Here’s the output in the console:

Just bought the software, seems to be fine except of the problem described in the title

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9663

When a text string contains a double quote(”) character, the value is not quoted.
If the text string contains a comma, the value is quoted (using double quotes).

When a text string starts with a double quote, it is unclear which of the above two states is correct, making for difficult parsing. (Excel seems to assume the second state when possible)

It would make parsing much easier if the output csv followed the format provided in rfc4180, namely that

If fields are not enclosed with double quotes, then double quotes may not appear inside the fields
(2.5)

If double-quotes are used to enclose fields, then a double-quote appearing inside a field must be escaped by preceding it with another double quote
(2.7)

Insert Measurement / e.g. Point to Point fails within Coordinate (SX) dialog. It is offered for X and Y but I can’t find a way to use it. For a proper measurement with IP I need to use Autosnap etc. but that means I have to switch from Coordinate snap to an other snap with no way to return to use the d1 variable.

Shortcut YR, YE etc. fails for marked Layer. It works at active layer.

Shortcut Y+, Y- fails for selecting Layer Entities in a Layer List. Letter is ignored and +, - zooms the drawing

For what I use QCad for it would be extremely helpful - and likely quite simple to implement - to have an option to display values (e.g. measurements of position and length) in inches only instead of feet and inches. I suppose if I were working in metric units the same idea would apply to centimetres only instead of metres + centimetres. Consider you have a line segment whose x-position is 3’ 11 17/32” and you need to move it by 2’ 7 13/64”. The math would just be a lot simpler if the “feet” measure were in inches - so 47 17/32” and 31 13/64”.

Edit: And it fails often to read the menu at all at the first time. A second try will display the information ...

Reported in the QCAD Forum by TSG on a macOS Catalina system.
Details on this topic can be found at https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9603#p38738.

Andrew,

When selecting a Hatch entity:
For a solid filled Hatch the boundaries total length is given.
With a pattern that returns the summed length of the patterned lines.

I think that the recent performance update for RHatchData::getLength returns something different than intended.

Regards,
CVH

Andrew,

Trace Bitmap requires a selection.
QCAD stalls when the first entity id is not an RImageEntity .

The prevImageEntity.getFileName() in the beginEvent will throw an exception for all but an RImageEntity.

The odds are against us that in a multiple selection an image is the first id.

I think you need to filter on image entities like later in the applyOperation function.

Regards,
CVH

When using SVG export on a drawing with a block defined, the export is incorrect. Arcs are drawn incorrectly and parts of the block are missing. If that block is exploded, the SVG export is correct. Attached is a block on the lower left and the same block on the lower right after explode. Also attached is the resulting SVG file.
This is not always the case. Some blocks are correctly exported to SVG. The upper row is again a block on the left and the same block exploded on the right. It exports properly.

Hi Andrew

When I Print or save as PDF the paper settings don’t seem to be working....
The output file does not match..

See Forum Post
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9587&p=38662#p38662

Cheers
John

Please refer to the user report below: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9586&p=38653#p38653 Note: 3.27.6.0 (3.27.6) works as intended.

Thanks.

Only prints on A4 size paper, no matter what settings, print or pdf export, print from model or from layout block

Version:
3.27.7.0 (3.27.7)
Internet:
QCAD.org
Build Date:
Sep 29 2022
Revision:
58ecdde
Qt Version:
5.13.2
Architecture:
x86_64
Compiler:
MSVC++ 14.0 (2015)

The “Any” filter matches no entities.

Select an object, e.g. a block or text. Hit G P to open the object’s properties.

Select the text input for the X coordinate. Add the string +0.1 to the end. Hit enter. The coordinate is increased by 0.1.

Repeat this for the Y coordinate. The coordinate always becomes 1.

Repeat this a second time, for the Y coordinate, without closing the properties dialogue in between edits. The coordinate updates as expected, e.g. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3...

Seen
https://github.com/qcad/qcad/commit/302010556a077f71b3de6c3c0f8f3df0282a5da9 And that all entries are a division by 1000

It is exactly 9 460 730 472 580 800 meter
To return a correct factor to meters the value must be a factor 1000 larger.

131 return 9460730472580800000 / 1000;

More info:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=9506&p=38295#p38295

Kind regards,
CVH

When i try to upload an immage Q cad professional edition last evrsion always crash, the same happens when i try to save a project.

Please see this downstream bug report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=265989

Dimension override for linear format not saved to file.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9536

... despite the fact it was successful.

Hi,
Recently I found out that tabs (CAM module) are only visible on layer 0. If I turn this layer off, all tabs will disappear. It is very inconvenient for someone who create a drawing using multiple layers. Im my case, layer 0 contains the frame and the info table only. When the drawing is ready and verified, I add a layer with a copy of the drawing just for g-code generation. I do it in that way because the drawing sometimes has to be modified for cnc purposes. Please correct this problem.

Tested on: QCAD/CAM Pro 3.27.6
PC with Windows 10.

Tested on a Win7 32bit and a Win10 64bit system.

With App.Prefs defaults for new drawings set to mm, mm, metric.
Inserting a ‘CubeCuttingOut’ with the default size 10 into a drawing in inch results in size 0.39370079” what is indeed 10mm.

One would expect it to be sized 10 units of the target drawing.

Recently reported by Husky concerning the QCAD Utilities by MikeJ.
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9429&start=15#p38045

ScriptItems are first created on a new (offline) document.
QCAD will then adapt the size with unit conversion.
Then it will scale, rotate, flip according the ‘Insert Script’ tool options.

This is fully predictable for standard library items where the source is a dxf file with a defined unit and no unit conversion would occur if the library source unit was ‘None’.

I then assume that this can be fixed with setting the new RDocument in InsertScriptItem.prototype.beginEvent its unit to ‘None’.
Not knowing what the intended behavior should be for any other case, source or usage ...

Regards,
CVH

If the Theme is chosen as Dark, the name of even layers in the Layer List is with white color and the name of background is also white. Please see the attachment.

Many thanks!

dgn file load / import fails in Pro and Trial.
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9444

Warnings:

QCAD Professional Win 7 WinInstaller

Version: 3.27.0.0 (3.27.0)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Nov 30 2021
Revision: 62c65de
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Architecture: i386
Compiler: Unknown

Related topic:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&p=37972#p37964

In script SaveAs.js on line 104 the sourced filename is correct.
When this is not empty on line 147 the fileDialog should select this file in its own path.
The testing sequence in the topic shows this is not always the case.
I am using the system file dialog.

Firts setting the corresponding folder for the fileDialog seems to fix this:
147 if (fileName.length!==0) {
148 fileDialog.setDirectory(fileInfo.absolutePath());
149 fileDialog.selectFile(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
150 }
151 else {
....

Regards,
CVH

We have a client complaining that measures are disappearing from DXF file when it is opened in QCad, but remain visible when exporting the same file in JPEG format.
Please see attached files for an example.

Stand-alone QCad version used is 3.26.2.

Version embedded in client application is unknown (awaiting information).

Regards.

Bounding boxes are compared with fixed tolerance.

See:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9404

If I apply “copy with reference” to any block, the block’s draw order is changed to -2147483648 (-0×80000000).

Ellipse arcs in non-uniformly transformed blocks are exported incorrectly when the “preserve geometry” option is used.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9388

I imported a DXF using the professional version qcad-3.27.6-pro-linux-x86_64 and all text strings have codes prefixed to them like “ql;”. When opening in QCAD qcad-3.25.2-trial-linux-x86_64 the text loads correctly though. Others have confirmed that this seems to be a regression and a non-issue in other viewers: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?p=37667

Here is a file with a single circle and single text number “1” which currently appears as “ql;t0;1”.

Command Open and Import fails for pdf

Forum report:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9332&p=37508#p37508

Affects all projection tools including the dwgmapconvert command line tool.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=9310

Exception when populating scale combo box

Case:
open “Edit Block in Place”,
select entity or block like you would do to “Add to Working Set”,
don’t add - instead cancel “Edit Block in Place”,
selection color stay on even it is not treated anymore as selected,
to solve that you need to go back into “Edit Block in Place” mode to deselect the entity.

Unicode is inserted instead of symbol from line edit context menus.

The scale property for viewports cannot be edited.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9288

Many thanks Andrew for your input on task  FS#2359 .
However there were two other issues mentioned in the first task that seem to have been overlooked.
Italic text appears and disappears as I zoom in and out and if I try to insert italic text it will not show as italic on screen. Also when I try to insert an ‘ohm’ special character I only get a ‘?’ question mark.
Apologies if I’m doing something silly !!
Regards
Richard