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Is there a way to insert a unicode character in a dimension? I would like to insert stacked fractions as font characters.

Carl Helquist

For Unicode, type the following escape sequence into the label text field while creating the dimension or in the property editor:
Where #### is the hex Unicode of the character to insert.

For example (for an 'A'):
Note that the QCAD fonts don't contain glyph definitions for all of the Unicode characters.

To learn how to extend fonts, please refer to this thread:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=9

Since you want to create stacked texts, the escape sequence for stacked text might also be interesting:
This produces "top" over "bottom". See also user manual at:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad/manual_r ... r23.html#1

-> 23.1 Advanced Text Commands

Thank you for your quick reply.

I am able to insert unicode into text using your instructions, but I am unable to do so in dimensions.

example file:

http://www.flycarlair.com/pages/qcad/Fraction.dxf

and the standard.cxf that has my glyph for 7/8 in [215e]:

http://www.flycarlair.com/pages/qcad/standard.cxf

and a pdf of what my results look like:

http://www.flycarlair.com/pages/qcad/Fraction.pdf

I am using qcad.2.2.2.0-1-prof.macosx.leopard.universal.

You're right. It does not work in dimension labels.

However, you might be able to simply copy / paste the actual character into the property editor instead: "⅞".

Yes, copying and pasting did the trick.

Thank you for your help.

Carl Helquist