Text on dimension disappeared on linux version. => Solved

[totoetsasoeur]

Dear Sir,
I did a small drawing with a few dimensions on QCad-pro 2.2.2.0 for linux. Everything went fine.

Then I saved my drawing and quit QCad.

When I open the drawing again, all dimension value (the text over the arrow) had disappeared!!!

I thought my file got a problem, so I launched QCad on windows_XP and actually all the text on dimensions were here. Then the file is alright.

Would you please tell me what is going wrong on my linux QCad and point out any workaround?

Thank you for answering.
Best regards.
Stephane

[andrew]

Please refer to our FAQ at:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html#11

11. I can create dimensions but they show no label

[totoetsasoeur]

Thank you for so fast answering.

When I launch Qcad with:

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~$ /usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86/qcad


Qcad displays text on dimensions as expected. Exactly what you are saying on your faq #11.

However, I thought that adding to my PATH variable the path of qcad would do the same. Here is a part of my ~/.profile:

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PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86/
export PATH


Then I can launch directly qcad from my home directory with:

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~$ qcad


But the text on dimensions are NOT displayed in this case.

Would you mind telling me what am I doing wrong with my PATH variable?
Thank you
Stephane

[andrew]

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/usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86/qcad

Is OK, since QCAD can 'see' the full path it was started with and therefore knows where its resources are.

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cd /usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86
./qcad

Also OK. Resources are in the current working directory of QCAD.

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PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86/
export PATH
qcad

Not OK. QCAD has no way of knowing where the fonts, hatch patterns and other resources are.

[totoetsasoeur]

Eventually I added the following alias in my ~/.profile:

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~$ vi ./profile
...
alias qcad='/usr/local/qcad/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86/qcad'
...


Which gives the expected results:
- launch qcad from my home directory.
- qcad knows where its ressources (fonts, etc...) are.

Thanks for your help.
Best regards.
Stephane