QCAD Bugtracker

Many thanks Andrew for your input on task  FS#2359 .
However there were two other issues mentioned in the first task that seem to have been overlooked.
Italic text appears and disappears as I zoom in and out and if I try to insert italic text it will not show as italic on screen. Also when I try to insert an ‘ohm’ special character I only get a ‘?’ question mark.
Apologies if I’m doing something silly !!
Regards
Richard

Note that my operating system is Windows 11. Recently updated from 32 bit (3.24.3.0) on old machine to 64bit version (3.27.3) on new computer. Old drawings transferred across to new version. Now bits of text missing. I can overcome bits of text missing by selecting View-Screen based Linetypes but when I print the text has bits missing once again. Some text appears and then disappears as you zoom in and out and selecting View screen based linetypes has no effect. Also I have noticed that the special character Ohm symbol shows as ? on screen. Also not possible to put Italic letters on drawing.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9275

See also:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9274

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9273

Note: drawing stays “modified” after saving from dialog.

Recursion in move, rotate, mirror, stretch of viewport entity.

Hello,
I’ve quite often the task to transfer changes from one set of drawings to another (similar) set.
My ideal setup would be to open one set in one window and the other set in another window.
Both windows would be aranged side-by-side (larger monitor).
Unfortunately Qcad (I’m using the Pro version) does not allow to be started twice in parallel.
Not even Qcad-trial runs concurrently to Qcad-Pro.

So my request is to be able to run two instances of Qcad-Pro in parallel.

It’s ok if the second instance is in a kind of read-only mode where neither data not tool-settings
can be changed.
It’s also ok if number of concurrent instances is limitted to 2.

Best regards,
Klaus

Hi Andrew

The Icons are missing on the Quick Modify Toolbar..

Cheers
John

QCAD/CAM
Version: 3.27.1.0 (3.27.1)
QCAD.org
Build Date: Dec 13 2021
Revision: 2726424
Qt Version: 5.8.0
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: gcc 4.8.1

PS Also missing on windows version 3.27.1
See Forum Post below.
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9220

Drawing inch / imperial

If I add a Viewport imperial scales for that Viewport like 1” = 32’ are not accepted. Accepted are only metric scales like 1/100.

Please see also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=9206

On the current version of QCAD (used on a M1 MacBook Pro) you can set a keyboard shortcut timeout which I have set to 5000, 5seconds is ok to press two keys and press return. However I find this this method of selecting the command line is not consistent, its selection time varies from approx 0.5sec up to 5sec which leads to incorrect command selection.

To get around this at preset I use a mouse click to select the command line which works every time.

An option not to use the keyboard time would be better so the space bar selects command line, return key executes and closes or Esc cancels and closes selection

Hope you can look into this
Regards Paul

File > Print
Set copies to 2
4 sheets are printed.

Throws me out of QCad consistently:

1. Have a polyline selected.
2. Click partial polyline along selection and click the first point on the polyline.
3. Hit escape key or similar to exit the tool.

Reference point not taken into account when projecting dimension entities.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9117

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new layer with color (e.g.) red.
2. Draw a line.
3. Make the layer invisible.
4. Edit the layer to change its color to (e.g.) green.
5. Make the layer visible.
The line will appear colored red.
If you save, close, and reopen the file, it will now appear green.

Andrew,
presumed not to be OS/version depending.

Referring to topic: https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9073.
An issue that has similarities with several topics,
and some bug reports (closed or still open).

• https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=8406
• https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=8343
• https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2063

Solid hatches in blocks that are scaled up seems to be crippled.
Very pronounced with arcs in the boundary.
I suspect that the arc interpolation isn’t scaled along with the Block Reference scale.

Another issue exists for patterned hatches in blocks.
I suspect that the hatch origin is kept as defined in the block. Applying the block reference insertion point and at scale as an offset to the hatch origin while rendering would:
- hatch the inserted block exactly the same as it is created in the block.
- reduce lagging and increase pattern accuracy/coherency there the hatch origin is at the same distance to the hatch as it is in the block.
I know this doesn’t solves anything when the block is created from entities and the hatch origin wasn’t close to the hatch itself.

Regards,
CVH

no task description

Hello,
I’m having issues with ordinate dimensions on a DXF file that is not scale 1:1.

Running on Windows 10
Qcad/Cam Pro V 3.27.1.0

Here is my scenario;

Step 1; Import CAD file “ScaleTest1142022.DXF” which is scaled at 1:2 from the previous software (Solidworks).
Step 2; Clean up file, scale up to 1:1 and move to XY zero.
Step 3; Add horizontal or vertical dimensions, they are correct. If I do ordinate dimensions, they are double of what they should be.
Outside of block is 1.0” x 6.0”, but ordinates come up as 2.0” x 12.0” When adding ordinate dimensions, there is a scale dropdown option, changing this seems to have no effect on anything.
Going into drawing preferences, Dimension settings, the size scale factor is 1.

On these dimensions, the linear measurement factor is set to 2, and the dimension displayed is not double what it really should be. All other horizontal and vertical dimensions added have the linear measurement factor set to 1 and the dimensions are correct.

Is there a way to force the “LMF” to 1 always?

As we know it is easy to copy our own hatches (.pat) to QCAD but unfortunately with every QCAD update I’ve to move those files to a new location.

This said - it would be nice to have the possibility to tell QCAD the source for such customized hatch collection. Similar to the “Library Source” feature for the Library Browser.

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9025

Spam

Please see the reported issue below:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=8994&p=35889#p35889

The library items is designed only with hatches. Inserted within the Library Browser will lead to a wildly displaced reference point position. The then in the drawing available block inserted again from the Block List will show the original correct reference.

On the other hand - Library Items designed with common entities like circle, line etc. behave in both cases normal as expected.

dwg2csv -l

Exception when trying to list properties for RDwgStyle

Exploded a simple text A into polylines. exploded polylines into lines and arcs. modified by using trim and break out segment. result makes a bunch of zero length entities. can be found and eliminated by using detect zero length, but casual user just see a bunch of errors in the dxf r21 file.
0
ARC

5

59
330
4CA
100
AcDbEntity

8

hatch

6

Continuous
62

   7

100
AcDbCircle
10
5.403666619400000E+98
20
8.414296587700000E+98
30
0.0
40
1.000000000000000E+99
100
AcDbArc
50
237.2913973989
51
237.2913973989

as you can see the coordinates are wacko and start and end angles are the same.

If I convert to an other unit it will only change the unit name - no dim (Existing or new) is calculated regarding to the new unit.

Possibly related to  FS#2309 

When toggling the plotability of the viewport layer, the Arial fonts inside the viewport when viewing the paperspace disappear or move when plotability is turned off. This does not occur for the CAD Standard font, and it does not happen with text that is not brought in via a viewport, such as from a block or added directly into paperspace. I have attached a DXF and a video file that shows the odd behavior.

I am using QCAD 3.27.0 and Win10 Pro.

Please refer to topic: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8921

- Launch QCAD-Pro 3.26.4.13, Status Bar is off by default
- Set menu View > Status Bar on
- The Status Bar is showed but the menu options remains unchecked
- Quit QCAD-Pro
- At launch QCAD-Pro opens with the Status Bar toggled off
- Set View > Status Bar on (or issue GS from command line)
- At the next launch the Status Bar is off

Note: the preference StatusBar in the .ini file has the value “false” when it should be “true”. Changing the value manually to “true” makes the Status Bar appear just for the next launch of QCAD then the preference is reset to “false” by QCAD.

- Deleted the .ini file, same behavior
- Changed user, same behavior
- Tried on MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan), same behavior

QCAD Professional

Version: 3.26.4.13 (3.26.4.13)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Nov 18 2021
Revision: fbb9f37
Qt Version: 5.10.1
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: Clang 8.0.0

Riepilogo hardware:

Nome modello: iMac
Identificatore modello: iMac12,1
Nome processore: Intel Core i5
Velocità processore: 2,5 GHz Numero di processori: 1
Numero totale di Core: 4
Cache L2 (per Core): 256 KB
Cache L3: 6 MB Memoria: 16 GB Versione Boot ROM: 87.0.0.0.0
Versione SMC (sistema): 1.71f22

Please refer to topic https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8902

- Upgraded from QCAD-Pro 3.22.1.0 to 3.26.4.13 (snapshot)
- Launch QCAD-Pro and set Restore open files preference ON
- Create a new test drawing and save without closing it
- Quit QCAD-Pro
- Launch QCAD-Pro, it opens with an empty drawing

- Deleted the .ini file, same behavior
- Changed user, same behavior
- Tried on MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan), same behavior

QCAD Professional

Version: 3.26.4.13 (3.26.4.13)
Internet: QCAD.org
Build Date: Nov 18 2021
Revision: fbb9f37
Qt Version: 5.10.1
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: Clang 8.0.0

Riepilogo hardware:

Nome modello:	iMac
Identificatore modello:	iMac12,1
Nome processore:	Intel Core i5
Velocità processore:	2,5 GHz
Numero di processori:	1
Numero totale di Core:	4
Cache L2 (per Core):	256 KB
Cache L3:	6 MB
Memoria:	16 GB
Versione Boot ROM:	87.0.0.0.0
Versione SMC (sistema):	1.71f22

OpenDesign bug (endless loop or very long delay) in OdDbSpline::getDistAtParam.

Hi Andrew

The Pre-Installed & User Generated Themes Affect Some Comboboxes
Others May Also be Affected But I’ve Only Noticed These Recently..
They Appear to be OK with Default & Dark Themes Though..

Cheers
John

QCAD/CAM
Version: 3.26.4 “File:Autosave”

Version: 3.26.4.13 snapshot “Widgets:Property Editor & File:Autosave”
Build Date: Nov 18 2021
Revision: fbb9f37
Qt Version: 5.8.0
Architecture: x86_64
Compiler: gcc 4.8.1

cd ../qcad-3.26.4.14.tar.gz/ && ( test -e Makefile || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile /home/li/下载/qcad-3.26.4.14.tar.gz/qcad-3.26.4.14.tar.gz.pro CONFIG+=ractivated ) && make -f Makefile debug
Cannot find file: /home/li/下载/qcad-3.26.4.14.tar.gz/qcad-3.26.4.14.tar.gz.pro.
make: *** [Makefile:308：sub—-qcad-3-26-4-14-tar-gz-debug_ordered] 错误 2

NewLayer always complains about a missing parent layer.

I could not figure out how to create Layers from a CSV file,
I tried DrawCSV_Layer_test.csv which is a reference test from the qcad repo but NewLayer always returns “Parent layer doesn’t exist.”

Reading from file: /home/zem/DrawCSV_Layer_test.csv
Switched to semicolon/comma CSV style.
Layer doesn't exist, ignored. Text line 20 layer: 0 Entity Colors
Not a correct layer name. Text line 24 name: Invalid=`name`
Add/Update layer ignored.
Not a correct color. Text line 25 color: ByBlock
Add/Update layer ignored.
Not a correct Lineweight. Text line 26 weight: 999
Add/Update layer ignored.
Not a correct Linetype. Text line 27 type: Orange line
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 31 layer: MyLayerInvalid paren
Add/Update layer ignored.
Can not hide layer, ignored. Text line 34 layer: Invalid Hide
Can not freeze layer, ignored. Text line 35 layer: Invalid FreezeInvalid SUB
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 36 layer: Invalid Lock
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 37 layer: Invalid=`name`
Can not allow layer, ignored. Text line 38 layer: Invalid Allow
Can not switch to layer, ignored. Text line 39 layer: Invalid layer switch
Can not switch to layer, ignored. Text line 40 layer: Invalid=`name`
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 43 layer: 01 Gree
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 44 layer: 02 Parent
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 45 layer: 02 Parent1Sub
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 46 layer: 02 Parent1Sub1SubSub1 
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 47 layer: 03 Parent
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 48 layer: 03 Parent2Sub
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 49 layer: 03 Parent2Sub2SubSub
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 50 layer: 04 Parent
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 51 layer: 04 Parent3Sub
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 52 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3SubSub
Add/Update layer ignored.
Parent layer doesn't exist. Text line 53 layer: Last New &Curren
Add/Update layer ignored.
Can not hide layer, ignored. Text line 56 layer: 03 Parent2
Can not freeze layer, ignored. Text line 57 layer: 03 Parent2Sub2
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 58 layer: 03 Parent2Sub2SubSub2
Can not hide layer, ignored. Text line 60 layer: 04 Parent3
Can not freeze layer, ignored. Text line 61 layer: 04 Parent3
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 62 layer: 04 Parent3
Can not hide layer, ignored. Text line 63 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3
Can not freeze layer, ignored. Text line 64 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 65 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3
Can not hide layer, ignored. Text line 66 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3SubSub3
Can not freeze layer, ignored. Text line 67 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3SubSub3
Can not lock layer, ignored. Text line 68 layer: 04 Parent3Sub3SubSub3
Can not allow layer, ignored. Text line 70 layer: 04 Parent3
Can not switch to layer, ignored. Text line 76 layer: 02 Parent1Sub1SubSub1 %
Layer doesn't exist, ignored. Text line 82 layer: 02 Parent1
Can not switch to layer, ignored. Text line 85 layer: 02 Parent1Sub1SubSub1 %
Casted entries : 4 with 90 text lines
Importing CSV complete. Command ended.

No layers are added in the resulting drawing.

OS here is fedora 34 and qcad is either from fedora or rpmfusion.

Andrew,

Encountered with snapshot 3.26.4.9
On both a 32bit win7 and a Linux machine.
But probably not related to version nor OS.

The calculated area centroid position for a self-intersecting shape is invalid.
Therefor polylines and splines are checked for their self intersection nature.
Polylines with line segments require a tolerance of 1e-6.
For polylines with arc segments there is no easy to formulate value.
Reverted to something less strict than the arc connect tolerance: 1.1e-3
Refer to: https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8526&p=34056#p33694

RSpline.getSelfIntersectionPoints() has no tolerance value.

Some perfect valid spline shapes fail this test.
Not related to the XP spline approx tolerance preference.
Related to orientation, try the failing shape when reversed in situ.
Related to their position in the plane, see translated examples.

Reproducible with control point splines.
Reproducible when rotating the shape.
Such failing closed splines can be hatched and an area centroid is returned.

Regards,
CVH

PS: Got a notice posting this:
“Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/qcadch/public_html/bugtracker/scripts/details.php on line 222”