QCAD Bugtracker

The control characters, such as bold, italic, superscript/subscript, of a Text are displayed explicitely in the drawing. Thus, one obtains not the required appearence of the characters in the drawing.
This occurs when i use QCAD3 in Windows Vista or in openSuse 12.2 on a 64 bit laptop.
If instead i use QCAD3 in openSuse 12.2 on a 32 bit laptop, then characters are displayed in the required appearance. (However, on this laptop i have the reported difficulty in selecting fonts).
If i change back from the drawing to the text editor, then also the texteditor displays the text together with explicit control characters, and not in the original required form.

Menu View - Toolbars shows only a few of the available toolbars.

If I like to import a Bitmap in my drawing I have no possibility to choose a file by a thumbnail bitmap preview. In many cases it is really helpful and I assume it is a sort of standard ....

Dear Sirs,
I have found that QCad 3 does not properly handle the X and Y coordinates of the texts.
In fact, when I open an existing DXF file (AutoCad 2007÷2010), the texts are placed in different coordinates than the original file.
With version 2.2.2 QCad this problem is less obvious.

OpenSuSE 12.2: the grid info display is not displayed:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2178&view=unread#unread

Ich verwende QCAD normalerweise unter Windows 7 als Benutzer ohne Privilegien. In diesem Modus zeigt der Bibliothekbrowser keinen Inhalt. Der Pfad zur Bibliothek ist in den Applikationseinstellungen korrekt eingerichtet. Wenn ich auf “Aktualisieren” klicke, läuft der Vorgang ab, aber danach ist immer noch kein Inhalt im Browser sichtbar. Starte ich QCAD als Administrator, habe ich keinerlei Probleme mit dem Bibliothekbrowser. Ich vermute, dass bei der Installation von QCAD die Privilegien nicht richtig gesetzt wurden. Eine Neuinstallation hat allerdings keine Abhilfe geschaffen.

Qcad has been open and moved to a secondary screen, and then stopped.
QCad reminds where it has been previously open.
But later when QCad is started on the same computer but with no secondary screen (at home for example), QCad opens outside the only available screen. One can move QCad window on the main screen by right click on the icon in the tabkbar, then move. But one then needs to remember where it has last been openned to move it in the right direction with the arrow keys of the keyboard.

Should not QCad check if the last saved coordinates are valid and enventually change them to a default size and position before starting. May be should it move to such a position when the size of the screen changes and the coordinates become invalid, after redefining the desktop for example?

Before this problem is solved this behaviour and the process to move the window back on the screen should be documented.

To have a tool that could convert splines to polylines would be useful, particularly for laser cutting work where a nice steady flow is needed, otherwise you can get an erratic ‘jumpy’ movement when cutting..
Maybe a ‘two’ step procedure;
1.First convert to arc/line segments.
2. Then if needed convert to a continuous polyline.

QCad Book

Would be nice to have the index linked (like Bookmarks, Hyperlinks, Jump marks) with the regarding chapter.

So that I just can click in the index what I’m looking for and it jumps directly to the correct chapter.

This problem experienced since the first beta in both Win and Linux versions.

When a function (like a line) was selected for use and one press ESC twive to get back tot he main menu, it sort of does not cancel that last function. If one wouls now press on another function (like edit or circle) QCAD goes back to the line function.

the only way to rectify this is to press Esc many times. Sometimes the process needs to be repeated more than once.

I could not yet devise a sure fire way of reproducing this, but it does seems to happen as soon as the drawing gets bigger. I could not make it work with a clean page.

Although not crippling, it does break the elegance of drawing seamlessly and is a bit frustrating..

That said, I find QCAD 3.0.0 now significanlty faster than the Betas when loading and zooming in and out.

Since the new QCAD 3, it is not possible any more to use “enter” in text boxes. The “enter” is always replaced by another symbol, which makes it impossible to have a long text string as a unit - like it always was in QCAD.

Could this please be fixed? It makes text control difficult.

Incorrect rendered faltering types of lines with the dwg2pdf tool.
Some of them: “DOT”, “DOT2”, “CENTER2”, “BORDER2”, “DASHDOT2”, “DIVIDE2”, “DASHED2” and others.
Lines are drawn by the “compressed”.
But when exporting through the menu “File” → “PDF Export”, lines are drawn as expected!
I attach two files as an example.

P.S.
Excuse me and “Google Translate” for my English :)

Other Line tools are offering Reference Points like: “Start” - “Middle” - “End”.

It would be nice to have the same Reference points for “Relative Angle” and “Orthogonal” lines.

Library - Architecture is showing only four (4) symbols:
“ffl, north, uparrow and winv”.
Is this correct?

Thanks in advance

Regards

Reinhard(RM)

Version 2.1:

Managed to use “Snap to grid” as the item was precisely 100mm or 120mm, but had it not been a precise multiple of 10mm there would have been a problem.

Thanks.

Configurable icon size for top toolbars

Import .gbx (GERBER) files with electronic layouts.

I installed the professional edition of QCAD 3.0 on a fresh OpenSUSE 12.1/x86_64 system. After installing the 32bit freeglut (freeglut-32bit-100529-8.1.2.x86_64) package, the application still won’t start and fails with a sefault :

/opt/qcad-3.0.0-prof-linux-x86> ./qcad
./qcad : line 38 : 5843 Segmentation fault LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”$DIR” “$binary” $OPT1 $OPT2 “$@”

/opt/qcad-3.0.0-prof-linux-x86> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./qcad-bin -style plastic
Segmentation fault

Here is a gdb backtrace, hoping that it may help diagnose the problem :
(gdb) bt
#0 0x09af5d81 in ?? ()
#1 0xf4b2ddbf in FT_Has_PS_Glyph_Names () from /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
#2 0xf4babe44 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#3 0xf4bac91e in FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#4 0xf4badf53 in FcFreeTypeQueryFace () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#5 0xf4bae654 in FcFreeTypeQuery () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#6 0xf4ba9509 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#7 0xf4ba987d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#8 0xf4ba9a57 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#9 0xf4ba59d1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#10 0xf4ba5c86 in FcConfigBuildFonts () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#11 0xf4baebac in FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#12 0xf4baee1d in FcInit () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#13 0xf53537e1 in qt_init(QApplicationPrivate*, int, _XDisplay*, unsigned long, unsigned long) ()

 from ./libQtGui.so.4

#14 0xf52d5db8 in QApplicationPrivate::construct(_XDisplay*, unsigned long, unsigned long) ()

 from ./libQtGui.so.4

#15 0xf52d649a in QApplication::QApplication(int&, char**, bool, int) () from ./libQtGui.so.4
#16 0x08b59746 in ?? ()
#17 0x08171cd6 in ?? ()
#18 0xf4bf6003 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
#19 0×08171701 in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further

libfreetype installed version is libfreetype6-32bit-2.4.7-6.1.x86_64

Affects drawings in inch with hatch patterns ISO03W100 and ISO03W100A

This would make it easier to enter formulas using sqrt, sin, cos, tan, ... without the Math. part

See also forum at:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2118

It would be nice if one could
- select
- deselect from the current selection
all entities with a specific property, for example:
- all entities which are texts
- all entities with angle === 180
- all entities with color !== red
The current property editor has the perfect gui for it. On a similar gui one could change a value there which changes the selection instead of the properties of the selected entities.

I think there would be no need for “and” or “or”, if the current selection can be reduced or extended.

Hi, I set Qcad with two viewports and now I can’t modify that setting, except when I open another drawing

The Active Tool tool bar doesn`t stay re-docked in QCAD 3 Final.
Please see topic:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2108

Customer reports that TTF called “Magneto” is not shown properly.

Opening a file which is (by accident) write only results in QCad crashing. Read only or read/write files are opened without problems.

As write only files do not make much sense, this should not come up too often...

Auto Zoom should not be applied every time you go back and forth between editing a block and the main drawing.
At least, not by default: it just isn’t practical. QCAD2 didn’t do it...

see also http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2111

QCAD2 offered the user to specify in the program settings where these directories should be/go, and took the first one in each list as default; QCAD3 only offers to enter auxiliary library and template directories and has no provisions for defaults.

All associated data (scipts, templates, libraries, patterns, fonts) is stored under the program directory, exactly where it should not be. Windows 7 and higher default prevent modifying the programs directory by redirecting the writes.
An extra user-input during the Windows install process would be in order.

QCAD3 should offer the user to specify any and all data directories involved (including the auto save), and make it possible to specify a default for each.
This list could be initialised with the installation defaults, or default to the installation directories when empty.

Changing the Minimal grid spacing (px) proves non effective, in that - it does not reduce the number of steps to to reach target view!

Tested and agreed on Win 7 -64

See Topics:

http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=6691#p6691

and related - http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&p=6694#p6694

Hi Andrew,

I am guessing this is an external library, but you maybe able to push it upstream.

Certain Autocad DWG files with embeded blocks fail to display text that was associated with them. For example see grid ref D.03 in the attached autocad drawing, the circles are terminals and should have nos in them.

Have tried exploding them in qcad etc, but nothing.

James

On file open selection from main menu or on output to PDF Qcad crashes

error:

I/O error : No such file or directory
/usr/share/mime/inode/directory.xml:1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2099

Qcad3 have the feature to print in 3 ways: color, grey and black.

The missing feature is select some layers to preserve the original color in the black mode of print.

Hi there,

trying to start the final qcad-3.0.0 under Ubuntu results in

./qcad-bin: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.14' not found (required by ./libQtCLucene.so.4)

qcad-3rc5 runs fine - do I have to install something to run the final qcad3?

Thanks - Stefan

To re-introduce an ‘Array’ option with Number of columns/rows and Column/row spacing.

This option could be added to the Modify tool set so - could be used with all entities, not only blocks!

Wieder einzuführen Ein ‘Array’ Option mit Anzahl der Spalten / Zeilen und Spalten / Zeilen Abstand.

Diese Option könnte der Modify Tool so eingestellt, hinzugefügt werden - konnte mit allen Stellen, nicht nur Blöcke verwendet werden!

*Please see topic:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=11&p=6627&sid=1600f95e02d3121574a4d60ce019e16a#p6627

I would like to get a submenu in properties to define own line types, i.e. one dash and three points or line + block.

Edit: Add support for custom line types defined in DXF / DWG files.

Post from topic:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=6613#p6613

Re: QCAD 3 Final
by ralvejd » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:43 pm

Yes nice news
I’m waiting for a Debian installation

Search for a text, highlight or select (?) the result(s).

I just realized, that Zoom-in and Zoom-out (with the mousewheel) works different from graphical editors I know (as soon as drawing is larger than full screen).

Graphical editor (PSP X2 (and other too I think)):
Will make the position of the cursor the center of the drawing area. Thus allowing very fast to reposition the viewable area without changing into a move mode (Hand icon) and without the rulers on the left or down of the drawing area. The reposition is very handsome!
But this solution is only half way practical: If you use the wheel twice to zoom twice in sequence without moving the cursor, it will reposition the image twice - this double reposition is not practical at all, as the second reposition is rather random!

QCAD:
Lets the center unchanged and just zooms-in or Zooms-out.
.

My proposal:
- Zoom-in or Zoom-out around the current position of the cursor
- move this current position to the center of the screen
- move the cursor itself to the center of the screen (thus avoiding to shift the image again with a subsequent zoom-operation

1. if the user uses a second zoom-op the new center remains mostly fixed. This would allow best of both solutions:
2. but the user is free to make an other area of the drawing the new center if he actively moves the cursor again.

I think this would be very simple, intuitive and efficient to handle, reducing the need to reposition the drawing manually a lot.

Actually I think earlier version of graphical editors I used worked with were implemented that way.

Caveat:
I’m not an extensive CAD user. Maybe there are special requests for this type of work that are in contradiction to my idea. Maybe it would be practical to activate this type of zooming when used along with <ALT>. Hmmm - no: Allow original QCAD-zooming with <ALT>!

.

By the way:
Mouse right-click seems never assigned in QCAD. In Windows a user usually expects ‘Properties’ to be activated with right-click. But I think with the clever way you implemented this, there is no real need to change this. As the standard is already broken: Why not assign permanently a ‘Move’ (Hand icon) to ‘right-click’...

Layer ‘0’ has some special function. E.g. it can not be deleted, it will contain the data of undeleted layers.

I recommend adding some explanations: Explain the function of Layer ‘0’ as third paragraph in chapter 12 of the manual. Further it should be recommended to never use this layer for drawing.

By the way: I consider this to be better than no layer undelete. BUT: is there really not way for a true layer undelete...

If an object is selected while ‘print preview’ is activated this object will be shown in preview in a special color and not printed at all.

I do see no reason for either behavior. My opinion: If it gets saved while selected it should get printed as well.

Hi,

I’m using QCAD2 quite a while now and after moving from FreeBSD-i386 to FreeBSD-amd64 there are some libraries missing in the 32 bit version (libXi and some more).

I’d strongly suggest making a 64 bit compilation of the pro version. The community edition does compile and run on FBSD-amd64 very well.

Maybe ths would better be posted to the suggestion list of the upcoming version 3 ...

Thanks for attention!
see topic:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=6558#p6558

Attached you’ll find a floor plan.

Trying to fill the walls (layer “KG_Wand”), the hatch does not fill them but the space inside the rooms.
Saving the file (with the wrong hatch) leads to

Exception occurred. Entity NOT saved: 148

in the Command Window, after re-opening the file the hatch is (as expected) not existing anymore.

Hatches using user added hatch patterns cannot be saved.

OpenDesign error message: “Bad name for Hatch pattern”

The R2010 DXF and R2010 DWG formats produced by QCAD 3 RC5 cannot be opened by Visio 2010.

Error message:
Cannot open file. The file may not be a DWG or DXF file, it may not be in a supported version of the DWG file format, or it may be corrupted. Check the file and try again.

Prerequisites:

1. QCAD 3 RC5
2. Visio 2010 with all updates installed

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open QCAD 3 RC5 and create a basic drawing. Save using the default file types (R2010 DXF or DWG)
2. Open Visio and create a new drawing.
3. Go to Insert tab and click CAD Drawing. select drawing created above.
4. Observe error message

Additional info:

• When I use Save As in QCAD 3 RC5 and select any previous file format, Visio can insert the drawing. The problem I’m seeing with this part is that on a more complex drawing, the spacing/alignment is messed up (items aren’t in their proper spacing).

Other observations with a more complex file:

• If I open a R2010 versioned file in Solidworks and then save it back out as a dxf file again, Visio will properly insert the drawing with correct spacing/alignment

• If I open the file in QCAD 2.2.2.0 and then save as Drawing Exchange (*.DXF) it inserts properly in Visio with correct spacing/alignment.

• If I open the file in QCAD 2.2.2.0 and then save as Drawing Exchange R12 (*.DXF) it inserts in Visio but the alignment is off (similar to problem above).

File attached for reference.

Thanks,
Rich

Es wäre Hilfreich für eine eigene durchgängige Standardisierung die möglichkeit zu haben Default Texthöhen in den Application/ Drawing Preferences vorgeben zu können.

Perfekt wäre in meinen Augen das man drei Texthöhen vorgeben könnte wie z.B. 2.5mm, 3.5mm, 5mm die bei der Eingabe von Text (oder beim editieren) per Schalter gewählt werden könnten. Das individuelle eingeben von Texthöhen sollte aber zudem beibehalten werden.

Bei der Bemaßung kann ich dies bereits jetzt für eine Texthöhe einrichten ...

please see:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1177

from LeoP

” What would be really useful is a method to select entities by type, rather than by location or layer.

It could have a user interface like the snap command with buttons for the entity type to select, or like the line command with a drop-down box.

This would enable one to quickly select e.g. all texts in a drawing for subsequent attribute modification. Now one has to select each text individually if the texts are scattered over the drawing and layers...”

in Win 7-64

Hi Andrew
when I set up my default choice of viewports - say ‘Two vertical’, they do not retain either the initial starting position or indeed the position I leave them in when I reopen a drawing. On opening a new/previous drawing - always one of the viewports is at ‘almost’ full extents!
I then have to manually re-position my viewports to suit.

Is this normal behavior happening here?
It would be good if a drawing opened with persistent viewport positions held, possibly this option could be added to the ‘Layout’ Viewports dialog window?

*Out of interest, when you introduce an isometric grid in the future - will it be possible to set up a ‘Three:Right’ layout view for example and have all three viewports showing different planes - Top, Front and South East?

Thanks

Clive

Grundsätzlich finde ich die Optionsauswahl beim erstellen oder editieren eines Textes im “Text Option Window” als sehr Komfortable.

Trotzdem gibt es hier für mich noch einige Ungereimtheiten die ich als Bug bezeichnen würde da es untypische Informationen liefert und verwirrt.

QCad, English, XP, Text Optionen Window:
Im linken Bereich gibt es den sogenannten “Main Font”. Dieser kann aber nicht unter Application/Drawing preferences vorgegeben werden, richtig? Hier würde ich mir wünschen das ich diesen vorgeben kann und es somit ein “Default Font” wäre. Für Bemaßungen benutze ich z.B. eine Vorgabe von 0.137795276 inch (= Deutsche DIN 3.5mm für Texthöhen) und bin Heilfroh das ich dies als Default vorgeben kann ;)

Im rechten Bereich des Text Options Windows kann ich im “Rich Text” Tab den Text formatieren - grundsätzlich eine schöne Sache.
Leider verwirrt mich dieses Fenster immer wieder:
Fallbeispiel:
Text erstellt, individuell formatiert(Textfonts, Höhe, Farbe), positioniert in der aktuelle Zeichnung.
Doppelklicke ich den Text um ihn zu editieren poppt das Optionsfenster auf und der Text ist markiert. Im Text font wird mir gesagt das es der Text Arial ist mit einer Höhe von 1 und schwarz. Da ich aber NICHT Arial verwendet habe und die Texthöhen unterschiedlich sind und alles in rot ist dies eine falsche Information.
Hier hätte ich erwartet: Font = *VARIES*, Höhe = *VARIES*, Farbe = *VARIES*. Klicke ich dann mit der Maus in den Text (Markierung verschwindet, Cursor blinkt im Text) habe ich immer noch die selbe Info - erst ein zweiter Klick spuckt dann die richtige Info aus.

Zurück zum Main Font: Wie nutze ich diesen wenn ich bereits andere Formatierungen verwendet habe - neu eingeben? Gutes Gedächtnis vorausgesetzt Spaß bei Seite: Sollte dies nicht eine Vorgabe sein die “auf Knopfdruck” verwendet werden kann?

Und da ich neugierig bin .... wofür ist die Option “Simple Text”?

CAD font styles not saved (except standard)

If we use a dash line type and set the overall linetype factor to 100 on a drawing (plan of 20metres x 20 metres approx) and then come to print it on A3, the linetype is not being scalled back from 20metres to suit the page extents.

So instead of lots of dashes we see just 2 strikes across the page. For now we set the linefactor low, which is good for printing, but now appears a solid line in the display unless we really zoom in.