QCAD Bugtracker

Regarding to an observation by the forum member Horst1803
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=5725

The ruler functionality is compromised by Graphics View / Grid settings.
To show the full Ruler functionality “Automatic scale grid” has to be activated. I think that is not intended behavior.

Case: Appearance / Show rulers = activated

Application Preferences / Graphics View / Grid

on - Automatically scale grid
on - Automatically scale meta grid
off - Solid grid lines
= Rulers visible
= Graduation visible
= Labels visible

off - Automatically scale grid
on - Automatically scale meta grid
off - Solid grid lines
= Rulers visible
= Graduation invisible
= Labels invisible

Rulers show only whole numbers.

As of TP1, a script once loaded into the runtime, does reflect changes to the file it was loaded from only after a restart of the whole of QCAD. This adds a considerable time overhead to developing scripts. Therefore I want to suggest a reload mechanism, that works kind of like the one known from a web browser.

As there is no clear separation between users custom scripts and ribbonsoft supplied scripts, checking the modification time for every access to any script might prove a performance hit.

Possibly a user script can be written, to invalidate another certain script and have the runtime reload it from file? I could add that to my menu.

Or as some magic, that can be written to “MyAction.init()”?

1. Creating new file
2. create new layer with cyrilic name, ex.: фыва screenshot #1
3. saving
4. closing
5. look in file see correct UTF-8 name screenshot #2
6. opening file via qcad/ oops! layer name is incorrect screenshot #3
7. saving file
8. closing
9. look in file. got incorrect version

my guess, that the problem is that whole file is encoded as ANSI:

$DWGCODEPAGE
  3
ASCII
  9

but layer names are coded as UTF-8.
so additional converting ANSI→UTF-8 is demanded

1. add any russian (cyrillic, for example йцук) text via text tool
2. save file
3. close file
4. open file
5. voila (see attached screenshot)

This isn’t a real task. You should close it and start opening some real tasks.

Some 50 glyphs in SansNS.cxf start with [#.... instead of [....
These glyphs are replaced by a ? when used.
Merely removing the # fixes this.
Corrected file included.

Inside the application preference dialog:

• save settings (asks for a name)
• restore settings (picked from a list that contains all so far saved settings and some presets)
• export settings (to a file)
• import settings (from a file)

Export / import could be useful for companies to synchronize settings.

File - Save As has no hotkey under Linux (should be Ctrl-Shift-S)

‘Save as’ of loaded file should save to same folder as loaded file.

1. New File
2. Save, enter name without extension

Uncaught exception at /home/martin/workspace/rsframework/scripts/File/SaveAs/../Save/Save.js:40: TypeError: Result of expression 'di.getCorrectedFileName' [undefined] is not a function.
40	    fileName = di.getCorrectedFileName(fileName, fileVersion);

Font styles “bold” and “italic” are not saved to file.

According to http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2011/DEU/filesDXF/WS1a9193826455f5ff18cb41610ec0a2e719-7a4d.htm it is saved in dxf as group code 1071 and according to http://www.autodesk.com/techpubs/autocad/dxf/dxf2002.pdf page 20 its type is “Extended data 32-bit signed long”.

File - Save might not save in last chosen format but default format.
E.g. if a file is saved as DXF R12, and then saved, check if the format is still DXF R12 and not the default DXF format (2010).

Save triangle shape after exploding dimension

Text with é turns into È.

Custom text position must be written as type flag (code 70, flag 128) as well as in style overrides as codes

1070
279
1070
2

Saving MText with linefeeds in escaped text causes corruption of file.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=3593

Debug:    RDwgExporter::exportHatchEntity:  RHatchEntity(REntity(RObject(id: 27, document: "0xbad0940", address: "0xffffffffaba45558", undone: 0), type: 20, layerId: 21, blockId: 22, lineweight: -1, linetypeId: 0, color: RColor(ByLayer) , drawOrder:  3 , selectionStatus:  false ) , solid: true, scale: 2, angle: 0, pattern: "SOLID",
boundary: 
	loop 0: 
RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42b48"), startPoint: RVector(8, 25, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(35, 25, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42d88"), startPoint: RVector(35, 25, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(35, 9, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42c08"), startPoint: RVector(35, 9, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(8, 9, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba43150"), startPoint: RVector(8, 9, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(8, 25, 0) ) 
 )
Debug:    "RDwgServices::printErrorStackTrace: Not applicable" 
Warning:  RDwgExporter::exportEntity: Exception occured. Entity NOT saved: 
 RHatchEntity(REntity(RObject(id: 27, document: "0xbad0940", address: "0xffffffffaba45558", undone: 0), type: 20, layerId: 21, blockId: 22, lineweight: -1, linetypeId: 0, color: RColor(ByLayer) , drawOrder:  3 , selectionStatus:  false ) , solid: true, scale: 2, angle: 0, pattern: "SOLID",
boundary: 
	loop 0: 
RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42b48"), startPoint: RVector(8, 25, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(35, 25, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42d88"), startPoint: RVector(35, 25, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(35, 9, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba42c08"), startPoint: RVector(35, 9, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(8, 9, 0) ) 
 RLine(RShape(address: "0xffffffffaba43150"), startPoint: RVector(8, 9, 0) , endPoint:  RVector(8, 25, 0) ) 
 )
Fatal:    ASSERT: "false" in file RDwgExporter.cpp, line 1234

Thread [1] 23860 (Suspended : Signal : SIGABRT:Aborted)	
	__kernel_vsyscall() at 0xffffe424	
	raise() at 0xb4f037ff	
	abort() at 0xb4f05140	
	RMainWindow::messageHandler() at RMainWindow.cpp:63 0x8e06a4a	
	qt_message_output() at 0xb5357f65	
	0xb53581ab	
	qFatal() at 0xb53582c9	
	qt_assert() at 0xb5358355	
	RDwgExporter::exportEntity() at RDwgExporter.cpp:1,234 0x8cbb4cf	
	RExporter::exportEntities() at RExporter.cpp:408 0x8de9f8e	
	<...more frames...>	

1. new file
2. draw spline CP, 2deg, closed
3. save → crash

Debug:    "RDwgServices::printErrorStackTrace: General modeling failure" 
Warning:  RDwgExporter::exportEntity: Exception occured. Entity NOT saved: 
 RSplineEntity(REntity(RObject(id: 23, document: "0xb246720", address: "0xb915f00", undone: 0), type: 23, layerId: 21, blockId: 22, lineweight: -1, linetypeId: 0, color: RColor(ByLayer) , drawOrder:  0 , selectionStatus:  false ) 
controlPoints (6): 0: RVector(14, 21, 0) 1: RVector(41, 25, 0) 2: RVector(41, 9, 0) 3: RVector(28, 4, 0) 4: RVector(14, 21, 0) 5: RVector(41, 25, 0) 
fitPoints (0): 
knots (7): 0: -1, 1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 2, 4: 3, 5: 4, 6: 5, )
Fatal:    ASSERT: "false" in file RDwgExporter.cpp, line 1234

Thread [1] 2066 (Suspended : Signal : SIGABRT:Aborted)	
	__kernel_vsyscall() at 0xffffe424	
	raise() at 0xb4f037ff	
	abort() at 0xb4f05140	
	RMainWindow::messageHandler() at RMainWindow.cpp:63 0x8e025a6	
	qt_message_output() at 0xb5357f65	
	0xb53581ab	
	qFatal() at 0xb53582c9	
	qt_assert() at 0xb5358355	
	RDwgExporter::exportEntity() at RDwgExporter.cpp:1,234 0x8cb754f	
	RExporter::exportEntities() at RExporter.cpp:408 0x8de5c96	
	<...more frames...>	

QCAD 3.1.5 - has a new “Dimensioning Scale adjustment option” (Property editor/Linear Factor). NICE!!!

What means - we are now able to change the dimension scale for existing dims!

My Feature request refers to new dimensions and I think it would be perfect to have a “Scale Factor - On/Off Option” for all Dim Tools.

That would bring us in the position to copy / scale a part of our drawing for a detail view and we could just use us usual the dimensioning tools (with a scale factor) for the dimensioning task ....

Introduce scale factor for linear dimension entities.

Original request was:

It would be nice to have the possibility to enter dimensions in the form of a formula and still show up as a ‘normal’ dimension.
This would greatly help in creating details in a different scale (say, 5:1) than the rest of the drawing.
Creating details is quite often necessisary for small objects (when lines are too close together to distinguish at 1:1) if the drawing must be legible to mere humans...

Now one must calculate and manually enter all dimensions for the detail after scaling (and re-calculate every time something gets modified), this is quite error prone.
Exploding the dimensions before scaling is not a real option: the arrowheads and texts then get scaled, too, wich is undesirable.
Scaling back, modifying and then repeating the process is also not quite on the mark: small errors creep in due to finite precision in the calculations made during the scaling.

When printing with a scale, eg. 1:10, line-widths are scaled too. They should not. 1) they become very faint in the printout, 2) line-width in CAD carries extra information (Andrew told me:)

Tested with checked / unchecked button for proportional scaling - but it doesn’t matter.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7948

By scaling a drawing (base drawing) the text is OK in height but not in position

Hi,

Upon selecting and scaling multiple objects, locked layers are also scaled.

Expected:
Locked layers are unaffected by any modification commands

Workaround:
Manually unselect objects before scaling

1. Create polyline with global width (e.g. 10)
2. Scale polyline by factors X=-1, Y=1
3. Polyline loses width

Scaling without keeping the aspect ratio fails to scale an arc to an ellips when this is part of a polyline.

Discovered while documenting feature request ‘Skewing’

CVH

Screen based linetypes not working for splines, texts (CAD fonts) and dimension arrows.

Please add script bindings for Qt 5.9.4, thank you.

Script exception when selecting a spline with fit points and a spline with control points

Having practically no experience in scripting, a recorder that one could activate to memorize repetitive tasks (ie: inserting several layers with different attributes when starting a new drawing)would a useful tool to help get a start on scripting.

I have just updated from 3.11.0 to 3.15.5. Often, I load a script with the command format ..../qcad -exec ..../dims.js Note that the script filename is dims.

* Everything is satisfactory with 3.11.0 and always has been.

* qcad-3.15.5 runs satisfactorily without an -exec switch

* qcad-3.15.5 -exec same-file-as-for-3.11.0 crashes per the attached screenshot. The screenshot has been generated by adding the -enable-script-debugger switch.

* It appears that the script dims.js runs completely, and the crash happens as the script handler terminates. The qcad window is complete with the contents defined in dims.js, also qcad is usable normally. This qcad disappears when the debugger is terminated.

* This problem is totally repeatable.

Provide script functionality for entities:

• Paint or decorate entity, for example based on custom properties assigned to the entity
• Listen and react to events

A regression? In my script I draw stacked dims (depth d):

    var c = RVector.getAverage(a, b); // Zentrum der Messung
    var dim = new RDimRotatedData();
    dim.setExtensionPoint1(a);
    dim.setExtensionPoint2(b);
    c.x = a.x + d * 50 + ( d > 0 ? 50 : -50 );
    dim.setDefinitionPoint(c);
    dim.setRotation(Math.PI / 2);

Curiosly, this would work in 3.7.5 but fail in 3.7.7: the DefinitionPoint would be ignored then, but only in vertical ones, not in horizontal ones!

More curiously still: The DIM gets drawn right as soon as I move the setRotation call before the setDefinitionPoint call!

PS: the debugger proved very helpful again :)

Provide option to hide scroll bars.

The scrollbar in the dark theme remains visible when there are many levels. For example, it blocks some operations such as unlocking or blocking individual levels after you have blocked all levels.

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.

Scrolling with arrow keys

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1923

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

It would be nice to get a status information after the use of the “Search/Replace” tool.

Something like: “5 matches found and replaced”,
or
no “matches found”.

It helps allot to get an Idea what happens in your drawing. Right now the tool window will just disappear and you have no idea about any success.

Hello,

This is my first real bug report so please advise how i could provide more useful information.

I am not certain if the severity is correct.

The bug: segfault when creating a spline with a dashed linetype or opening a file containing one.

The bug isn’t present with the dwg extension installed

Steps to reproduce:
1. create drawing
2. create spline
3. set linetype to dashed
4. crash

Plugin.js:

/**
 * \internal Called once on startup.
 */// TODO crashes under OpenSUSE 11.4
 

Backtrace:

Thread [1] 31002 (Suspended : Signal : SIGSEGV:Segmentation fault)	
	strncmp() at 0xb505089a	
	__xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename() at xmlIO.c:2,525 0x92c27b9	
	xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename() at xmlIO.c:2,559 0x92c284a	
	xmlNewInputFromFile() at parserInternals.c:1,549 0x9285697	
	xmlDefaultExternalEntityLoader() at xmlIO.c:3,881 0x92c45fd	
	xmlLoadExternalEntity() at xmlIO.c:3,941 0x92c46f6	
	xsltDocDefaultLoaderFunc() at documents.c:85 0x922b0d9	
	xsltParseStylesheetFile() at xslt.c:6,726 0x9224da3	
	RXslt::parseStylesheet() at RXslt.cpp:14 0x9212ce7	
	REcmaXslt::parseStylesheet() at REcmaXslt.cpp:196 0x8dff0e4	
	0xb6bd813c	
	0xb6ac1f68	
	0xb6a9164c	
	0xac23d732	
	0xb6a44262	
	0xb6a445f7	
	0xb6bb0f92	
	QScriptEngine::evaluate() at 0xb6bba46f	
	RScriptHandlerEcma::eval() at RScriptHandlerEcma.cpp:775 0x87d1bf4	
	RScriptHandlerEcma::doScript() at RScriptHandlerEcma.cpp:771 0x87d1ad8	
	RScriptHandler::init() at RScriptHandler.cpp:31 0x8f9bf9e	
	main() at main.cpp:218 0x87cb5bf	

/rsframework/src/xml/xml/libxml2/xmlIO.c:

#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_H
	if ((xmlInputCallbackTable[i].opencallback == xmlGzfileOpen) &&
		(strcmp(URI, "-") != 0)) {
	    if (((z_stream *)context)->avail_in > 4) {
	        char *cptr, buff4[4];
		cptr = (char *) ((z_stream *)context)->next_in;
		if (gzread(context, buff4, 4) == 4) {
		    if (strncmp(buff4, cptr, 4) == 0)
===>		        ret->compressed = 0;
		    else
		        ret->compressed = 1;
		    gzrewind(context);
		}
	    }
	}
#endif