[solved] AutoCAD to QCAD command equivalents?

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troppo19
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[solved] AutoCAD to QCAD command equivalents?

Post by troppo19 » Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:33 pm

I'm a long term AutoCAD/CorelCAD (Graebert CAD engine) user, trying to help my preferred structural engineer to move from hand drafting to CAD.
Apologies if I have missed it, but I can't find an ACAD to QCAD command equivalents list. Has anyone done one? Can command equivalents be added by scripting?
So far I am very impressed. QCAD pulled up a 1032 drawing (2018-2020) perfectly, and saving in 1027 (2013-2017) is acceptable.
$AUD54 is a VERY reasonable price, and preferable to the engineer investing in a high-cost package or a "dodgy" copy of something.
Maybe I'll write one. z e (zoom to extents) did nothing, but ZA worked :-)
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Re: AutoCAD to QCAD command equivalents?

Post by Husky » Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:12 am

troppo19 wrote:
Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:33 pm
Apologies if I have missed it, but I can't find an ACAD to QCAD command equivalents list. Has anyone done one?
Not that I know of ... :oops:
troppo19 wrote:
Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:33 pm
So far I am very impressed. QCAD pulled up a 1032 drawing (2018-2020) perfectly, and saving in 1027 (2013-2017) is acceptable.
QCAD Pro provides a range to save a drawing from R15 up to R32 in dxf/dwg. QCAD CE only to R15 dxf ...
troppo19 wrote:
Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:33 pm
Maybe I'll write one. z e (zoom to extents) did nothing, but ZA worked :-)
Or you may just use the already given possibility in QCAD Pro to manipulate the given Shortcuts / Commands

My QCAD Pro works now with "zoom to extents" too .... :lol:

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Re: [solved] AutoCAD to QCAD command equivalents?

Post by troppo19 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:15 pm

Thanks, yes the tool settings is the solution

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Re: [solved] AutoCAD to QCAD command equivalents?

Post by CVH » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:27 pm

It seems illogical / counter productive to me that typing 'zoom to extents' would be preferred over typing 'ZA'.
I also think that no one enters 'arcconcentricthrough' but just 'AG'.

I do understand 'ZE' for the given example but that is not user defined.
In the end I foresee unsolvable conflicts with 2/3 letter shortcuts.

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CVH

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