and tiles etc..
Would that be a workaround to the slowdown of the app. or would it make no difference?
Also, is there any chance you'll be supporting natively .dwg files.
I really wouldn't mind spending more cash on the product if it meant overcoming the slowdown issues and the dwg games. Judging from the searches I've made online there are a ton of others that are waiting for just such an app.
And one other thing, is there any chance you'll be bringing out version that runs natively on a 64bit OS instead of going through IA32-libs?
Certainly I very much appreciate what you've done for CAD on Linux to date.
I have noticed that when Architects send me their .dwg and I convert them to .dxf, qcad slows right down - horribly so sometimes.
From other posts this seems to be a problem for files over a certain complexity. Could you possibly provide an interface that could configure the amount of hardware resources to be dedicated to QCAD - like how much RAM to be used and how many cpus etc.. GIMP has a similar interface that lets you configure how much memory you can use for images and tiles etc..
Would that be a workaround to the slowdown of the app. or would it make no difference?
Also, is there any chance you'll be supporting natively .dwg files.
I really wouldn't mind spending more cash on the product if it meant overcoming the slowdown issues and the dwg games. Judging from the searches I've made online there are a ton of others that are waiting for just such an app.
And one other thing, is there any chance you'll be bringing out version that runs natively on a 64bit OS instead of going through IA32-libs?
Certainly I very much appreciate what you've done for CAD on Linux to date.