QCAD Bugtracker

Version QCAD 3.26.4.7 / Windows x86_64

Existing drawing:

1. e.g. flange.dxf loads with no fills (solid hatch) for arrows,
2. New dimension are also without arrow fills.
3. This existing drawing has Text above line! Setting Drawing Preferences / Dim to “Horizontal text labels” will alter Text to be Horizontal BUT also open a gap for the text which is a separate setting (Text above dimension Line). Undo doesn’t works on this properly - used multiple times will even change the dim color which wasn’t changed in this operation.

New drawing:

1. Same test scenario - same issue.
2. Dim settings = Horizontal text Labels ticked, Text above dimension Line ticked produces a dim horizontal orientated with a gap instead to put the text above the line

I have selected version 32 as the default file save format but new files default to version 27 when saved

The layer properties dialog has a drop down that lists all of ones layers. The dialog itself can be stretched horizontally, but the drop down doesn’t stretch with it. Because of this design element overlooked, it is near impossible to read longer length layer names. I have attached a screenshot that illustrates the problem.

QCAD Professional
Win7pro Win-Installer
Version: 3.26.4.5 (3.26.4.5)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Jul 20 2021
Revision: e596276
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Architecture: i386
Compiler: Unknown

Trimming With AX slows down with many text entities.
Seeing the same lagging with D2 on Circle entities.

Also seen on Windows 10 Pro 3.26.4.0
Forum topic: https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=8729

Attached files:
TrimAuto_1.dxf ... 11 entities ... trimming instantaneous
TrimAuto_2.dxf ... 11 entities + 1936 LINES ... rather instantaneous
TrimAuto_3.dxf ... 11 entities + 1936 ARCS ... less than 1 second
TrimAuto_4.dxf ... 11 entities + 121 TEXT ... over 3 or 4 seconds
Slower for larger Arc / Circle

The questions here are:
Should AX trim at text entities?
Can this be optional?

Regards,
CVH

Polyline from segments (OG):

The StatusTip reads:
“Create polyline from existing, connected line and arc segments”.

The CommandPrompt and LeftMouseTip both read:
“Choose line or arc segment or polyline”.

The tool let us pick 4 types of entities:
... A line, an arc, a polyline and also a spline entity.

If the picked entity is not one of these 4 types we get the warning message:
“Entity is not a line, arc or polyline.”

The tool prepends/appends 4 types of entities:
line, arc and polyline entities and also spline entities approximated by arcs.

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate if the tool mention all 4 types?

e.g.
StatusTip:
“Create polyline from existing, connected lines, arcs, polylines and splines”

CommandPrompt, LeftMouseTip:
“Choose line or arc segment or polyline or spline”

Warning:
“Entity is not a line, arc, polyline or spline.”

Regards,
CVH

QCAD Professional
Win7Pro WinInstaller
Version: 3.26.4.5 (3.26.4.5)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Jul 20 2021
Revision: e596276
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Architecture: i386
Compiler: Unknown

See attached file:
- The 9 center snapping points of the 24 bulging segments are all presumed to be incorrect
- For some segments the center snap is outside the arc shape from a bulging segment
- For some segments there are 2 solutions

Regards,
CVH

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=8707

Affects arc, circles, ellipses and polylines with segment length < dash length

See attached video.
Open file, copy block reference, explode original block reference, edit attribute of inner block in exploded block reference, save file, reopen file.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8708

Caused by missing linear scale property of ordinate dimensions.

Open attached file, edit “outer” block in-place, click Save and close. The attribute of “inner” block disappears.

Version:
3.26.4.5 (3.26.4.5)

Autocad requires that all overrides are written to DXF/DWG, not only those that are actually different from the dimension style.

I noticed a bug while editing blocks in place. When I opt to edit in place, most of the surrounding blocks fade out properly, but some don’t. Although I can’t edit them, as they are not faded, It can be tricky to identify what is in the current block or not while editing a bigger assembly.

Another suggestion is to add a keyboard shortcut command to the “save and close”.

Otherwise, this is a fantastic feature that really enabled me to buy the QCAD and start using it professionally. In place editings are a key feature for my projects and drawings.

Thanks in advance.

IMG 1 shows my drawing

IMG 2 shows a block being edited “not in place”

IMG 3 shows a surrouding block being edited “not it place”

IMG 4 and 5 shows the in place edit of the block shown in IMG 2 and the surrouding blocks not being properly faded.

QCAD/CAM 3.26.4 crashes at startup (just disappears) if setting “EnableHierarchicalLayers” to “false” in QCAD3.ini (Section: [LayerListPro]) on Windows.
Tested fresh installs on several computers, including Windows 10, 7, XP. 32 Bit and 64 Bit OS and QCAD/CAM.
After removing “EnableHierarchicalLayers” or setting “true” QCAD/CAM starts up normally.

So user without knowledge of finding/editing .ini-file will lock himself out by disabling “Application Preferences > Widgets > Layer List > Enable Hierarchical Layers”

The parsing for the -min-lineweight option of dwg2svg is broken, only -w or the undocumented -minlineweight options work.

This is due to a typo in the Dwg2Svg.js script around line 225:

      properties["minLineweight"] = getArgument(args, "-w", "-min-lineweight");
      if (isNull(properties["minlineweight"])) {
          properties["minLineweight"] = getArgument(args, "-w", "-minlineweight");
      }

This should be:

      properties["minLineweight"] = getArgument(args, "-w", "-min-lineweight");
      if (isNull(properties["minLineweight"])) {
          properties["minLineweight"] = getArgument(args, "-w", "-minlineweight");
      }

Note the case minlineweight vs minLineweight.

This has the consequence that the value parsed form -min-lineweight is always replaced with the value from -minlineweight, which is usually undefined.

Since the short option -w is parsed in both cases, it is not affected from the bug.

This happens only when using “save and update” and then “close”. “save and close” works ok. See in video
Buttons for adding and removing from working set seams buggy for me when I played with them for a while (some block references completely disappear form drawing). But I am not able to describe this behavior.

Add column option “block name” to create block references instead of point entities.

Inserting certain DXF files with attribute definition entities crashes QCAD.

Andrew,

Seen in al previous versions that I know of.
To recreate and merely as an example:
With:
- A polyline entity on a layer ‘polyline’ (notLocked - notFrozen - Visible)
- A hidden layer ‘exploded’ (notLocked - notFrozen - notVisible)

- Select the polyline .. DP .. XP » duplicated polyline explosion in selection.
- Set the selection its layer to ‘exploded’ by a double click in the Layer List or by Property Editor.
- Hide layer ‘polyline’ by toggling its visibility.
- Unhide layer ‘exploded’ by toggling its visibility.

The explosion is still in a dark red color.
Workaround: TA & TN

Regards,
CVH

Image file paths coming from Windows might contain mixed slash and backslash notations which is not correctly parsed under Linux / macOS.

Andrew,

With an RPolyline shape.
That is trimmed by RPolyline.trimEndPoint(cutPoint1, RVector.invalid, false);
And what is turned into a null-shape having only one single vertex.
Getting the end orientation of such a shape lead to an Application Crach.

RPolyline.getDirection1(); Doesn’t fail and returns 0.0rad.
RPolyline.getDirection2(); Fails critical.

I would have expected 0.0rad or ‘undefined’ for both.

One can circumvent that with simply testing the nature of the RPolyline before getting the end direction, and this each time required.

Regards,
CVH

:-1: error: Script bindings not available for Qt version 6.1.1. You can add them to src/3rdparty/qt-labs-qtscriptgenerator-6.1.1 or use another version of Qt.

:-1: error: [Makefile:64: sub-3rdparty-make_first-ordered] Error 3

I cloned QCADsource code from Github and was trying to build source code from qt creator community version but got the above errors.

If boundary lines do not start at the same height, the continuing dimensioning (DC) does not work reliably. This results in incorrect dimensions that often cannot be recognized.

In Print Preview the movable display of the printing area (white) is displayed to small which makes a multi page arrangement very difficult. You want not notice the wrong size when you print only one page but 10 pages vertical in a row will show the effect clearly. I checked a metric (mm) and an imperial (inch) unit. The deviation in Imperial is clearer than in Metric.

The attached file contains a spline that is exhibiting this behavior. To reproduce:

1. Select the spline
2. Click Modify > Explode
3. The spline loses its curve and becomes a straight line

Thanks for looking into this!

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

Cannot send items to back, or bring to front.

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