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Rantanplan7
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Export/Save Settings

Post by Rantanplan7 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:17 pm

Hi everybody,

I'm new to QCAD and was coming from Autosketch. As Autodesk has decided to end their support of Autosketch I had to search for an alternative which I found in QCAD. So far I like the program and haven't found any major disadvantages compared with Autosketch. Even better there is some advantages like there is no need to have a re-draw function, library browser is much more ergonomic to use and the icons are much clearer and better to recognize.

I have the problem that I have to install and train a couple of people in using QCAD and I would like to have their installations/settings the same way as I have them. Where is QCAD saving the basic settings? Can I copy that file and save it into the installation folder of a new installation?

Best regards

Sven

QCAD 3.19.1.0
Best Regards

Sven

QCAD 3.27.6.0 / Windows 11 Professional 64-bit / 16 GB RAM, i5 [email protected], SSD
(former Autosketch 10 user)

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andrew
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Re: Export/Save Settings

Post by andrew » Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:23 pm

Thank you for your kind feedback.

Assuming that you are on a (newer) Windows system, the configuration file can be found under:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\QCAD\QCAD3.ini

Under macOS:
~/.config/QCAD/QCAD3.ini

And under Linux:
~/.config/QCAD/QCAD3.conf

Rantanplan7
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Re: Export/Save Settings

Post by Rantanplan7 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:23 am

Yes, Windows 7 pro 64-bit.
Thanks Andrew.
Best Regards

Sven

QCAD 3.27.6.0 / Windows 11 Professional 64-bit / 16 GB RAM, i5 [email protected], SSD
(former Autosketch 10 user)

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