QCAD Bugtracker

I know that I can’t stretch a block in Model space but a block completely inside a Blocks should move. It doesn’t works that way in 3.22.0.3

Case: My last “Print preview” setting was “Multiple Pages” = 4
QCAD will remember this setting until I change it.

If I then - maybe days later - start a “Print current view” out of my drawing then QCAD will show me the current view on ONE page. Exactly what I expected. If I start the print QCAD will print on FOUR pages regarding to the last “Print preview” setting. Not what I was looking for ....

Now knowing what will happen I launch “Print current view”, see my current view on ONE page, launch the “Drawing preferences”, see that FOUR is the number for pages, doesn’t change anything and cancel the dialog. NOW I can see that FOUR pages are used for the current view print.

That is confusing and it would be nice to have somehow more control over this behavior.

1. Create polyline with global width (e.g. 10)
2. Scale polyline by factors X=-1, Y=1
3. Polyline loses width

In the attached drawing, the origin is at the lower left, but $EXTMAX 10 = 0, 20 = .66473 and $EXTMIN = 10 = 3.2, 20 = 0

The X value for $EXTMAX should be 3.2
The X value for #EXTMIN should be 0

the following is an excerpt from the file
$EXTMIN
10
3.2
20
0.664730029289
30
0.0

9

$EXTMAX
10
0.0
20
0.0
30
0.0

Please can you provided a worked example for scripting (I can’t find anything similar in the Help/Book)?

I have a 2D drawing that has a segmented circle that is divided into 12/16/20 segments etc.

I want to show this in a side 2D view e.g. there are 6/8/10 segments visible to fill in a rectangle.

I can manually calculate the distance to draw vertical “fill” lines by calculating the angle of the end of each segment. With the option to rotate the position of the lines by half/third of a segment.

A simple example with only 2 segments visible, it’s 0, 50% and 100%.
With 4 segments, it’s tan(22.5), tan(45), -tan(45) and 90 degrees that’s approximately 41%, 50%, 59% and 100%.

So the task, is to receive the coordinates of the area e.g. a rectangle, divide the rectangle into unequal smaller rectangles.

I imagine that a 3D program can do this, but I want to do something similar. Perhaps this is more easily applied - I’m new to CAD and QCAD.

QCAD Community, built from Git HEAD (bf30371), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 x64), Qt 5.10.1, fresh build on a completely clean, new checkout.

Warning:  QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it.
17:00:05: Debug:    RDxfPlugin::init
17:00:05: Debug:    RScriptsPlugin::init
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qtbase_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qt_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "assistant_en"
Warning:  Cannot load translation: "qt_help_en"
Warning:  Qt WebEngine seems to be initialized from a plugin. Please set Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts using QCoreApplication::setAttribute before constructing QGuiApplication.
Warning:  action not found: "Scheme"
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "TypeError: Result of expression 'global[defaultActionClass].init' [undefined] is not a function."
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "TypeError: Result of expression 'global[defaultActionClass].init' [undefined] is not a function."
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
Warning:  At least one uncaught exception:
Warning:  "<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:522\n<anonymous>(documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x55651e9299c0)) at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:472\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:251\n<anonymous>() at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:109\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:209\nmain() at scripts/autostart.js:794\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:832"
17:00:07: Debug:    "<global>() at 522"

My best guess is this was introduced sometime during last week or thereabouts (i.e. before that, Git HEAD used to work fine).

Scenario:

launch BE / Edit contents of selected block,
Pencil symbol shows that this block is now in edit mode,
launch Rename Block / rename it, confirm with ok, dialog closes,
renaming doesn’t works, pencil symbol is still on that block,
try to launch rename block again - doesn’t work anymore,
return to main drawing,
if I then select this block it will show the new name in the Property editor but not in the block list,
if I try to open this block within the block list again it doesn’t works,
if I open this block within a double-click in my drawing it will open but the pencil isn’t shown.

Hello

I noticed that
when the dark scheme has been chosen
the shortcut for any toolbar tool, shown inside tool tooltip
has color similar to the tooltip background
which makes it invisible.

QCAD version 3.22.0.0 (3.22.0) revision 2ba5a26
Checked on Windos, Suse, Archlinux.

Best regards
Jacek

When doing the selection shown in attached image, only horizontal line gets selected.

This only happen in some drawings. When starting a new drawing all selects as expected but when increasing complexity some lines can’t be selected using crossing selection.

If you copy/paste to new file it’s still not working, nor in other computer.

Create new drawing.
Add new layer (Layer 1)
Layer 0 still selected (highlighted) but new entities drawn on Layer 1

Very best

Block array column and row spacing not scaled in unit conversion.

If the print preview is opened automatically using File > PDF Export, the print preview does not open correctly or is unclosable (script exception).

using the trim (RM) command
the drawing has a circle with a line going through it. I want to trim the line ends to the circle with the remaining lines inside the circle.
select the circle as limiting entity.
command line says Choose entity to trim. click the line on the right side of center, the excess line on the right is properly trimmed.
command line says Choose entity to trim. Click the remaining line inside the circle on the left side of center. nothing happens.

if I exit the trim command and re-enter, now I can trim the left side of the line

Layers issue has returned. Add new layer and the new layer, even though active, is not highlighted although the pencil icon shows. And in some cases no layers are highlighted after the new layer is added or the wrong layer is highlighted after adding new layer. 3.22.09

1.
\fGOST Common|b0|i1|c204|p34|;Text - not correctly recognized in Qcad, displays all content (with last “|”, so forms AutoCAD)
\fGOST Common|b0|i1|c204|p34;Text - normally recognized in Qcad

2.
Line spacing (\pxsm1; \pxsm2; \pxsm3; etc.) is not recognized in Qcad:

\pxsm1;{Text\PText}

output as:

xsm1;Text
Text

SVG / XML output is invalid if text contains “–“.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6254

A margin of 0px can still lead to a margin if width is much larger than height or vice versa.

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6257

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6267

Create text with formatting:

\fArial|b0|i1|c0|p0;R\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p0;\S^2;

i.e. Capital, italic R with subscript 2 (not italic).

Edit text.

Formatting changed to (invalid):

\fArial|b0|i1|c0|p0;R\S^\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p0;2;

I’m not able to import any dxf or dwg.

I guess I’ve discovered a bug:

Text elements align the same no matter if “base” or “bottom” alignment is chosen. The text is “shifting” (in both cases) when the characteristic “contains glyphs that cross the base line” is changed. Same shifting also occurs with text aligned “top” with having no glyphs reaching the top-line.
I assume this isn’t the intended behaviour ...

For demonstration I attached a file where I’ve put lines (to align with) and three sample texts “as” (only “center”-glyphs), “aps” (glyph crossing base-line) and “this” (glyphs reaching top-line), each aligned with all vertical alignment-options (1-top, 2-midlle , 3-base , 4-bottom).

Hope fixing this dosen’t take too much effort.
Regards,
Volker

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?p=23723

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6327

The problem is related to PDSIZE being set to 0 which means “5% of drawing area height”.

Layer states in DXF/DWG files may contain NULL layers (likely deleted layers). Import fails in these cases.

QCAD community edition.

I use this program to generate CAM data. Whenever I save a the same text in different layers - one of the layers saved has broken lines. I have to spend hours extending and trimming each segment to reattach them.

Duplicate problem:

New file
Add some text
Explode into lines
Add layer
Add same text to same location on new layer
Explode into lines
Save file

Win7/32bit
QCADpro 3.22.1.0

Full 360 degrees Arcs don’t convert correct to polylines with the methods OG and OC.
Both methods create a zero-length open type Polyline and remove the full Arc.
OG creates a Poly with 2 vertexes at the startpoint (= endpoint) and OC one with 0 (zero!) vertexes.
The firts one is selectable, the second one only with ‘Select All’//TA because there are no references.

The OL method with the same start and endpoint doens’t affect the full arc.
Neither a poly is created nor an error is generated that the method failed.

Typical the bulge of the OG method is (-)16331239353195370, the OC method has no references.
The math to calculate the bulge should result in a division by zero or an illegal function as tan(π/2).
Therefore a polyline can’t contain a 360 degrees arc by standard means.

From the OC method is known that it simplify coradial arc strings to a single arc.
This should not result in 360 degrees arcs what would result in zero-length segments.
(With CAM fuzzy things may happen at such positions)

Simplifying coradial arcs strings that would create a 360 degrees arc should result in no less then two coradial Arcs.
The OG method will then creates a open Poly with 3 vertexes, OC a closed one with 2 vertexes.

Found while fiddling around with editing CXF fonts.
CXF uses full Arcs, two half arcs and even polylines with coradial segments that forms circles are supported,
the OC closed polyline with 2 vertexes is recoded as two 180 degree Arcs (90-270&270-90).

Regards
CVH

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=6377

Regression caused by fix to  FS#1899 .

Please take a look at 1898 again. There is a problem.

Set up a spline with control points let’s say of the order 3.
Clone it 3 times with some offset in x&y.
Edit the degree property and set 1ste to 1, 2nd to 2, aso
Draw select partially from right to left.
Those of the order 1 and 4 aren’t selected.

Regards

Win7pro 32bit Wininstaller Qcadpro 3.23.0

Draw an arc.
Select the arc.
In Property Editor:
Set start angle to 135
Set end angle to 135

SweepAngle = */-360

edit the end angle and add “+360”, hit enter

SweepAngle = 0

An arc with zero sweep is a point.
A point is not an arc.
With the same start and end parameter an arc should have a sweep of +/-360.
As for entries by points or by angles.

Regards

Win7pro 32bit Wininstaller Qcadpro 3.23.0

With a polyline.

Select the poly.
Pick any reference point of a vertex.
Place it on any of its neighboring vertex reference points.

A null-segment is created.
The placement can not be undone by re-picking the reference point.
Can be Undone/Redone.
The action can result from editing the vertex coordinates.
When exploding null-entities are created.

This action should delete:
- if the target is next: the picked vertex. (incl. start or end-1)
- if the target is prior: the targetted vertex. (incl. start or end-1)
- if the target is and next and prior: both the prior and the picked vertex.

As the user intentionally places any vertex reference points on:
- any excluding its neighbors:
→ the intented nature is ‘Self-Touching’, ‘Self-Crossing’ or ‘Trace-Back’.
- any of its neighbors:
→ the intention is to delete the segment(s).

Regards

Drawing and PrintPreview are consistent, but printout differs : rectangle missing (bottom right), line missing (bottom green line) - see att. Error can be reproduced, after saves and restores.
A VERY elementary WYSIWIG-problem....

Hatches with arc boundaries are exported as crude polygons.

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6494

In the Advance SVG Export dialog, when I edit the filename to be different than the default file that already exists and then clear the checkbox for “Overwrite existing file without asking” just to make sure that I haven’t already created a file with the modified name as well, then I get a popup warning that the export would overwrite the default filename, not the name as edited. In other words, the overwrite check ignored the fact that I edited the filename.

Observed on MacOS Mojave (10.14), but probably applies to all.

Startup preferences

On Mac 10.14.6: QCAD Pro → Preferences... → Startup

Check or uncheck “Enable Splash Screen”

1. Restart of QCAD, the splash screen with Initialising add-ons xx% is identical

2. Apply, Cancel and OK buttons - why have both Apply and OK buttons?

The attached file is not saving font preference.
All fonts on the online layer are reported as the standard font. If I highlight one or all of the text entities and change the font to something like Yu gothic light, the property page reports yu gothic light and the screen reflects the changed font.
If I save, close and reload, the fonts for all text is again “standard”.

So then I try to enter new text via the “A” draw text command icon. I select “Broadway.ttf” as the main font in the text entry dialog.
One word “Broadway” is entered as the text. it appears on the upper left of the screen as expected and the font name is Broadway in the property editor. If I look at the dxf file source there is a whole bunch of text styles.
I save and close the file, and then open it again. Now the word Broadway has changed to font name “standard” in the property editor and is very definitely not the Broadway.ttf font.

I am not the originator of the file, I am just trying to change the font. If I start a new file and enter new text the font saves just fine, so I am thinking it is a setting somewhere, but I am unable to find it.

We (me and my customers) use these files for engraving so exact font is critical.

The attached drawing shows two large concentric circles when viewed in QCAD but the inner circle is missing when viewed in other CAD programmes. This cost $50 in rework as my laser cutting was not cut correctly!

The result of the tool CT2 depends on the position where the circle is constructed.

See also https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=6577&p=24772#p24772