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IDCategoryTask Type  descSeveritySummaryStatusProgress
 35 ECMAScriptTaskLow Verify ECMAScript code Closed
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Task Description

Verify ECMAScript code with:
http://www.javascriptlint.com/download.htm

 64 DocumentationTaskLow Manual CSS Closed
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Task Description

Create some CSS to display the user manual in a professional way, similar to web site.

 78 QCAD (main)TaskLow Linux deployment: tar.gz Closed
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Task Description

if possible, extend create_makeself script to create a tar.gz in addition to the executable installer, so we have both in the end.

 80 DocumentationTaskLow API Doc Organization Closed
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Task Description

Rename everything from “RSFramework” to “QCAD Application Framework” (qcad_application_framework.pro / dox / doxyfile ...).

Add header with copyright / link to homepage.

Structure of documentation:

  • Entry (main) page
    • API (links to API doc for modules):
      • math
      • core
      • gui
      • ...
    • ECMAScript Developers (links to intros and examples):
      • ECMAScript introduction
      • ECMAScript module
 82 ECMAScriptTaskLow rename some ECMAScript classes Closed
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Task Description

New → FileNew
Close → FileClose
...

 83 QCAD (main)TaskLow Part Library - Find Files / Generate Files Closed
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Task Description

Create and extend part library.

Find Existing Files

Find files under a suitable license (e.g. creative commons) for inclusion into the QCAD part library:

  • DXF / DWG files
  • SVG files which we could convert to DXF with a command line converter or InkScape if possible.
    • DXF files produced from SVG / with InkScape contain a lot of polylines with small line segments which interpolate arcs and circles.
      • A ‘Convert Interpolating Line Segments’ tool could be used to convert line segments into arcs, ellipse arcs and circles.
        1. for c in 0...number of nodes: create arc with v[c], v[c+1], v[c+2]
        2. check if v[c+i] is also on arc for c+i<number of nodes
        3. if n nodes have been found which are all on arc and all segments have almost the same length and are relatively small compared to the whole drawing, convert them to arc
      • A ‘Simplify Polyline’ tool could be used to remove nodes that don’t add a lot of information (almost straight connected line segments).

Parameterized Items

  • Parameterized items use XDATA to let the script behind know which entities need to be changed in which way.
  • The user can choose from all supported parameters shown in a table.
  • The user can choose from options:
    • Create dimensioning
    • Create auxiliary lines
    • Create center line
    • Scaling
    • Sectional drawing
    • Hatching space
  • Disadvantage compared to automatically generated items:
    • It is not possible to add an item with it’s parameters to favorites, e.g. some specific screw often used in a drawing. To make that possible, the parameters has to be saved, too.

Links

[mostly old] Generate Items Automatically

  • Research possibilities to turn data sheets into library parts, for example attached data sheet.
    • Ideas:
      • use an XML file for data entry, use an ECMAScript to generate symbols based on the XML file.
      • Instead of writing a complete ECMAScript file to generate the geometry, it might be possible to simply draw one item and attach XDATA to the entities for information on how the item can be scaled, stretched, etc.
        • E.g. a line might have the XDATA “transform” with value “translate(length-5, 0)” which would mean that the line has to be moved ‘length-5’ to the right, where ‘length’ is the current value of the ‘length’ parameter in the XML data file. Similarly, there could be functions like “moveEndpoint”, “moveStartpoint” or even “rotate”, “mirror”, etc.
      • XML file could contain all data and refer to a .js file that is used to generate the specific drawing. E.g.:
<!-- XML document defines a name template to use for the generated parts: -->
"DIN_912_M%1_L%2""din_912.js""DXF"
	<!-- Attributes to use for the name template -->
	"d"
	"L"
 
	<!-- For each type of the specific part, we define some parameters that 
		are identical for that type (here M3): -->
	"3""5.5""2.5""3""18"
		<!-- For each of these elements, a DXF file is generated. This DXF file 
			is generated with file name "DIN_912_M3_L22.dxf" and parameters d="3" D="5.5" 
			s="2.5" k="3" b="18" L="22": -->
		"var1"
		"var2"
		"60"
 
 
	"M4""7""3""4""3""20"
		"var1"
 
 
	"var1"
		"22"
		"25"
		"30"
		"35"
		"40"
		"45"
		"50"
 
 
	"var2"
		"70"
 
 
 
 114 QCAD (main)TaskLow Create QCAD Cheat Sheet Closed
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Task Description

Cheat Sheet which lists all QCAD tools with icon, key code and explanation

Possibly two versions for Windows / Linux and Mac

 129 QCAD (main)TaskLow Image entity Closed
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Task Description

Implement RImageEntity and related classes.

DONE

Image in block

Image insertion tool:

  • change size in options tool bar: keep ratio

Image file look up:

  • absolute path
  • relative path (?)
  • same path as drawing file

Image display:

  • draft: border
  • normal: image
  • preview: border (or image for small file)

Move, rotate, ...

POSTPONED

Selection with click inside image

Move reference points to scale

 131 QCAD (main)TaskLow Create block Closed
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Task Description

Create block from selection

 132 QCAD (main)TaskLow Snap restrictions Closed
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Task Description

Implement snap restrictions

 133 QCAD (main)TaskLow Set relative zero point Closed
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Task Description

Set relative zero point tool.

 134 QCAD (main)TaskLow Lock relative zero Closed
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Task Description

Lock relative zero tool

 135 QCAD (main)TaskLow Lock layers Closed
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Task Description

Implement layer locking

 136 QCAD (main)TaskLow Isometric projection Closed
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Task Description

Implement isometric projection tool

 227 QCAD (main)TaskLow Library browser as separate tool Closed
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Task Description

Split up library browser as separate, QCAD independent tool.

TODO

- Potential interaction with other products / release as separate product?

DONE

- Remove DB dependency from QCAD 3.
- start-up splash screen
- avoid drop in browser widget
- app name
- menu (exit, about, preferences)
- preference dialog
- fix app icon
- window title
- library browser as single app
- raise window to the top on start

Motivation

- Make QCAD 3 more reliable to start.
- Make QCAD 3 faster to start (if library browser not used).
- Reduce memory usage if library browser not open.

Interface with QCAD 3

- Launch Library browser from menu or tool button.

QCAD launches library browser for example as:
./QCAD -autostart scripts/Tools/LibraryBrowser/LibraryBrowser.js

- Insertion of library parts with drag and drop (like so far). No change should be required for this (?).

 321 QCAD (main)TaskLow Add license to ECMAScript files Closed
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Task Description

Add license header for all ECMAScript files.

 347 QCAD (main)TaskLow Investigate QPainter warnings when running QCAD in -no- ...Closed
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Task Description

Invastiagte QPainter warnings when running QCAD in -no-gui mode

See forum:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1653&start=45

 928 QCAD (main)TaskLow CXF font editing Closed
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1 Task Description

Port CXF font editor to QCAD 3.
- Load CXF fonts (load glyphs into blocks)
- Save back to CXF format

 1507 QCAD (main)TaskLow Improve arc rendering for screen-based linetypes Closed
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Task Description

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=4566

2130QCAD (main)TaskLowText: Text dialog removes tabsAssigned
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Task Description

Text dialog (QTextEdit) strips tabs in toHtml.
If tabs can be retained, text entities could support tabs.

 146 QCAD (main)RefactoringLow cloning entities: optional ID cloning Closed
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Task Description

add parameter to REntity::clone to allow cloning without cloning object ID.

 610 QCAD (main)RefactoringLow replace QMdiArea with QTabBar and QWidgetStack Closed
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Task Description

QMdiChild widgets in an QMdiArea receive repaint and mouse events even if they are not active which slows down the user interface when having multiple MDI children open.

Long term, QMdiArea might have to be replaced with something else.

 6 QCAD (main)Performance IssueMedium Auto snap near splines Closed
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Task Description

Move cursor near spline, e.g. when drawing line with auto snap active.

 1123 QCAD (main)Performance IssueMedium Hatch in block causes performance problem Closed
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Task Description

Hatches in blocks cause poor performance while (auto-)snapping.
The lines that make up those hatches are included in the search for intersection points which is not desirable.

 169 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Image preview slow Closed
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Task Description

Preview when inserting image slow

 233 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Slower selection / manipulation Closed
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Task Description

Slower selection / manipulation compared to QCAD 2.

 391 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Complex blocks: moving with drag and drop shows whole b ...Closed
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Task Description

Complex blocks: moving with drag and drop shows whole block as preview (slow)

728QCAD (main)Performance IssueLowSlow loading of drawing with many block insertsAssigned
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1 Task Description

Slow loading of drawing with huge number of block inserts (more than 10000).

 914 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Invert selection: poor performance Closed
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Task Description

Inverting the current selection is significantly slower than select all, deselect all or other selection tools.

 1029 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Selecting many entities: poor performance Closed
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Task Description

Selecting a great number of entities (>10000) can be slow, likely due to updating the property editor.

 1052 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow (Isometric) projection: poor preview performance Closed
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Task Description

Preview performance can be improved by projecting only once and then moving / pasting the projection.

 1115 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Windows: slow file dialogs Closed
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Task Description

Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1

File > Open shows empty dialog for 1 minute, then shows dialog contents.

 1315 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Snap > Auto Snap: slow when snapping to complex polylin ...Closed
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Task Description

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3838

 1497 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Autosnap: hangs with very complex splines Closed
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Task Description

Splines with hundreds of control points or fit points can cause hangs when using auto snap near them.

 1610 QCAD/CAMPerformance IssueLow Switching from one drawing to another slow Closed
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Task Description

When switching from one drawing to another, the 3D view is updated which can be slow, especially for drawings with many text entities.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=4945

 1984 QCAD (main)Performance IssueLow Block > Create Block from Selection: Slow for large num ...Closed
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Task Description

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6672

 172 QCAD (main)Feature RequestMedium send to back / to front Closed
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Task Description

implement

 259 QCAD (main)Feature RequestMedium Chain dimensions Closed
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10 Task Description

Chain dimensions

 260 QCAD (main)Feature RequestMedium Reference dimensioning Closed
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8 Task Description

Reference dimensioning (baseline dimensioning)

Create multiple dimensions using the same base line.

693QCAD (main)Feature RequestMediumSupport for external references (XREF)Likely to be implemented
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28 Task Description

Support for external references (XREF)

 2 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow PDF Export Closed
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Task Description

Add PDF export from print preview.

 21 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Add line weight scale factor Closed
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1 Task Description

Required for extreme units such as Nanometers or Kilometers. See also FS#20

 69 TestsFeature RequestLow example file generator Closed
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Task Description

example file generator: adjust the print settings automatically, so the example file can be immediately printed to the chosen paper format / orientation without having to adjust the scale / offset

 86 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Block arrays Closed
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Task Description

Support arrays of block inserts.

 95 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Part Library: RDF Closed
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Task Description

Allow for multiple authors of one item.

This can be achieved by replacing the rs:author attribute of tag rdf:Description with:

 
 
    "John Doe"
    "Jane Doe"
 
 
 96 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow SVG Import Closed
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Task Description

Complete SvgImporter.js and SvgImport.js

  1. Implement SvgImporter.prototype.importFile to import the SVG file with the given fileName. Reading only all path data without any attributes or transformations is fine as a first step. SvgImporter.prototype.importFile() currently imports one hard coded path data as proof of concept.
  2. Implement SvgImport.prototype.beginEvent() to show a file open dialog that lets the user choose an SVG file to import.
  3. Support SVG as file format for part library items through SvgImporter

This should be enough to import any SVG file in library/symbols

 111 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Switch for line width display Closed
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Task Description

Switch on / off line width display (display mode between normal and draft)

 116 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Show polyline area in property editor Closed
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2 Task Description

Show area of closed polyline, hatch, solid fill in property editor.

 126 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Snap to reference points of arcs Closed
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Task Description

Snap to reference points does not work for arc entities as one would expect.
The four points on the arc at angles 0,90,180,270 should be reference points (like for circles).

 130 QCAD (main)Feature RequestLow Measuring tools Closed
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Task Description

Implement measurement (info) tools (see QCAD 2)

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