[SOLVED] hatch is not viewed

[jasper]

im still in the learning process, most things are straight forward but creating a hatch seems impossible.

- i create a simple square
- i select it with contour
- i hatch it with bricks (preview does not show anything)

then it says hatch created successfully
but the square is empty

the hatch pattern path i entered manually is
/usr/local/bin/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86/patterns
i tried: chmod 777 brick.dxf

when i open brick as a file, it looks fine.

im running arch-linux with qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86
im lost

greetz
jasper

[michael]

1. Check if you can hatch a contour like a square with "filled pattern".
2. Make sure that you choose the right scale.

Sometimes a little bit tricky to find out which scale to use.

So I look forward to you that you are successful in make it work.

[jasper]

i tried "solid fill" different square sizes different scales.
its all blank, is says hatch created successfully.
when I do a selection inside the square
it selects the unseen hatch? its weird.

f.e.
....
i create linerectangle 10,20(cm)
contour select it
hatch it scale=1 angle=15 pattern=brick
....
should work right?

the hatch pop-up menu doesn't show the pattern either

looks a bit like bug to me.

[michael]

I just tried this out. It works.

What you describe is typically if you choose a a high value for scale. So try a low value there, let say, "Scale: 0.1".

It its really a BUG, then 1000 Linux Users around the world would report it. So... we can say that there is hope that it works also for you. So it can't be a software bug.

* You wrote: "i tried: chmod 777 brick.dxf". I think it has nothing to do with file access.

* You wrote "the hatch pop-up menu doesn't show the pattern either". Hmm... do you mean the "Priview" in the dialog box for hatch options then?

-> Check if the Pattern can be loaded itself. Check if the pattern is stored correctly so that QCad Prof can load it.
-> Try to add extra path in "Edit, Application Preferences...", "Paths", add your path to patterns here. (default is nothing there) it uses system application default.
So maybe something with your installation is not good.


* But try to open/load this pattern by itself. So try to load
/usr/local/bin/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86/patterns/brick.dxf
or others.

* Then try different sizes, etc.

* Else: Maybe display problems? X-Window System? Graphic-Card? But I cannot see why it should not work.

* Do the following:

linerectangle <ENTER>
0,0 <ENTER>
100,100 <ENTER>
<ESC> and again <ESC> to leave all context menu.
Hit "ta", or select "Select all", or hit CTRL-A.
hatch <ENTER>
Dialog:
Use brick
Scale 1
Angle 15
Press OK Button.

Then the Brick should be there just fine.

* Hint: If this not works, try the same on Windows XP or Mac OS X on the same hardware system.

i tried "solid fill" different square sizes different scales.
its all blank, is says hatch created successfully.
when I do a selection inside the square
it selects the unseen hatch? its weird.

f.e.
....
i create linerectangle 10,20(cm)
contour select it
hatch it scale=1 angle=15 pattern=brick
....
should work right?

the hatch pop-up menu doesn't show the pattern either

looks a bit like bug to me.

[jasper]

i've tried it all and nothing works, except for mannually opening the brick file that works fine.

but there is small light at the end of tunnel

i could not stop thinking it was a permission problem.
so i ran qcad as root user (i know not smart)
and voila everything works
so i thought maybe to re-install as root
(im talking tarball cozz im running archlinux)
didn't work
then i changed all the files ownership to root.root
didn't work
after doing:
strace -o qcad.log qcad
i get a lot of info, like missing files (f.e. from /home/andrew.... )
but no permission denied

so not much progress, but some, it runs under root, weird
the very first time i started to run qcad i accidentilly ran it under root, maybe that's a reason ?
another reason could be that my computer is very slow
PIII450 512Mb and that root somehow has more priority or something like that.
i've spend hours on this trying to fix this myself.
i'm sorry for needing more help

[andrew]

Most likely you're simply in draft mode. See also FAQ 11:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html#11

[jasper]

holy crap !!!,
andrew you're right
i must have accidently clicked that.
this has cost me fokking hours
well got myself a nice boost in linux knowledge
while i should have RTFM
sorry guys,
and thanx
greetz
asper

[michael]

Maybe. So disable DRAFT-MODE, the button above (the little red pencil).

But maybe simple remove the "qcad.ini" file. This should reset all settings to default. (I think also draft mode disabled by default.)

So check this:

1. Quit QCad.
2. Remove qcad.ini
3. Restart QCad
4. A new qcad.ini should be there.

---
If this not work, deinstall QCad Prof, and make a brand new installation from scratch.

Most likely you're simply in draft mode. See also FAQ 11:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html#11

[michael]

I thought you disturb as and make a joke...
Or you are typically not a windows user who anyway click every buttons at least twice or more...

So just start clicking...

holy crap !!!,
andrew you're right
i must have accidently clicked that.
this has cost me fokking hours
well got myself a nice boost in linux knowledge
while i should have RTFM
sorry guys,
and thanx
greetz
asper