Adding text to measurements by default

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wendi
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Adding text to measurements by default

Post by wendi » Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:23 am

Win10Pro64, Qcad 3.27.6. I know that if I set a measurement label to <>", I will get the numerical dimension automatically, with " after the number. But I've been doing it manually for all of my dimensions. Is there are way to have Qcad default to that?

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Re: Adding text to measurements by default

Post by CVH » Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:56 am

wendi,

I think not.
One could enter a feature request for a user defined suffix similar as the dimension prefix.
https://www.ribbonsoft.com/bugtracker/

But that is also one of the few QCAD options that isn't stored persistent.
Although 'Prefix' and 'Text' are reserved keys in the QCAD.ini/config under the header [Dimension].
They don't seem to be updated ...

One could filter out all dims with the Selection Filter and adapt all in one go. :wink:

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CVH

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Re: Adding text to measurements by default

Post by Husky » Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:42 am

Hi wendi,
wendi wrote:
Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:23 am
Is there are way to have Qcad default to that?
You may set the dimension label settings to Architectural. Drawing Unit needs then to be Inch. Will that work for you?

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Re: Adding text to measurements by default

Post by wendi » Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:05 am

Hi CVH. Thanks for the info. I do update them in groups, from time to time.

Hi Husky. Inches won't work for me. Thanks for the idea.

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Re: Adding text to measurements by default

Post by Husky » Thu Aug 04, 2022 5:16 am

wendi wrote:
Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:05 am
Hi Husky. Inches won't work for me. Thanks for the idea.
Sorry that I misunderstood your question. I was sure you were asking expliziet for inches after the number ...
wendi wrote:
Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:23 am
I will get the numerical dimension automatically, with " after the number.
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