Info: area: display result in dimension display format

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?p=4810#4810

Define grid origin

Toggle grid in view tool bar

Application Preferences: Grid display off not working

TODO:

• Ask user to enter block attribute values when inserting block
• If attribute definition changes (tag changes), update attributes accordingly (note that other CAD systems don’t do this)
• Support for multiline attributes
• Control order of attributes (as shown to user in property editor, when inserting blocks)

DONE:

• Defining new block attribute definitions (constructing block attribute definition entities)
• Editing block attribute definitions (property editor)
• Synchronize attributes based on attribute definitions (position, angle, size, ...)
• Loading block attribute definitions from DXF / DWG
• Saving block attribute definitions to DXF / DWG
• Loading block attributes from DXF / DWG
• Saving block attributes to DXF / DWG

Related commands: DDATTE, ATTEDIT, ATTDEF

Hide layer / block should deselect entities on it

Perpendicular (orthogonal to entity) snap onto closest entity.

Complete loss of data in file doing this:-

Open a file with multi layer content.
Delete a layer (in my case this happened without any ‘are you sure’ checks, a bug in itself?)
Attempt to save the file.
An error message reports disk full or no permission. (disk not full and I logged on as normal)
Close QCAD beta3
Open QCAD beta 3 and attempt to load file. Error message reports no permission or unrecognised format.
Close QCAD beta 3

Open QCAD 2.2 and load file.
File loads ok but has default layer (0) only and no content.
Using Ubuntu ‘Properties’ file is reported as having a size of zero bytes.

Debug:    "RDwgServices::printErrorStackTrace: Requires an integer between 1 and 6." 
Fatal:    ASSERT: "false" in file RDwgExporter.cpp, line 190
./qcad: line 3: 24327 Aborted                 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./qcad-bin [email protected]

Autosnap does not recognize the center of a circle as a reference point.

JJ

Break out segments of ellipses

Trim ellipses

Snap to ellipse / ellipse intersections

Coordinate input broken.

This manifestation happened after I had loaded an existing drawing, made modifications, then used print preview and adjusted the scale to fit the paper.

The file was closed. Upon reopening lines designated as .25mm were unusually thick such that two lines 2mm apart appeared as one solid line. Placing the cursor over the line showed it was comprised of two lines.

Changing the properties of a line to make it thinner did not help with one exception and that was to set the line thickness to default, when the two lines became visible.

After I open the second file, the tab name of the first file is changed to the name of second file. After that I see two tabs with the same names but with two different files.

Bug or Performance Issue? I’m not sure but it regularly trips me up and is counter intuitive.

In the right hand window generally if you scroll in the pane the list of items moves up and down as expected. E.g. Layer List and Block List.

However in Property Editor there are drop down list boxes and scrolling in the Property Editor pane dangerously scrolls elements within any drop down list that the mouse pointer happens to alight upon. This can lead to inadvertently changing properties.

I propose that a drop down list should not scroll until the list is opened. Scrolling in the Property Editor pane should scroll the Property Editor contents.

It was nice to specify the default Format for saving files. 2010 is too young for distribution to unknown users, better use 2004 or so...

One can draw in print preview. If one does, QCAD starts acting confused, the model view gets restored with a fullbright white background.

Maybe best is to just disable all drawing and measuring in print preview?

When many tabs are open, the name of contained drawing is not fully shown. One way that some mdi applications do, is to append the name of the active tab to the top window title, which is also useful in other ways. At least a tool tip with the full name of the file on the tab top was nice.

Various issues for grid info, property editor, dimensions, etc.

Select → Contour (T, C) and click into empty space, will cause an exception, REntityPointer being a null pointer (0×0) and not false, undefined or something like that.

Snap defaults to auto. Auto snap gets slow in areas where there are many places it can snap to.

Dimension preferences: precision not saved between preference dialog sessions.

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1605

Dimension: no feet displayed in architectural format

(e.g. 79 19/32 instead 72 7 19/32)

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1605

Autosave 10min saves every 1min

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1604

• insert part in inch into mm drawing
• block scale correct, but block reference also scaled

Files given on command line don’t open if paths are relative (CWD problem)

Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit.
Image imported into drawing in layer ‘pictures’.
Layer ‘pictures’ hidden.

QCAD 3 beta displays the image when zoomed out so that the whole drawing is visible within the working window.
It ‘disappears’ when the zoom is taken in such that the drawing exceeds the window display.

When the layer ‘pictures’ is visible the image behaves as expected, i.e. always visible.

• small dock widget showing a web page (for teaser, special sales etc.)

Trial version: dockable with static web page (links, special offers, ...)

I have been working with a file in 2.2 which I then opened with beta 3. All seemed to be well for a couple of days. Today the application closed itself. When I restarted and tried to load the file it came up duplicated. One tab showed nothing, the other showed my drawing with blue lines and the tab headers (file name) were identical except that the ‘blue line’ tab had an asterisk after the file name indicating that the file had been changed. Highlighting a ‘blue line’ element showed the properties with colour white.

I’m running 64bit Ubuntu 11.04. ‘Blue line’ file attached. Any quick way to change the blue lines to default white?

Slower selection / manipulation compared to QCAD 2.

Show / hide block references from block list (eye-icon)

Disable grid snap for auto snapping or otherwise configurable auto snap.

Provide option to hide scroll bars.

No way to toggle the grid view on or off?

Split up library browser as separate, QCAD independent tool.

TODO

DONE

Motivation

Interface with QCAD 3

QCAD launches library browser for example as:
./QCAD -autostart scripts/Tools/LibraryBrowser/LibraryBrowser.js

Allow users to enter numeric values as fractions in the format ‘number numerator/denominator’, for example ‘7 3/4’.

Values might also be represented that way in the property editor and in other places of the user interface if desired by the user.

Printing does nothing.
Sometimes crashes on quite (possibly related to printing).
PDF export works (as a workaround).

I have a drawing imported from 2.2. I have tried to edit a block and the block window duly opens. However I can’t get back to my main drawing window. In the earlier version I could select a main drawing window. The window menu did not offer any other window to select. The window shown in the list was the name of the main file and clicking on it did nothing. The Tile and Cascade options worked but showed no other windows.

DWG files created with QCAD display really fine now in autocad. There are only two minor issues for ACAD users:

1) ACAD complains, that they were not created with a licensed application. One may not be able to work around that one...

2) ACAD complains, that the file does not specify a codepage. For this one, there should be a way around, shouldn’t it?

I am very happy with the compatibility in the new QCAD. Thank you very much for all the efforts that went into it!

Peter

Hi,

When I try opening a file with blank caracters in directory name, Beta 3 reports a bug (see pictures attached). Error occurs only if I click on file icon. But no error occurs if I open directly in QCAD.

Regards,

Library browser not in View - Toolbars menu

Both SvgExporters ignore the exportPoints setting. Attached patch takes care of that. To be applied from within the “scripts” directory.

Nitpicking in File/SvgExport/SvgExport.js, var properties is meant to be a plain Object instead of an Array, isn’t it?

CTRL + left mouse button does not add to current selection

Space bar does not change to keyboard input for coordinates, etc.

In previous versions I was able to add a diametric dimension to an arc or circle that is part of a block in the overal drawing.
When I try this now, the pogram resonds “Entity is not an arc or circle” the radius dimension gives the same error.
This is unfortunate, because typically dimensions are on another layer in the overal drawing.

It might be an oversight from my side, but when I do Edit Block from reference, I don’t see how I can go back to the original drawing.

command preferences (application preferences) work one time if close, then need to close and open qcad for new preferences.