Meta grid on top of drawing
Moderator: andrew
Forum rules
Always indicate your operating system and QCAD version.
Attach drawing files and screenshots.
Post one question per topic.
Always indicate your operating system and QCAD version.
Attach drawing files and screenshots.
Post one question per topic.
Meta grid on top of drawing
When drawing elements on the meta grid lines, the element seems to disappear under the meta grid. Is there a setting to put the grid under the drawing instead of on top of the drawing?
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
Hello OmeJan - welcome to the forum.
To have a better contrast between elements and Grid you can adjust the color for the Grid below Application Preferences:OmeJan wrote:When drawing elements on the meta grid lines, the element seems to disappear under the meta grid. Is there a setting to put the grid under the drawing instead of on top of the drawing?
Work smart, not hard: QCad Pro
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
Thank you Husky, that just helped a little. That is when screen-based line types switched on and with the view zoomed in quite strongly. When zooming out the lines are hidden again. When drawing in Draft mode the meta grid keeps hiding lines, no matter the zooming rate.
Apparently there is no setting to get the grid lines behind the drawing.
Apparently there is no setting to get the grid lines behind the drawing.
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
No, there is no setting for something like that but it sounds to me that your setting for the Grid is on "Auto". Auto means that QCAD will change the visibility of a Grid regarding to the Zoom Factor. To avoid that in my drawings my settings are:OmeJan wrote:Apparently there is no setting to get the grid lines behind the drawing.
Work smart, not hard: QCad Pro
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
My settings were not on Auto and looked similar to yours. Guess I just got to deal with it. Thanks again
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
You are welcome!
Work smart, not hard: QCad Pro
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Win10/64, QcadPro, QcadCam version: Current.
If a thread is considered as "solved" please change the title of the first post to "[solved] Title..."
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
No. The reason is that the meta grid would become invisible if there are horizontal or vertical lines at metagrid positions or very thick lines or solid fills.OmeJan wrote:Is there a setting to put the grid under the drawing instead of on top of the drawing?
The trick to make sure that neither the meta grid nor your entities are ever hidden by each other is to use a transparent color for the meta grid. To do that, choose the color "Others.." in the color preferences and make sure to set the alpha or opacity or transparency value of the color for example to 50%.
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
Hello, I must say that this is stopping me from using the grid altogether. Since I work in draft mode almost exclusively, it's a bit of a nightmare for me.
It seems the grid "layer" is over the objects.
An example of a good working grid (IMHO) is the Blender one. I'd love to have its behaviour in QCad.
It seems the grid "layer" is over the objects.
An example of a good working grid (IMHO) is the Blender one. I'd love to have its behaviour in QCad.
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
Again, if you make the grid color transparent (default), it will never hide anything completely.
Here's a drawing in draft mode with meta grid on: Grid color: Meta grid color:
Here's a drawing in draft mode with meta grid on: Grid color: Meta grid color:
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
Hello Andrew, I tried that. It's working a bit better but still far from what I desired.
While I can see the lines now, they are still blended with the grid lines, losing some color:
When I move my mouse over the green circle, it's highlighted and brought over the grid. Still losing some brightness though:
While I can see the lines now, they are still blended with the grid lines, losing some color:
When I move my mouse over the green circle, it's highlighted and brought over the grid. Still losing some brightness though:
- Attachments
-
- 2018-01-05-114026_2560x1080_scrot.png (1.86 KiB) Viewed 8886 times
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
You might want to increase the contrast between background color and grid color and make the grid more transparent. I think the gray background with gray grid color is causing the issue.
Re: Meta grid on top of drawing
That worked! Moved to a Dark Cyan at 50 Alpha Channel value.
May it be an issue with the option that prevents dark/clear colors against the background or the color lightness threshold?
May it be an issue with the option that prevents dark/clear colors against the background or the color lightness threshold?