[solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
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[solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
How do I change the default "Linear Factor" for new measurements from 10 to 1?
I have read the manual and searched this forum but . . .
I am on Windows 10 using QCAD 3.17.3 and rookie . . .
Regards
Marninger
I have read the manual and searched this forum but . . .
I am on Windows 10 using QCAD 3.17.3 and rookie . . .
Regards
Marninger
Re: Default Linear Factor for Measurements
When you draw a dimension, change the "Scale" option in the options toolbar at the top from 1:10 to 1:1. The linear factor will then be 1 for all new dimensions (until you change it again).
Re: Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Thank's Andrew, - can't understand why I did no see that option
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Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Greetings
In Linux version 3.24.2.0, Xubuntu bionic 64-bit only an empty toolbar with the current tool is presented when we select the option bar (on image second from top). I do think the Linear Factor should be in Edit-Drawing Preferences or Edit-Application Preferences.
I mean, the only way to alter this factor is select all dimensions and use the Property Editor.
In Linux version 3.24.2.0, Xubuntu bionic 64-bit only an empty toolbar with the current tool is presented when we select the option bar (on image second from top). I do think the Linear Factor should be in Edit-Drawing Preferences or Edit-Application Preferences.
I mean, the only way to alter this factor is select all dimensions and use the Property Editor.
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Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
ajoliveira: Please post unrelated questions to a new topic, thanks.
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Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
This is the same question. As you suggest before posting I surveyed topics asking for "default linear factor". The issue is the same, and may have been circumvented, yet it is not resolved. Additionally, check my email, I am a paying customer for long.
Update: deleting ~/.config/QCAD3.conf returned everything to normal (1:1)
old config file contained:
[Dimension]
Scale=0.0465
new config file contains:
[Dimension]
Scale=1:1
There is no apparent way of setting this scale factor under the version of Qcad I am using, so this should be investigated as it looks like a bug. It seems the only way of changing this factor is by editing the configuration file directly.
Update: deleting ~/.config/QCAD3.conf returned everything to normal (1:1)
old config file contained:
[Dimension]
Scale=0.0465
new config file contains:
[Dimension]
Scale=1:1
There is no apparent way of setting this scale factor under the version of Qcad I am using, so this should be investigated as it looks like a bug. It seems the only way of changing this factor is by editing the configuration file directly.
Last edited by ajoliveira on Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:16 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought your question was about the options tool bar being empty. This makes sense, as you have not started any tools. If you start a tool, the tool's options are displayed in the options toolbar. For example, while drawing a dimension, the linear factor (among other things) can be set in the options toolbar. When drawing a circle with radius, the radius can be set in the options toolbar, etc.
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Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Thank you Andrew, please see my update above.
Your observation was absolutely right, if I start the dimension tool I have the scale factor. What puzzled me was the fact that the property editor shows the inverse of the set scale factor, in my case I had the inverse of 0.0465, so 21.505.
The problem is circumvented, yet I think this factor could be in the drawing options-dimension section. It would avoid future questions.
Your observation was absolutely right, if I start the dimension tool I have the scale factor. What puzzled me was the fact that the property editor shows the inverse of the set scale factor, in my case I had the inverse of 0.0465, so 21.505.
The problem is circumvented, yet I think this factor could be in the drawing options-dimension section. It would avoid future questions.
Last edited by ajoliveira on Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Again, start a dimension tool and you'll see the option appear in the options toolbar. No need to change the config file.
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Re: [solved] Default Linear Factor for Measurements
Thanks again, Andrew.