When I Edit Block In-Place it takes a few seconds before I can do any modifications. It appears that QCAD is doing some calculations in the background. The same happens when I save and exit the block. I have attached a copy of the block. The lag is more pronounced if the Block is inserted in a drawing that has some other entities.
The problem does not occur if I use the standard Block editing command.
Any ideas why this might be occurring.
(Solved) Edit block in-place performance
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(Solved) Edit block in-place performance
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seasdes
QCAD Pro V3.27.8
User since 2021
W10
QCAD Pro V3.27.8
User since 2021
W10
Re: Edit block in-place performance
Editing a block in place is essentially the same as exploding the block (while remembering what the block consisted of). This is much more involved than editing a block in the block editor as entities have to be moved, scaled and rotated into place and back again.
Re: Edit block in-place performance
Well, this drawing is a challenge for QCAD ...
This drawing is built with many stacked blocks - I wouldn't recommend that but it is possible to do. The real problem is that those blocks collected a lot of senseless text entities. To be exact: 833 Text entity with a text size of 0.18 mm. They are all part of blocks what means they have all to be processed ...
If you clean the drawing from those "lost" text entity's QCAD has no performance problems at all in "Edit Block in Place" mode.
Would you agree?
This drawing is built with many stacked blocks - I wouldn't recommend that but it is possible to do. The real problem is that those blocks collected a lot of senseless text entities. To be exact: 833 Text entity with a text size of 0.18 mm. They are all part of blocks what means they have all to be processed ...
If you clean the drawing from those "lost" text entity's QCAD has no performance problems at all in "Edit Block in Place" mode.
Would you agree?
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Re: Edit block in-place performance
Thanks Andrew and Husky.
I can see the performance improvement when the nested(stacked) blocks are exploded.
However, nested blocks are essential to my work. You refer to "senseless text entities" - How did you clean them?
I can see the performance improvement when the nested(stacked) blocks are exploded.
However, nested blocks are essential to my work. You refer to "senseless text entities" - How did you clean them?
seasdes
QCAD Pro V3.27.8
User since 2021
W10
QCAD Pro V3.27.8
User since 2021
W10
Re: Edit block in-place performance
Please use in Model_Space Zoom All. You will notice that it shows much more then the main drawing. This effect should always alarm you ...
Ok, how to fix ...
Edit block "fLOOR pLAN",
use the Selection filter to find all blocks,
explode those blocks,
use the Selection Filter to find all Text,
use Zoom All to see what is going on - the Text is scattered all over the place ...
delete the Text - done.
If you now switch back to Model_Space you will note that Zoom All shows just the main drawing - nothing else.
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