QCAD Bugtracker

• Selected entities are exported in the way as they are shown on screen.
• Same applies for highlighted entities.
• See attachment.

• the cells are not shown anymore

• simple drawing: 1 rectangle, 1 circle
• File → Export PDF

→ generates an empty document (or maybe both the lines and the background is white)

Note: After the export ones stays in print preview mode, which is a bit confusing if the command was invoked from the “normal” drawing mode.

If I create a closed polygon that include arcs or parts of circles, they export to SVG as straight lines.

If I explode the polyline, they export fine.

If I create a solid fill, those arcs export fine.

See attached DXF and SVG output.

This may be a duplicate bug, but my previous bug report vanished.

Some tool bars (e.g. ‘Block’ tool bar) contain tools without an icon (empty button).
Not all tools are available in tool bars.

When exporting a drawing to SVG, polygons containing arcs (trimmed circles in this case) are converted to straight lines. If the polygon is exploded first, then it exports correctly. Of course, this isn’t useful if closed polygons are required for the program using the SVG file. Solid hatch fills export correctly. See attached DXF and corresponding SVG export.

Add layer: new layer should be active one

1. When selecting the Scissors function, it deactivates after the cut is done. One can therefore not continuously select lines and cut it at the selected point. Each time the function has to be activated from the start.

1. For some reason on the Window machine, the snap toolbar buttons are doubled for all functions. I therefore have two buttons for each type of snap and cannot access the bottom snaps unless I undoc the toolbar.

For some reason, this is still fine in the Linux Beta 3. Single buttons like always.

Reported by: koosjr

when editing text which contains the degree symbol the proper escape sequence is \U+00B0
Qcad 3Beta3 replaces \U+00B0 with %%[dD]

PDF Export: from file menu

Preference for persistent selections

Text tool: options tool bar with text, angle, text height.

Print preview: auto center / scale

Layer renaming: changing name from lower case to upper case

SvgExporter.js uses PrintPreview to parse the scale string, and therefore depends on the qt GUI part. That should not make maintenance harder to call RMath directly there? Results seem to match from a first look.

--- SvgExporter.js~	2011-10-20 14:11:45.527589416 +0200
+++ SvgExporter.js	2011-10-20 14:12:46.277502814 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include("scripts/library.js");
 include("scripts/date.js");
-include("scripts/File/PrintPreview/Print.js");
 
 /**
  * File exporter implementation for the SVG format.
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@
     this.svgUnitAbbr = ret[1];
 
     // scale
-    this.scale = Print.parseScale(this.scaleStr);
+    this.scale = RMath.parseScale(this.scaleStr);
 
     var bb = this.doc.getBoundingBox();
     var size = bb.getSize();

The capability of running headless, ie. without GUI, is a very welcome addition to QCAD. I suggest one more improvement:

When an exception occurs in a script (running from autostart) and no-gui was opted for on the command line, QCAD should not try to bring up the debugger ever (regardless of any preferences), but print the message of the exception and possibly a backtrace instead.

Otherwise all errors will produce the same message…

In QCAD 2, line type patterns are scaled according to the print preview drawing scale, also in model space.
This is not the case in QCAD 3 and possibly needs a different solution.

Possible solutions:

• two different LTSCALEs for model space and print preview
• same behavior as QCAD 2

Add license header for all ECMAScript files.

CAD Tool Bar: Back button should go back one menu. Possibly use two buttons, one to go back to the previous tool bar, one to go back to the main tool bar.

This continues a problem that occurred in Qcad 2.2/OpenSuse 11.1:

1. The default paper size is always A4. (minor, but annoying)

2. Here is the serious problem: When I change the paper size to, for example tabloid, in File/Drawing Preferences/Page and in Print/Properties, the print job prints as though it were A4. This occurs unless I first go to Yast or Control Center and (as superuser) change the default page size. Other programs (such as Open Office) don’t require this.

The printer is an HP deskjet 9800, and the problem occurs with either CUPS or hplip printing.

I am using Opensuse 11.3 (I haven’t been able to install successfully opensuse 11.4 on my computer), Qcad
Version:
3.0 Beta 2
Date:
Sep 17 2011
Qt Version:
4.7.3
Edition:
Full Version

The labels of dimensions in PG exporter are moved half text-height. Thats a bit much, and actually, no such movement looks more true to the display of same in QCAD itself.

--- SvgExporterPG.js.orig	2011-10-15 18:57:29.994666881 +0200
+++ SvgExporterPG.js	2011-10-15 18:57:39.284666834 +0200
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
         //debugger;
         var angle = this.text.getAngle();
         //this.text.setAngle(entity.getAngle());
-        var offset = RVector.createPolar(this.text.getHeight()/2, angle + Math.PI/2);
+        var offset = RVector.createPolar(0, angle + Math.PI/2);
         this.text.move(offset);
         this.textColor = entity.getColor();
         this.exportText();

Starting qcad Beta 3 with command line argument -always-load-scripts will bring up debugger:

Uncaught exception at /opt/qcad-3.0.0-beta3-prof-linux/scripts/library.js:2: RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded.
2 include(”sprintf.js”);

Polylines may consist of lines and arcs. The SVG PG exporter writes them as all straight lines. A better mapping than polyline then was path, as is done with arcs now.

A polyline or polygon created from segments always ends up in layer 0, shouldn’t it stay in the same layer as the segments have been?

Switch grid from orthogonal to isometric.

Pendant la création d’un plan le logiciel se bloque, puis une boite de dialogue Windows apparait : “QCAD a cessé de fonctionner”.
Après validation de la fenêtre le logiciel se ferme et toutes les modifications non enregistrées sont perdues.

When creating a plan software hang, then a dialog window appears: “QCad has stopped working”.
After validation of the software window is closed and all unsaved changes are lost.

Pendant la réalisation d’un plan le calque 0 s’est verrouillé, impossible de le modifier. En l’enregistrant sous un autre nom le calque 0 est toujours verrouillé.

During the implementation of a plan the layer 0 was locked, impossible to change it. By saving it under another name Layer 0 is always locked.

You removed the button to show and hide grid

I cannot find it and when I turn the grid off and on

Edit–>Application Preferences–>Load/Save–>Templates

click Add, then Cancel ⇒ enabled Down button ⇒ click Down ⇒

Uncaught exception at C:/Program Files/QCAD Professional\scripts/Widgets/DirectoryList/DirectoryList.js:72: Error: QListWidget::insertItem(): could not find a function match; candidates are: insertItem(int row, QListWidgetItem item) insertItem(int row, String label)

Tried the Beta on Debian 64 bit with the tarball, .. I didn’t want to use installer as I have a working qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86

[email protected]:~/Downloads/qcad-3.0.0-beta2-trial-linux$ uname -a
Linux dolphin 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 5 02:51:22 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86

[email protected]:~/Downloads/qcad-3.0.0-beta2-trial-linux$ ./qcad-trial
#1 SMP Tue Jul 5 02:51:22 UTC 2011
x86_64
./qcad-trial-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgthread-2.0.so.0: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
[email protected]:~/Downloads/qcad-3.0.0-beta2-trial-linux$

Handle situation in which DB file is locked (from previous crash, ...).

Currently, the debugger is shown repeatedly.

Not possible to turn off grid (in application preferencies). In settings looks that accepted (checkbox is unchecked) but in program window is still visible.

Hello. My question is: can I run my script under Linux QCAD using Linux command prompt.
Something like this. Print in terminal: “./qcad myscript.qs” And can the script executing without QCAD GUI? I need to make my drawing by printing specific command in linux command prompt without using GUI. So after script end his work I want to have my drawing at destination directory.

Thank you.

Trying to build a hatch area sometimes results in “invalid hatch area”. It would be nice if QCAD could give a hint why / where the problem occurs (where is “line too long” or “not closed”).

If spline boundary has fit points, hatch is loaded with visible inaccuracy.

Calibrate printer X/Y ratio and possibly scale to allow accurate printing even on inaccurate printers.

When I open a dfx file I have made from AutoCad, QC will open the file fine but then when I try to save it I get a dialog box stating that the drawing was not saved and asks if I have permission or is the disk full. Yes, I have permission and no the disk is not full.
Then when I close the dfx file and try to reopen it the second time, QC will not open the file and a dialog box reads “Cannot open file, please check your access rights, the file format and the file extension”

Chat from  FS#194  singled out, so that can be closed.

Dash patterns in BETA2 are very much out of proportion. BETA2 always PG exports 1:1 and only scales strokes so that in the final rendering they match what a technical drawing would show. As dash patterns depend on stroke, both current stroke and final scale have to be brought in accord.

The patch below also restores the alignment of dashes, so that dashed lines do not end in a gap, at least in most occasions.

--- SvgExporterPG-orig.js	2011-09-15 23:11:40.000000000 +0200
+++ SvgExporterPG.js	2011-10-07 13:28:04.085376719 +0200
@@ -384,32 +384,29 @@
         continuous = true;
     }
     if (!continuous) {
-        //p.scale(this.getPatternFactor());
-        p.scale(1/this.scale);
+        // dash and gap lengths are to be proportional to line weight
+        // beware: line weight unit is 100 times millimeters, convert to current unit
+        // beware: the viewer scales lengths differently from weight
+        p.scale(RUnit.convert(this.weight / 100.0, RS.Millimeter, this.svgUnit) / this.scale);
         var num = p.getNumDashes();
-        var str = "";
+        var str = [];
         for ( var i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
             var len = Math.abs(p.getDashLengthAt(i));
-            // see FS#192:
-            //len = this.convert(len);
-            str += "" + len;
-            if (i < num - 1) {
-                str += ",";
-            }
-        }
-        additionalStyles += "stroke-dasharray:" + str;
-        
-        // does more harm than good
-//        if (isShape(this.shape)) {
-//            var length = this.shape.getLength();
-//            if (isNaN(this.offset)) {
-//                this.offset = this.getPatternOffset(length, p);
-//            } else {
-//                var num = Math.ceil(this.offset / p.getPatternLength());
-        //                this.offset -= num * p.getPatternLength();
-        //            }
-        //            additionalStyles += ";stroke-dashoffset:" + this.offset;
-        //        }
+            str.push(len);
+        }
+        additionalStyles += "stroke-dasharray:" + str.join(",");
+
+        // center dash-array
+        if (isShape(this.shape) && isFinite(this.shape.getLength())) {
+            var length = this.shape.getLength();
+            if (isNaN(this.offset)) {
+                this.offset = -this.getPatternOffset(length, p);
+            } else {
+                var num = Math.ceil(this.offset / p.getPatternLength());
+                this.offset -= num * p.getPatternLength();
+            }
+            additionalStyles += ";stroke-dashoffset:" + this.offset;
+        }
     }

Sometimes the text of a dimension (that is in a block - just a suspicion of mine) will not get rotated. I do not know why this.text.getAngle() sometimes returns a wrong value, but there is a simple workaround: always rotate the text with the dimension:

--- SvgExporterPG-orig.js	2011-09-15 23:11:40.000000000 +0200
+++ SvgExporterPG.js	2011-10-07 13:07:03.715374911 +0200

@@ -428,9 +427,7 @@
         // dimension entity: export text:
         this.writeEntityComment(entity);
         this.text = entity.getTextData();
-//        var angle = this.text.getAngle();
-//        var offset = RVector.createPolar(this.text.getHeight()/2, angle + Math.PI/2);
-//        this.text.move(offset);
+        this.text.setAngle(entity.getAngle());
         this.textColor = entity.getColor();
         this.exportText();
         this.text = undefined;

All drawing elements belonging to a layer are not existing anymore after:

1. the layer has been made invisible (unselect the eye symbol of the layer),
2. the drawing has been saved,
3. the drawing has been closed
4. and finally the drawing is reopened.

This behavior has been observed on the following OSes:

• Windows XP SP3
• Ubuntu 11.04

Support drawing linetype scale factor (LTSCALE)

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x9392df87 objc_msgSend + 23
1 QtGui 0x05006ceb -[QCocoaWindow sendEvent:] + 267
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x902b760b -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 6431
3 QtGui 0x0500a3ed -[QNSApplication sendEvent:] + 93
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x9024b253 -[NSApplication run] + 917
5 QtGui 0×05014481 QEventDispatcherMac::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 1505
6 QtCore 0x04d60941 QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 65
7 QtCore 0x04d60c8a QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 170
8 QtCore 0x04d620e6 QCoreApplication::exec() + 182
9 ...ript_core_debug.1.0.0.dylib 0x1dec391e qtscript_QCoreApplication_static_call(QScriptContext*, QScriptEngine*) + 1316 (qtscript_QCoreApplication.cpp:314)
10 QtScript 0x04af8318 QScript::FunctionWrapper::proxyCall(QTJSC::ExecState*, QTJSC::JSObject*, QTJSC::JSValue, QTJSC::ArgList const&) + 136
11 QtScript 0x04a10871 QTJSC::NativeFuncWrapper::operator()(QTJSC::ExecState*, QTJSC::JSObject*, QTJSC::JSValue, QTJSC::ArgList const&) const + 113
12 QtScript 0x049e5ac9 cti_op_call_NotJSFunction + 489
13 ??? 0x202e626f 0 + 539910767
14 QtScript 0x0499d057 QTJSC::Interpreter::execute(QTJSC::EvalExecutable*, QTJSC::ExecState*, QTJSC::JSObject*, int, QTJSC::ScopeChainNode*, QTJSC::JSValue*) + 1031
15 QtScript 0x0499d351 QTJSC::Interpreter::execute(QTJSC::EvalExecutable*, QTJSC::ExecState*, QTJSC::JSObject*, QTJSC::ScopeChainNode*, QTJSC::JSValue*) + 97
16 QtScript 0x04aca7b6 QScriptEnginePrivate::evaluateHelper(QTJSC::ExecState*, long, QTJSC::EvalExecutable*, bool&) + 582
17 QtScript 0x04acb011 QScriptEngine::evaluate(QString const&, QString const&, int) + 801
18 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x0003868b RScriptHandlerEcma::eval(QString const&, QString const&) + 57
19 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x00037c6f RScriptHandlerEcma::doScript(QString const&, QStringList const&) + 805
20 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x009c3b8d RScriptHandler::init(QString const&, QStringList const&) + 641
21 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x0002f4b8 main + 3878 (main.cpp:218)
22 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x0002e289 _start + 208
23 com.ribbonsoft.qcad 0x0002e1b8 start + 40

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

Uncaught exception at C:/DISEGNO/QCAD Professional/scripts/File/PrintPreview\Print.js:345: Error: QFont::QFont(): could not find a function match; candidates are: QFont() QFont(QFont arg1) QFont(QFont arg1, QPaintDevice pd) QFont(String family, int pointSize, int weight, bool italic)

Choose number of copies when using ‘snap with distance to end’.

This might make sense for certain tools only.

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1643

See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1642

I consider this a bug or at least poor software design.

When I edit the drawing preferences and change the arrow size (under the Dimensions tab), the arrows of my dimensions change as expected, but those of the leaders to not change.

No drawing preference exists to adjust the leaders separately, and scaling a leader does not scale its arrow. I currently must delete my leaders and redraw them completely to change the arrow size. Very inconvenient.

P.S. I’m using QCad 2.0.5.0-Free-1 (Community Edition) and didn’t see that version in your list. Does it have another name?

Dear Andrew,

When I open a dxf file created by QCad2 in QCad3 I see extra reference points to the right when selecting the text. I assume that these reference points have no function. Refer to attached dxf file.

Regards, Rutger