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I was editing a block using the “Edit block in-place” and then (because I was exploring QCad a little) tried the “Purge unused blocks” option. I suspect that the purge removed the block I was editing, since when I now click “Save and close”, I get “Original block not found”. Also when I click “Cancel”, I get “Original block reference data not found”.

Recreating an empty block with the same name fixes this, and “Save and close” seems to work as expected again.

This is probably very much a corner case which is not really important, but I wanted to report it just so it is known.

Sporadically, when I open a file, everything in it has rotated 180 degrees from when I last edited that file.

no Idea ehat this is about, definately a bug.

BR

Ola, Sweden

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8237

QCAD Professional
Win7 32bit wininstaller
Version: 3.25.2.13 (3.25.2.13)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Feb 12 2021
Revision: cad2d36
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Architecture: i386
Compiler: Unknown

Andrew,

Break out Manual (B2) on Arc and open Polyline results
seems to depend on the breakpoint picking order.

A segment is broken out when the picking order is in the entity orientation.
The intended behavior.

That differs when the picking order is opposite the entity orientation.
One would expect that the picking order matters when removing
a segment between the picked points.

Example file included

Noticed while merging code to PolyLineBreakSymbol.js
https://github.com/qcad/qcad/blob/master/scripts/Misc/MiscDraw/PolyLineBreakSymbol/PolyLineBreakSymbol.js Line 300-312 orders cut points on distance from start.
Otherwise, the results where inconsistent.

Regards,
CVH

see https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8227&sid=6a935d92bc5b141f951f9489fd57a76d

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6493

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8251

Circular ellipse arcs are exploded correctly, however, almost circular ellipse arcs are not.
Tolerance issue.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2204

Using block library and inserting a block automatic snapping is broken id the block is mirrored.

Attached is one of the blocks causing the error and a screengrab.

Tried this on another machine with 2.6.2 with same bug

I’d like to change the f5 shortcut from rotate counter-clockwise to move/copy.

I started with a fresh QCAD3.conf

In the preferences window: general: tool settings

First time I remove f5 from rotate counter-clockwise qcad crashes.
Second run it seems to work.
I add the shortcut f5 to move/copy and restart.
The shortcut doesn’t work. And tool settings has a notice that there are conflicts.
When I change it to f3 it works.

btw the shortcut column don’t show any shortcuts. See screenshot.

A block selection in Model_Space with the rectangle area selection tool fails because the block reference is located at an unexpected location. If I catch by accident the reference point or do a simple mouse click selection it will work.

Rectangle area selection doesn’t work on ALL Ordinate dim’s.

Related to?
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2214

Switching CAD font creates wrong space to previous text block.

Example:

A\FStandard|c0;B

Space is too large for small texts, too small for large texts (does not scale with text height).

First reported at:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8289

When I use poly.appendVertex(vector, bulge) the polyline is finally created with NAN widths

This, while the signature explains that bulge, width1 and width2 default to zero.
https://www.qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/developer/class_r_polyline_entity.html#a9ee706e50d6cc267fc84a85b7c81d5e6

Regards,
CVH

Andrew,

Reading:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?&t=8286

Can you update addSimpleText() as Text.Width is fixed =100

What is the noTextWidth value?

As far as I can detect ...
PrintPreviewImplPro.prototype.addDecorations uses value 1.
CrankWheel.js uses value 1.
ExText.prototype.beginEvent uses value 2.
ExDrawFonts.prototype.beginEvent uses value 1.
Counter.prototype.getOperation uses QCAD.ini or default zero.
TextAlong.prototype.getTextData usses the width of the textData from the dialog.

Regards,
CVH

(CU) Convert Drawing Unit (inch, mm etc) to none fails with the message “Warning, Unit “None” selected. Nothing to be done”.
In the same drawing I can change the Drawing Unit below “Drawing preferences/ Drawing Unit” to None without any problems.

When scaling linetypes the scale will change to proper size, after selecting the line again the line reverts to solid (or improper scale). Select the line a third time returns to proper scale.It appears the linetype scale is not functioning properly in 3.26.1.I have attached example files of the issue in both the 3.25.2 pro version (work correctly) and 3.26.1 pro (does not work properly) as well as the linetype file I created.

Also see the forum post:
https://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8329&sid=81596c5817d508fed9370f5fccc561bd

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8334

Insert block with multiple instances of the same attribute definition (same tag).
Attributes combo box shows multiple entries for the same attribute.

The -block argument should allow layout names instead of block names (which are not persistent for layout blocks).

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8347

If a file is opened whose filename contains an ampersand, the filename will be rendered correctly in the application titlebar, but the tab bar and the Window menu will not display the ampersand.

If, however, the ‘alt’ key is pressed, the ampersand will result in an underscore appearing beneath the character immediately following it in the filename string. This applies both to the titlebar and the Window menu.

Interestingly, this can be “exploited” by a user to quickly switch between tabs by pressing ‘alt’ and the character which follows the ampersand simultaneously. Likewise, a user can swap between windows using the Window menu in a similar fashion, by first pressing Alt+W, then Alt and the same key as before.

The expected result is that the ampersand is rendered, the underscore is not rendered, and the ‘alt’ key shortcuts don’t work.

It would appear that this is a simple case of failing to properly escape the ampersand in filenames before passing the filename string to various Qt methods.

During saving file I’m getting information “Invalid Symbol Table name error”. Problem is already known so i tried to follow the instructions given to other users by you. I’ve tried to change spaces to _ symbol in the layers names or deleting polish specific letters but there was no change. I was able to find out that the problem is related only to four layers named: A_ciany... When I delete these layers I’m able to save file without error message. Can you tell me what’s wrong in these layers? I’ve tried to change names of these layers but problem still exists. Best regards.

Application Preferences:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Text Rendering: Render text as paths

Drawing Preferences:
Edit > Drawing Preferences > Dimensions > Dimension Settings > Label font: Standard (or other CAD font)
Edit > Drawing Preferences > Dimensions > Dimension Settings > Label color: By Layer (or fixed color)

Cannot send items to back, or bring to front.

When file saved and reopened, the tool works again for a while, then stops working.

Just lost a detailed report (token?)- now a short version!

Nesting fails when parts fit plus minus null on sheets. My parts should fit regarding to the measurements on a sheet multiple times. The nesting tool can’t find a solution.

Options are:
Quantity multiplier: 0
Rotation: 4
Sheet margin: 0
Margin: 0
Tolerance: 0

If I modify the parts and make them slightly smaller then a nesting is done as expected. Did I miss something?

Clicking cancel button only hides dialog but does not stop nesting. Escape key works as expected.

Hello,

I have got a dwg file from architect, which I can open, but I get “Invalid symbol table name” when I try to save it. I do not know which software was used to create it.
I have tried to change all spaces and national characteds in block and layers names as advised elswhere, but that didn’t help.

Lp
Tomaž

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8383

When dimensioning this particular line in this position I get an Aligned Dimension of 868.6059. Offsetting this line from its original position I get the correct dimension of 19.0320, as shown in my GIF file. All other dimension in the drawing are correct. So what have I not set up or realised. I have moved the drawing to another area of the drawing and still get the same result.
Regards.
Firstime.

1. Create polyline with one single arc segment
2. Project (Modify > Projection > Isometric Projection, dwgmapconvert, etc.)

Yields:

TypeError: Result of expression 'ret[0].countSegments' [undefined] is not a function

Feature request? Bug? I don’t know ...

NumBlock Enter key is not accepted by “Coordinate” tool to confirm the settings in the option bar (green Arrow icon). Enter key on main keyboard works.

Very confusing when you are used to type in all numbers with the NumBlock (what is very fast) but to confirm you have to use the “far away” Enter on the Main keyboard ...

I just updated my QCAD to 3.26.2.0 (3.26.2) version and lost the hability to edit block attributes of my sheet or in any other block.

I tried to save as the drawing and the problem persists.

When I open the block, the attribute is there and is all set in the Specific Properties, but when I exit to the Model Space to edit the Attribute text, the created attributes don’t appear on Specific Properties tab.

The use of block attributes in sheets, balloon or any block that contains text is very necessary.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=8449

Line patterns on splines are rendered segment by segment instead of per whole spline.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8458

Andrew,

Besides that Misc .. Information .. ‘Store Positions’ - stores the startpoint of each polyline
- or stores all nodes of each polyline (With: InfoStorePositions/PolylineNodes = true)
Refering to https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=6300

I somethimes require the midpoints of the line and arc segments as spline controlpoints
+ the start and the endpoint when geometrical open.

Could that be made an undocumented preference too?

Regards,
CVH

Text that has been applied to a drawing with the ‘bold’ attribute sometimes appears as regular, un-bolded, text. When increasing the viewing magnification one will see the text adopt the bold attribute, but at smaller sizes the text appears without the bold. This can be confusing causing the draftsman to double-check whether the text had the bold attribute.

Current version: 3.26.2

Previous version: 3.22.1 (note: in this version, bolded text appeared bold at all viewing magnifications.)

Edit > Undo text is not updated correctly under Windows due to special role of tab character in Windows menus.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=8468

This file is produces by .js script which some QCad user wrote for me. The script produce many dxf files which are ok, but this one can not be loaded to 3.26.4. (3.22.0.5 is fine)

Lead out type and size are not respected (signals blocked and not unblocked).