Quick Access
QCAD
QCAD/CAM
dxflib
Détails
Écrit par Andrew Mustun
Publication : 16 mars 2012
Mis à jour : 18 avril 2018
Next Release:
QCAD Professional:
Command line tools:
dwg2pdf:
add -center to center drawing on page
add -list-printers to list available printer names
add -offset to set offset of drawing
add -printer to directly print to a given or the default printer
add -scale to set drawing scale
add -point-size to set point size in mm
Bug fixes:
3.20.1 (2018/04/13):
3.20.0 (2018/04/12):
QCAD API:
Add support for property attributes for custom properties
Read-only
Undeletable
Invisible
Choices (combo box)
Allow translation of custom property labels
macOS:
Update to Qt 5.10
Fix crash when loading files on certain installations of macOS 10.12, 10.13.
Translations:
Add support for complex plural forms in certain languages (singular, paucal, plural)
Complete Polish translation
Deployment:
Bundle script files and resources as plugin (speed up installation, updates and start up)
QCAD Professional:
Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Property Editor > Allow adding custom properties:
Enable/disable adding of custom properties
Edit > Application Preferences > Edit > Move:
Add preference to enable/disable moving selection using arrow keys
Edit > Drawing Preferences > General > Linetype:
Add preference: Scale of linetypes matches the scale of each viewport
View > Property Editor:
Add clockwise / counterclockwise property for polylines
Add width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
QCAD/CAM:
Inserting tabs (bridges) to hold sheet cutout in place
Postprocessors:
Add postprocessors for grbl
LinuxCNC:
Add tool list to header (G10 L1 P.. R..)
Bug fixes:
3.19.2 (2017/12/20):
Modify > Stretch:
Only stretch selected entities if there is a selection
File > Bitmap Export:
Add option for transparent background
Add option to only export bounding box of selection
macOS:
Restructure app bundle for approval by Gatekeeper
QCAD Professional:
Layer > Add layer / Edit layer:
Enable / disable snapping per layer
Enable / disable printing per layer
Edit > Quick Modify > Move Left/Right/Up/Down:
Move selection using arrow keys
Move selection with multiplier using shift and arrow keys
Edit > Application Preferences > Edit > Move:
Add preference for step distance when moving using arrow keys
Add preference for step multiplier when moving using shift and arrow keys
Misc > Information:
Store positions:
Store positions of selected points, circles, polylines, etc.
Use positions:
Use previously stored positions for a subsequent drawing tool or for pasting, etc.
QCAD/CAM:
Postprocessors
Add postprocessor for Mach3 / Laser cutters
Add postprocessor for UCCNC
Add support for drill toolpaths
Based on points or circles
Bug fixes:
3.19.1 (2017/11/11):
Linux, macOS:
Remove unnecessary libraries
QCAD Professional:
Edit > Convert Drawing Unit:
Bug fixes:
3.19.0 (2017/11/08):
Modify > Explode:
Make sure draw order of exploded polyline segments matches order of original polyline (draw order based on draw order property and entity ID)
File > New:
Use default layer color and lineweight for layer 0
Load TTF fonts in "fonts" directory
Add osifont
Performance improvement for drawings with many blocks
QCAD Professional:
Introducing layouts and viewports for advanced printing
Draw:
Viewport > Add Viewport
Define viewport in model space and place into layout / paper space
Setting scale of viewport
Setting rotation angle of viewport
Polyline > Create from Selected Entities:
Convert selected splines to arc segments
Dimension:
Add option to automatically set linear factor, depending on underlying viewport
Edit > Application Preferences:
Open/Save > Templates:
Add preference for default template used for new drawings
File > Print Preview:
Add preference to automatically switch to print preview for layout blocks
Block:
Rename:
Remove Block:
Delete also layout / paper space blocks
Add Layout Block:
File > Print:
Store printer and paper settings for each block or layout / paper space
Layer list:
Remember / store collapsed state of layers
Command line tools:
dwg2bmp, dwg2maptiles, dwg2pdf, dwg2svg:
Accept layout name (or block name) for -block switch
dwg2svg:
Add clip paths for viewports
Fix Teigha related crash in Linux 32bit binary
Fix "by layer" line weight and line style of entities rendered in viewports
QCAD/CAM:
Fix omitted last level when using multiple passes (rounding issue)
Add postprocessor "DXF":
This postprocessor writes the CAM path in the right order to DXF
Add configuration options:
Interpolate splines as arcs
Interpolate ellipses as arcs
Flatten output to 2D
Open output in QCAD after generating
DXF output format version
Bug fixes:
3.18.1 (2017/10/05):
Leaders:
Add scale property (scale of arrow head)
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Prevent white on white / black on black display:
Add preference to only apply to model space
QCAD Professional:
Misc:
Modify > Set Attributes by Layer:
Change all attributes from all entities to "By Layer"
Draw > Viewport > Add Viewport:
Add a viewport to a paper space block (experimental)
QCAD/CAM:
Add postprocessors for LinuxCNC
Bug fixes:
3.18.0 (2017/09/22)
Remember maximized status of window between sessions
Translations:
Updated Japanese user interface translation
QCAD Professional:
Draw:
Polyline:
Create from Segments:
Convert connected splines to arc segments
Arc to Line Segments:
Convert arc segments into straight line segments
Hatch from Segments:
Show warning if hatch boundary is not closed
Allow user to add / remove more segments if boundary is not closed
Context menu:
Command line tools:
dwg2maptiles:
Tile with y=0 is at the top by default (WMS)
Add switch -tms for y=0 at the bottom (TMS)
Performance improvements
Add options for generating output with multiple processes:
Add switch -e ROW,COL to specify a single tile to generate
Add switch -s N,M to generate subsection N of M subsections
Extend switch -z to accept ranges of zoom levels to generate (e.g. 3-3, 3-5 or 1,3,5)
Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Layer List:
Add preference "Switching off means freeze" to choose between freezing or hiding layers
Misc > Modify > Reset Spline Tangents
Reset all start and end tangents of (selected) splines
Update to Teigha 4.3.1
Add read/write support for DXF/DWG R32 (2018)
Bug fixes:
3.17.3 (2017/06/30)
Modify:
Isometric Projection:
Add alternative projection types:
Scale:
Scale internal text formatting when scaling texts
Scale Text Heights:
Scale heights of selected texts (without changing the position)
QCAD/CAM:
Performance improvements:
Don't update 3D view when not visible
Improve performance when switching from one drawing to another (FS#1610 )
Bug fixes:
3.17.2 (2017/06/27)
Modify > Isometric Projection:
Add alternative projection types:
Planometric
Cabinet
Cavalier
QCAD Professional:
Modify > Explode:
Explode multi-line or formatted text into simple, single line text blocks
Modify > Isometric Projection:
User defined projection types
File > SVG Export:
Improved export of multi-line or formatted text entities
Block > Copy Block:
Create a copy of an existing block with a new name
Command line tools:
dwg2bmp, dwg2pdf, dwg2svg, dwg2maptiles
Add -layer switch: Comma-separated list of layer(s) to export
dwg2bmp:
Add -zoomall switch: Zoom to all layers, even if only some layers are exported
QCAD/CAM:
Bug fixes:
3.17.1 (2017/05/22)
QCAD Professional, QCAD/CAM:
Increase default tolerance for joining offset polyline segments to 0.005
Bug fixes:
3.17.0 (2017/05/18)
Edit > Application Preferences:
Graphics View > Behaviour > Highlight entity within range
Preference to enable / disable entity highlighting
Library Browser:
Remember and restore last used directory
Themes:
Allow themes to override tool icons
Platforms:
macOS:
Rollback to Qt 5.6.2
Fix pinch gesture zoom in / out using trackpad
QCAD Professional:
Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Layer List:
Add shortcuts to rotate counter-clockwise (,) or clockwise (.) on the fly during:
Edit > Paste
Block > Insert
Inserting library items
Draw > Text
Edit > Application Preferences > Edit > Rotate:
Add preference for rotation angle step
QCAD/CAM:
Post processors:
G-Code [mm]
G-Code with Offset [mm]
TNC 145 [mm]
TNC 430 [mm]
Tool management:
Tool list
Add tools
Edit tools
Remove tools
Toolpath management:
Toolpath list
Edit toolpath parameters
Remove toolpaths
Regenerate toolpaths from selection
Creating toolpaths from selected entities:
Profile toolpath:
Cutting Depths:
Passes:
Single pass
Multiple passes
Cutter radius compensation:
Side:
Direction:
Climbing (left)
Conventional (right)
Lead in / lead out
None
Normal
Extension
Half circle (calculated offset only)
Quarter circle (calculated offset only)
Eighth circle (calculated offset only)
Half circle [from center] (calculated offset or G41/G42)
Quarter circle [from center] (calculated offset or G41/G42)
Eighth circle [from center] (calculated offset or G41/G42)
Overcut
CAM Export:
Tool radius compensation:
as G41/G42
computed coordinates
Entity conversion:
Splines as tangentially connected arcs
Ellipses as arc segments
Arcs as line segments (optional)
Other complex entities as lines and arcs
Bug fixes:
3.16.7 (2017/03/21)
3.16.6 (2017/03/20)
Edit > Application / Drawing Preferences:
Dimensions:
Add preference to use comma instead of point as decimal separator
QCAD Professional:
Command line tools:
dwg2dwg:
Add switch for font substitution (-t FONT1:FONT2)
Platforms:
Linux:
Fix keyboard input (add plugin directory "platforminputcontexts")
64bit: Update to Qt 5.8.0
fix file dialog crash on some systems
Draw > Shape:
Add option to add solid fill for shape (rectangle or polygon)
Modify > Edit Text:
Focus on text input field when editing simple texts
Add shortcut to confirm text dialog: Ctrl-Enter (Cmd-Enter)
Misc > Draw > Dovetail from 2 Points:
Draw dovetail joins between two given points
Bug fixes:
3.16.5 (2017/02/09)
QCAD Professional:
Command line tools:
dwg2maptiles:
Add support for transparent background (-b "transparent"|"#FF000000"|"#FFFFFFFF")
dwg2dwg:
Add switch to change header variables (-s)
Add switch to change dimension font (-n)
Modify > Explode:
Improve geometry of exploded texts from CXF line fonts
Dimension:
Add scale property for ordinate dimensions
Platforms:
macOS:
Update to Qt 5.8.0
Fix accessibility related library dependency issues
Bug fixes:
3.16.4 (2017/01/04)
Command line tools:
Add offscreen Qt plugin to allow running QCAD command line tools in Linux server environments
Sign Windows and macOS packages and executables
QCAD Professional:
Modify > Explode:
Add preference to explode texts to polylines (with splines converted to arc segments)
Bug fixes:
3.16.3 (2016/12/28)
File > Bitmap Export...:
Add options for color, anti-aliasing, margin to compensate for lineweight
Edit > Convert Unit:
Converts the unit of a drawing
Part Library Browser:
Add gear generator item (default > Mechanics > Gears > InvoluteSpur)
QCAD Professional:
Draw > Hatch > Hatch from Segments:
Use selection color to highlight selected boundary
Save active layer in file, restore on load
Bug fixes:
3.16.2 (2016/12/20)
3.16.1 (2016/12/16)
Improved precision of arc rendering for screen-based linetypes
Bug fixes:
3.16.0 (2016/12/14)
QCAD Professional:
Modify > Offset:
Add preferences page with configurable tolerances
File > SVG Export:
Add option to export layer attributes (into QCAD namespace)
Edit > Application Preferences:
Printer Settings > Calibration:
Calibration of X/Y scale per printer to fine-tune printing to scale
Draw:
Hatch:
Hatch from Segments: Create hatch from clicked, untrimmed segments
Polyline:
Improved support for asian text codecs
Context menu:
Relocate start point of closed polyline
Reverse lines, arcs, ellipse arcs, polylines and splines
Command Line Tools:
Add -block switch to dwg2pdf, dwg2bmp, dwg2svg and dwg2maptiles
dwg2svg:
Add -layer-attribute switch to export layer attributes (into QCAD namespace)
dwg2bmp:
Add -noweightmargin switch to avoid extra margin to account for lineweights
Command line widget:
allow for multi-line input (pasting list of coordinates for lines, polylines, splines, etc.)
Modify:
Explode:
Explode block arrays into separate block references
Explode solid fills into boundary
Break out:
Break out segments from self-intersecting polylines
Misc:
Highlight start point of lines, arcs, ellipse arcs, polylines, splines when selected
Platforms:
Update to Qt 5 for all Linux and Windows builds and 64bit macOS build
Use MSI installer on Windows platforms
Bug fixes:
3.15.5 (2016/08/22)
QCAD Professional:
Normalize
Removes duplicate nodes in selected polylines
Relocate Start Point
Relocates the start point of a closed polyline to any point on the polyline
Offset
Redesigned polyline offset tool
Offset multiple selected polylines, handling holes and islands
QCAD Book / E-Book:
Updated figures for QCAD version 3.15
Bug fixes:
3.15.4 (2016/06/30)
3.15.3 (2016/06/13)
Add properties "Total Length", "Total Area" to show total length / total area of selection
Add angle property for polyline vertices
QCAD Professional:
Add support for Face entity type
Bug fixes:
3.15.2 (2016/05/31)
Updates to the QCAD Simple API :
Info:
Getting intersection points between entities
Viewing:
Aoom to given entity, box
Auto zoom
ECMAScript console:
Add tool Misc > Development > Run Script
Runs a script from a file on disk
Bug fixes:
3.15.1 (2016/05/25)
Add support for variables in command line calculator
Bug fixes:
3.15.0 (2016/05/23)
Improve polyline area calculation
Add new info tool to measure polyline area:
Integrate Command line calculator
Visually distinguish secondary reference points
Used to distinguish middle points of polyline arc segments from polyline nodes
Allow entities on locked layers to be chosen as limiting entity for trimming, base for parallels, etc.
Add templates for DIN6771-1, DIN7200
Prevent deletion of locked layers
Preferences:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Use full resolution for Retina display
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Maximum number of reference points displayed
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Colors > Selection > Secondary reference points
Add preference to use full (retina) resolution for graphics view:
Add preference for maximum number of displayed reference points:
Add preference for secondary reference point color:
QCAD Professional:
Add option to add node on segment
Command line tools:
Add dwg2dwg tool to convert between different releases of DXF and DWG
Context menu:
Add 'Change Segment Type' for polylines
Add 'Insert Node' for polylines
Add 'Auto Extend Polyline' for polylines
Add 'Auto Create Polyline' for lines and arcs
Add preference to show / hide clipboard operations
Draw > Polyline > Insert Node
Import and render dimension blocks along with dimensions (if available)
3.14.3 (2016/04/28)
Application Preferences:
Make conversion of splines to arcs / lines optional for SVG import: Edit > Application Preferences > File > SVG Import
Info > Polygonal Area:
Show result in sq ft (ft²) and sq in (in²) if unit is set to Inch
QCAD Professional:
Insert fit points into existing splines (Draw > Spline > Insert Fit Point or entity context menu)
Remove fit points from existing splines (Draw > Spline > Remove Fit Point or entity context menu)
QCAD/CAM:
Bug fixes:
3.14.2 (2016/04/19)
Fix various icons
Add more icons for dark themes
3.14.1 (2016/04/18)
Save DXF/DWG files with current layout set to model layout
Fixes data exchange with some other products which only import the current layout
Application Preferences:
Add "Dark" theme (experimental)
Make auto zoom on load optional: Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Auto Zoom > Auto zoom on load
Add theme preference: Edit > Application Preferences > General > Theme
QCAD Professional:
Fix integrated user manual (32bit Linux packages)
QCAD Community Edition:
3.14.0 (2016/04/11)
Support entry of angles in 10˚30'45" or 10d30'45" format
Fix highlighting of texts in blocks on mouse over
Use alpha numerical sorting for block list ("block 3" before "block 10")
QCAD Professional:
Use alpha numerical sorting for layer list ("layer 3" before "layer 10")
Load all paper space blocks
Show layout names in block list
QCAD/CAM:
Fix layer options
Save layer options in drawings
Bug fixes:
3.13.1 (2016/03/17)
3.13.0 (2016/03/16)
QCAD Professional:
Add minimum line weight argument to dwg2pdf
Add preference to show / hide tab bar:
Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Tab Bar
Property Editor:
Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Property Editor > Display properties of current block and current layer
Show area of polylines
Add preference to show and edit properties of current layer and current block:
Dimensions:
Add arc symbol to dimension tools options tool bar and context menu for line edits
Translations:
Complete translation of user interface to Dutch
Bug fixes:
3.12.8 (2016/02/17)
QCAD Professional:
Add svg2dwg (also to be used as svg2dxf) command line tool
Add preference to choose between system file dialog and Qt file dialog:
Edit > Application Preferences > File > Load/Save > Use system file dialog
Support direct value entry for tools with reference shortcuts (1-9)
Dragging end point of line while holding down the Shift key extends / shortens line
Bug fixes:
3.12.7 (2016/02/15)
Support drag and drop of https URLs into application window / graphics view
Choosing overlapping entities using the alt key and a left mouse button
Pressing any number key starts entering value into first input field in the options tool bar
Bug fixes:
3.12.6 (2016/01/28)
Introduce Tool Matrix as alternative to CAD Tool Bar
Reorganize tool bar context menu
Library Browser:
Draw > Polyline > Auto Close Polylines
Convert geometrically closed polylines into logically closed polylines
Bug fixes:
3.12.5 (2016/01/11)
QCAD Professional:
Optional context menu with:
Recent tools
Delete
Cut / Copy / Paste
Select contour
Edit hatch
Edit text
Edit block / Return to main drawing
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Context Menu:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Behavior:
Optional double-click to edit hatch
Misc > Draw > Counter
Bug fixes:
3.12.4 (2015/12/11)
QCAD Professional:
Create from selected entities (FS#1143 )
Partial polyline along selection
Add layer menu button:
Edit layer of selected entity
Hide layer of selected entity
Move selection to new layer
Draw > Polyline:
Property Editor:
Snap > Tangential (FS#1199 )
Bug fixes:
Performance issues:
Platforms:
Support for high-res displays
Support for retina displays
New packages for Windows 64bit (Qt 5.5)
New packages for Mac OS X 64bit (Qt 5.5)
3.12.3 (2015/11/24)
3.12.1 (2015/11/11)
3.12.0 (2015/11/09)
QCAD Professional:
dwghatch: automatically fills all fillable contours of a drawing with a solid fill hatch
Trim
Add support for polylines
Trim Both
Add support for polylines
Chamfer
Add support for polyline to polyline chamfer
Improve support for polyline internal chamfer
Round
Add support for polyline to polyline rounding
Improve support for polyline internal rounding
Divide
Add support for polylines
Command line tools
Import boundary of region entities from DXF/DWG (as lines, arcs, polylines, ellipses and splines)
Modify
QCAD Community Edition:
Improve text import compatibility for simple texts
Object snapping:
Performance improvements for drawings with large number of blocks
Modify > Break out Gap
Break out gaps with given length from lines, arcs and circles
Edit > Application Preferences:
Removed style preferences (incompatible with Qt 5)
Bug fixes:
3.11.3 (2015/10/14)
Bug fixes:
Fix printing issue (mostly white printouts)
3.11.2 (2015/10/14)
QCAD Professional:
dwg2bmp, dwg2pdf, dwg2svg, dwg2maptiles:
Add command line switch for custom font substitution -font-substitution
Command line tools
Add support for hatch patterns defined per entity
Add support for measurement DXF/DWG variable
Scale segment widths when scaling polylines
Fix number input if comma is used as decimal point
Add reference point at middle of arcs and polyline arc segments
Block > Create Block from Selection:
Allow overwriting of existing blocks
Bug fixes:
3.11.0 (2015/10/06)
QCAD Professional:
Break out Segment
Support polylines and splines
Break out Manual
Support polylines and splines
Auto Trim
Support polylines and splines
Detect duplicates
Add option to ignore direction
Add support for 'invisible' flag
Draw ring (donut) from given inner and outer radius
dwg2bmp
Add switch -c / -colorcorrection to enable auto color correction to avoid white on white / black on black painting
Allow for transparent background (e.g. -b "#ff000000")
dwg2maptiles
New tool to create map tiles from drawing files, for example for use with leafletjs
Modify
Block attributes
Variable polyline widths per segment
Draw > Ring
Command line tools
File > Bitmap Export
Remember last used settings (width, height, resolution, file type, etc.)
Modify
Explode solids into polylines
Explode polylines with individual segment widths to outline
Keep drawing order of existing entities
Explode
Edit > Application Preferences
Reverse mouse wheel direction for zoom
Mouse wheel zoom factor
Add experimental preference to render texts as texts instead of paths (affects display, PDF export, prints)
Add layer 0 compatibility mode (entities on layer 0 in blocks inherit attributes from block reference)
Graphics View > Navigation
Graphics View > Text Rendering
Layer > Compatibility
Bug fixes:
3.10.0 (2015/08/24)
QCAD Professional:
Misc > Modify > Convert Splines to Bezier Segments
Improved precision for intersection points between splines and other entities
Snap to intersection points between two splines (quadratic or cubic)
QCAD/CAM:
Fix exception in GCode configuration and derived configurations
Draw > Arc > 2 Points and Length
Draw arc from two points and arc length
Snap > Lock Snap
Lock current snap and restriction tools
Bug fixes:
3.9.8 (2015/08/02)
Performance:
Improved performance for Modify > Detect Duplicates
Bug fixes:
3.9.7 (2015/07/28)
SVG import:
Add support for scale transformations
Add support for SVG files in mm or in based on width / height attributes
Bug fixes:
3.9.6 (2015/07/24)
QCAD Professional:
align two reference points of the selection with two target points in the drawing
Modify > Align Reference Points:
Windows:
File > Print / PDF Export:
Avoid offsets due to rounding or overflows for files with very large coordinates
Bug fixes:
3.9.5 (2015/07/14)
QCAD Professional:
Add property 'Displayed Color' to select entities by color if color is 'By Layer'
Add fade (transparency) property for bitmap images
Modify:
Translations:
Slovak user interface translation
Windows:
Bug fixes:
3.9.4 (2015/05/26)
Add size properties (width,height) to selection filter
Disable changing of values with mouse wheel for all combo boxes on OS X
Bug fixes:
3.9.3 (2015/05/13)
Block arrays:
Allow snapping for all entities in all block instances of the block array
Modify > Explode:
Add support for block arrays
Drag and drop:
Drag links to supported files from browser into drawing area to insert as block
Drag into application window to open as file
Coordinate display:
Use configured dimension format for coordinate display
Edit:
Duplicate: duplicates selected entities in place
Info tools:
Use configured dimension format for info tools measurements
Bug fixes:
3.9.2 (2015/05/08)
QCAD Professional:
Extend existing polylines with connected segments
Join connected polylines
Draw > Polyline > Create from Segments
File > Print Current View
Prints the current view from model space
File > Revert
Reloads the current drawing from disk
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Display and Performance > Timeout for hatch rendering
Preference for hatch rendering timeout
Block > Insert Block
Insert array of blocks with N columns, M rows
Modify > Explode
Explode splines piecewise to retain sharp ('clamped') corners
Preferences:
Use alternating colors for layer list rows, block list rows
Various performance and memory usage fixes
Bug fixes:
3.9.1 (2015/03/14)
3.9.0 (2015/03/09)
QCAD Professional:
Support for polyline offsetting (equidistant):
Round Join
Miter Join
Bevel Join
Modify > Offset (with Distance), Modify > Offset (through Point):
View > Anti-Aliasing: toggles anti-aliasing (smooth) display mode
API:
Add qcadpolygon library (polygon clipping, polygon offset)
Add qcadzip library (RZip::unzipFile)
Prevent arrow for leaders with first segment length <= 2 times dimension arrow size (as imposed by DXF/DWG format)
Bug fixes:
3.8.1 (2015/02/06)
3.8.0 (2015/02/05)
Performance:
Improve responsiveness when using auto snap or snap to intersections
Improve loading time for large files
ECMAScript:
Add simple API to easily operate on the current document (scripts/simple.js)
Add script shell for developers (Misc > Development > Script Shell)
Bug fixes:
3.7.7 (2015/01/21)
3.7.6 (2015/01/15)
QCAD Professional:
Paste multiple items along an entity (line, arc, spline, polyline)
Draw
Add angle
Add hotkeys to change reference point [1-9]
with Radii, Angle
with Diameters, Angle
Rectangle with Size
Ellipse
Circle
Modify
Flip Horizontal
Flip Vertical
Offset
Info
Snap
Snap to center of selection
Translations
Finnish user interface translation
Bug fixes:
3.7.5 (2014/12/03)
Add XLine, Ray options to Draw > Line > Parallel and Draw > Line > Parallel through point (FS#1138 )
Add XLine / Ray support for dxflib and the QCAD Community Edition
Bug fixes:
Copy / paste: copy linetypes together with layers of copied entities
Fix crash with dashed polylines, leaders, ellipses under Mac OS X
Fix slow response when choosing tools from the CAD tool bar
Fix slow switching between tabs if both tabs are in print preview mode
QCAD Professional:
QCAD Community Edition:
3.7.4 (2014/11/29)
Add new tool to reload linetypes from .lin files for loaded drawings: Misc > Modify > Reload Linetype Definitions
Support transactions (undo / redo) for changes in linetypes
Bug fixes:
Fix potential crash when loading files with invalid linetype definitions
Fix preview of linetypes when switching between drawings with different linetype definitions for the same linetype names
Fix preview of linetypes for drawings with linetype definitions that are different or outdated compared to the .lin file
3.7.3 (2014/11/27)
QCAD Professional:
Add support for complex linetypes: hot water supply (---- HW ----), drainage (--->--->---), batting (SSSS), zigzag (/\/\/\/\), etc.
QCAD/CAM:
Property Editor:
3.7.2 (2014/11/20)
New tool to purge blocks and layers at once: Misc > Modify > Purge Unused Layers and Blocks
Draw
Group shape tools into separate shape menu (Draw > Shapes)
Shape tools (rectangle, polygon) can create line segments or polylines
Preferences:
Various improvements in tool management (control tool visibility in tool bar, menu and CAD tool bar)
QCAD/CAM:
Add configuration for LinuxCNC
Bug fixes:
3.7.1 (2014/11/06)
Improved presentation of linetypes in linetype combo box
Purging blocks purges also nested unused blocks
Make changes to document settings undoable (change of drawing unit, dimension settings, etc.)
Support splines with degree N (1,2,3,4,5,6,...)
New tool to convert straight splines to lines: Misc > Modify > Convert Straight Splines to Lines
Bug fixes:
Number overflows cause unexpected behaviour in inscribing ellipses into quadrilateral algorithm (also used by projection tools)
Show file names with ampersand correctly in tabs and recent file menu
3.7.0 (2014/10/24)
Add support for custom linetypes read from .lin files or embedded in DXF/DWG drawing files
Preferences:
Enable / disable status bar widgets
Enable / disable visibility of individual tools in menus and tool bars
Printing:
Plugin API:
Add status parameter to postInit method of RPluginInterface
Bug fixes:
3.6.4 (2014/08/26)
Add support for splines of degree 1 (splines representing lines or polylines)
Preserve drawing order of entities when using transformation tools
Bug fixes:
3.6.3 (2014/07/30)
QCAD Professional:
dwg2pdf:
gray scale or black/white output
portrait / landscape
specify paper size as name (A4, letter, ...)
dwg2bmp:
gray scale or black/white output
DWF import (experimental)
Update to Teigha 4.0
Command line tools:
Change behavior of stretch tool when used with rays (move ray if base point in stretch area)
Bug fixes:
3.6.2 (2014/07/12)
Translations:
Fix deployment of Japanese translation
3.6.1 (2014/07/11)
Translations:
Update of Japanese translation
Entities:
New entity type 'trace' (load, save, display, modify)
Text:
Support for x scale factor for simple texts (stretch)
Misc:
Save / restore relative zero point position per tool
QCAD Professional:
Fix error when saving back loaded file with invalid value for MAXACTVP
Configurable dimension font (Edit > Drawing Preferences > Dimension Settings)
3.6.0 (2014/06/19)
QCAD Professional:
Save block visibility when saving to DXF/DWG
Property editor:
Show measured value of dimension entities
Improved handling of block references with attributes
Entities:
New entity type 'XLines' (infinite lines, construction lines)
New entity type 'Rays'
Drawing:
Option to choose if constructed lines should be line segments, infinite lines or rays
Misc:
Support alternative path for configuration files (command line switch -config [path]) (FS#527 )
Snap:
Restrict angle to multiples of given angle
Restrict distance to multiples of given distance
Command line tools:
Fix permission problem with log files created by command line tool batch files
New tool 'merge' to merge multiple CAD files into one drawing, based on an XML input file
Windows:
Library browser:
Bug fixes:
3.5.1 (2014/05/12)
3.5.0 (2014/05/08)
Property editor:
Automatically set filter to Block References if only block references and attributes are selected
Misc:
Fixed navigation / auto zoom for drawings with extreme extents
Update texts after using Edit > Substitute Fonts
Add support for DIMSCALE (drawing wide scale factor for geometry of dimension entities)
Double-click preferences
API
Add inter-transaction listener interface to add objects to transactions on the fly (automatically adjust entities based on other entities)
Bug fixes:
3.4.7 (2014/04/12)
Drawing:
Break out segments between two user defined points
Configuration:
Add support for various point display modes
Command line usage:
Fix QPixmap warnings when using QCAD in console mode (-no-gui)
Fix help (-h) in console mode (-no-gui)
Translation:
Translation of selection filter widget
Performance:
Bug fixes:
3.4.6 (2014/02/10)
QCAD Professional:
Persistent object and entity handles between open / saves
QCAD Community Edition:
Add support for international characters in layer names and block names ( FS#1003 )
Drawing:
Extended line drawing tool (restricting angle to multiples of given degrees)
Configuration:
Misc:
Edit blocks by double-clicking block reference
Bug fixes:
3.4.5 (2013/12/18)
Snap:
improved snap to center points for polylines
snap to points with distance (manual)
Tool to draw center lines of circles, arcs, ellipses
Bug fixes:
3.4.4 (2013/12/04)
QCAD Professional:
Select by entity type
Select by property values (length, coordinates, color, ...)
Comparators (=, â , >, â¥, <, â¤, contains, regular expressions)
Selection modes (replace selection, add to selection, subtract from selection, intersect with selection)
Search / replace:
Bug fixes:
3.4.3 (2013/11/13)
Cosmetic improvements for Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Font substitution: substitute also inline font uses (font changes in text entities)
Hierarchical layers (experimental, enable in Application Preferences - Widgets - Layer List )
QCAD/CAM:
3.4.2 (2013/10/25)
3.4.1 (2013/10/25)
Port to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Add support for multiple 3rd party custom properties with same DXF code
Ignore standardized custom properties from AppID 'ACAD' (e.g. dimension overrides)
3.4.0 (2013/10/23)
Add preference for line pattern scaling of lines with weight 0.00mm
Add display mode for screen-based linetypes (line patterns in pixels instead of drawing units)
Indicate modified state in Window menu
QCAD Professional:
Fix encoding of strings in DXF / DWG files on non-English Windows installations
Add support for custom properties
Add new custom properties to entities
Remove custom properties from entities
Import some basic types of custom properties from 3rd party applications (string, int, double)
Add font substitution dialog (simplifies font replacement if drawing fonts don't support all glyphs that are used)
Add text replacement tool: Edit > Find/Replace
3.3.4 (2013/10/15)
Fix 'File' - 'Print' menu for the QCAD Community Edition and switch to print preview when printing from outside print preview
Improved compatibility of DXF output of the QCAD Community Edition (through dxflib 3.3.4.0)
Implemented feature requests:
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Added support for trimming, dividing and breaking out segments for spline entities
3.3.3 (2013/10/05)
Direct distance entry (enter length when drawing line)
Bug fixes:
3.3.2 (2013/09/24)
Modification:
Support non-uniform scaling of arcs, circles, ellipses
Information:
Optionally add measurement results to drawing ( FS#918 )
Pick and output absolute polar coordinates
Pick and output relative polar coordinates
Improved handling of block recursions (e.g. if block A references block B and vice versa)
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
New tool for generic matrix transformations ( FS#920 )
Support for block attributes in part library items
3.3.1 (2013/09/18)
3.3.0 (2013/09/17)
Improved display of simple texts with horizontal alignment set to 'fit'
Internationalization:
Experimental support for \M+xxxxx encoded texts from DXF / DWG files
Performance:
Significant performance improvements when loading and displaying drawings with many blocks / block references
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Support for block attributes
Adding block attribute definitions to blocks
Asking user for attribute values when inserting block reference
Editing attribute values in property editor
Editing attributes and attribute definitions in dialog
Synchronize attributes of selected block references / all block references
3.2.2 (2013/08/22)
Improved SVG import (support transformations and colors)
Bug fixes:
3.2.1 (2013/08/16)
Drawing tools:
Draw ellipse inscribed in quadrilateral (tangential to four lines)
Performance:
Performance improvements when loading files with many blocks or block references
Improved start up performance
Platform specific:
Various code fixes for FreeBSD
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Clip selection to rectangular area (or clear selection at rectangular area, cut selection at rectangular boundary)
3.2.0 (2013/08/07)
Drawing tools:
Circle tangential to an entity (line, arc, circle), through two points
Circle tangential to two entities (lines, arcs, circles), through a point
Circle tangential to two entities with given radius
Circle tangential to three entities (lines, arcs, circles)
Implemented feature requests:
Bug fixes:
3.1.6 (2013/07/15)
Added hatch property to control pattern offset
Bug fixes:
Crash / no effect when changing properties of hatch entities
QCAD Professional:
Use CP932 instead of Shift-JIS for importing Japanese DXF / DWG files (fixes display of some characters)
3.1.5 (2013/07/12)
Translations:
Various fixes in Japanese translation and manual
Implemented feature requests:
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Command line tools:
Option to auto fit drawing to page (-a, -auto-fit)
Option to set paper size (-p, -paper)
Option to set page margins (-m, -margin)
Prints minimum / maximum extents and size of drawing
3.1.4 (2013/07/04)
3.1.3 (2013/07/03)
Internationalization:
Added Japanese translation for the QCAD user interface
Added Japanese translation for the QCAD user manual
Linux:
Compatibility with older distributions (glibc >= 2.11.1)
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Loading DXF / DWG files with international code pages
Fix backslash / yen problems when importing Japanese DXF / DWG files (CP932)
3.1.2 (2013/06/20)
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Saving text with international characters to DXF / DWG
3.1.0 (2013/06/17)
Performance improvements:
Draw:
Selection:
Select all visible entities in current view
Projections:
Option added for projection in real measures ('isometric drawing').
Option added to rotate selection on the fly, while projecting.
Project entities onto isometric cylinder (e.g. drilling through cylinder).
Project top view of entities on cylinder to side view of entities on cylinder.
Layers:
Blocks:
Application preferences:
Number of segments used when exploding splines, ellipses.
Platform specific:
Installation packages with binaries for 64bit Linux distributions
Implemented feature requests:
Bug fixes:
QCAD Professional:
Read and write support for DXF/DWG 2013 (R27)
Read support for DGN (experimental)
3.0.0 (2012/07/20)
Extended drawing file format support to most versions of DXF and DWG:
Read support for format version 2.5 through 2010
Write support for format version 12 through 2010
SVG export:
Optional: preserve as much of the original data and geometry as possible in SVG
Various improvements and optimizations of the exported SVG files
Drawing tools:
Points:
N points along a line
M x N points in quadrangle
Arcs:
Arc with two points and radius
Arc with two points and angle
Circles:
Circle with two points and radius
Splines:
Spline through fit points
Texts:
Text with TrueType fonts
Use multiple fonts, colors, sizes, etc. in one text entity
Hatches and solid fills:
Support ellipses and ellipse arcs as boundary elements
Snap tools:
Snap to middle between two arbitrary points
Snap to orthogonal points
Performance improvements in various areas (display of large drawings, selection, modification, ...)
Support for named views (store current view / restore view)
Display multiple view ports (view tiles) per drawing
Printing:
Print drawing as poster on multiple pages
Print page IDs
Print glue marks
Construction possible in print preview mode
Property editor:
Completely refactored, fixed various problems with focus and editing, improved usability
Editing attributes (color, line weight, line type)
Editing draw order
Show selected entity types
Filter selection by entity types
Improved line pattern rendering (symmetrical, no gaps at end point)
Clipboard display widget shows content of clipboard (dockable)
Paste
Optionally overwrite existing layers / blocks
Selection
Selection modes for all selection tools (where appropriate): replace selection, add to selection, remove from selection, intersect with selection
Select entities inside polygon
Select contour: follow all connections (select also tree shapes and meshes)
Modification
Select / delete duplicate entities
Select / delete zero length entities
Entities
Improved ellipse support (snapping to ellipse intersections, trimming, breaking out segments, hatching ellipses)
Layer Handling
Deleting layers can be undone
Configuration
Configuration of key codes and commands
Devices
Support for Wacom tablets
Support for Apple's "Magic Trackpad" (including panning and zooming)
Support for surveyor's angle input (e.g. N10d30'12.5"E)
Part Library Browser
Meta information stored as RDF
Search based on keywords, file names, ...
Parts in part library may be drawings with static content or scripts that dynamically create content
New, much more powerful scripting interface:
almost complete Qt and QCAD API available through ECMA Script interface
creating interactive tools with scripts
creating menus, toolbars, dockwidgets, dialogs, ...
script plugin mechanism
2.2.2.1 (2009/11/25)
Bug fix release: File dialog problems under Windows
2.2.2.0 (2008/09/09)
Support for printing and PDF export to custom paper sizes
Bug fix: Crash on start up if grid settings are corrupt
2.2.1.0 (2008/05/02)
Bug fix: Line width resolution when printing or exporting to PDF
Bug fix: Crash when starting and not completing multiple tools
Bug fix: SVG Export: filled full circles
2.2.0.0 (2008/04/11)
Support for 24bit colors
Improved color selection in application preferences
File save as dialog: default path to current file path if available
Zoom to selection
Paste to current layer or original layer
Dimensions:
Optional: Use of architectural ticks instead of arrows
Show explode tool in menu 'Modify'
Mac OS X: open DXF files with double-click from Finder
Added glyphs for Ohm and Micro to standard font
Improved SVG Export: export solid filled hatches, export polylines as path
Apply layer to selection by double-clicking on layer in layer list
Bug fix: Drawing text, splines: preview entity with correct attributes and layer
Bug fix: Changing degree property for splines limited to 2 or 3
Bug fix: Overlapping keycodes for splines, snap to polar coordinate
Bug fix: Equidistant to polylines with arc segments and sharp corners
Bug fix: Choose menu entries with keystroke
2.1.6.4 (2008/01/25)
SVG Export (presentation quality, e.g. for use with Firefox, XSL-FO, FOP, ...)
Rulers at top and left of drawing view (optional)
Improved handles for ellipses
Snap to reference points
Isometric projections (front, side, top)
Modify - Divide 2: removal of segments optional
Draft mode no longer remembered between QCAD sessions
Scripting:
Creating text labels
Inserting blocks from part library
Creating equidistant polylines with rounded or pointed corners
Show or hide trailing zeroes in dimension labels
X/Y ordinate dimensions
Simplified default behavior of cut and copy
Simplified optional behavior of selection
Highlight entities on mouse over
Autosnap: snap point indicator
Print preview: added more common scales for Imperial systems
File save as dialog: suggest current file name
Bug fix: Reading solids from DXF (for example as a result of exploding dimensions)
Bug fix: Trim to limiting entities inside blocks
Bug fix: Wrong attributes when breaking up ellipses into polylines
Bug fix: Measuring angles: command line output shows 'lines are parallel' instead of measured angle
Bug fix: Modify - Trim: Crash when choosing hatch as limiting entity
Bug fix: Modify - Attributes: Layer names sorted in combo box
2.1.3.2 (2007/05/24)
The property editor widget introduced in 2.1.2.8 now also shows the layer of the selected entity / entities and makes it possible to quickly move a group of entities to another layer
Bug fix: Changing attributes of dimension entities with Modification - Properties feature
Bug fix: Polylines loose attributes when modified / polyline attributes in blocks
Bug fix: OS X: Crash when using snap to coordinates
2.1.3.0 (2007/04/11)
Bug fix: Entity visibility when moving with multiple copies
2.1.2.9 (2007/04/10)
Bug fix: Drag and drop for text entities
Bug fix: Creating polylines from segments
2.1.2.8 (2007/04/02)
Welsh translation
Added button / key code for resetting all actions and return to the default action
Auto Snap (Snap to Grid, Endpoints, Middlepoints, Intersections)
Property editor
Querying and editing of attributes of selected entities
Changing attributes of single or multiple entities (e.g. change text height or style for all selected texts)
Improvements for drag and drop of reference points
Remember active layer when saving a drawing
Pasting entities: scale, rotate or flip while positioning pasted entities
Scaling with individual factors for x and y axis. Currently only for lines.
Edit block by clicking a block instance
Added more glyphs to "standard" font (complete Unicode tables Basic Latin 0000-007F, Latin-1 Supplement 0080-00FF, Latin Extended-A 0100-017F).
Bug fix: Unicode for saving / loading international texts
Bug fix: Unicode font
2.1.1.0 RC2 (2007/01/18)
2.1.1.0 RC1 (2006/12/28)
Indonesian translation
Portuguese (BR) translation
Modify - Divide 2 (Cuts out a segment of an entity. The segment is limited by intersecting entities.)
Don't ask for selection if some entities are already selected
Show key codes (accelerators, hot keys, short cuts) in menus and tooltips
Introduced many more key codes
Remember last used paper position in print preview
Improved DXF R12 compatibility (texts: spaces, line breaks; blocks: anonymous blocks)
High quality PDF Export (all platforms, Menu 'File' - 'PDF Export')
Bug fix: Rounding / beveling inside polylines
Bug fix: Locking relative zero point
Bug fix: Fixed printing under OS X (broken after PDF creation)
Bug fix: Entering coordinates under Windows systems (focus bug)
Bug fix: Exploding ellipse arcs
2.1.0.1 (2006/05/26)
High quality PDF Export (Mac OS X, Menu 'File' - 'PDF Export')
Print quality improvements
2.1.0.0 (2006/05/19)
Chinese translation
Converting ellipses to polylines with arc segments (explode)
Port to Mac OS X on Intel (Universal Binary)
Bug fix: Scripting: file dialog for opening files in QSA
Various smaller fixes
2.1.0.0 RC3 (2006/03/23)
Bug fix: Windows: Print preview: crash when changing scale
2.1.0.0 RC2 (2006/03/20)
Port to Qt 4.1.1 / QSA 1.2.1
Significant performance improvements (mainly for Mac OS X and Windows)
Bulgarian translation
Bug fix: Options toolbar for text tool
Bug fix: autostart.qs script: Toolbar positioning
Bug fix: Windows: crash when zooming in on selected lines
Bug fix: Windows: Print preview: crash when switching to print preview
Bug fix: Print preview: Update scale combo box after auto fit to page
Bug fix: Windows: MDI buttons for minimize, maximize, close
2.1.0.0 RC1 (2005/11/22)
Port to Qt 4.1.0 RC1 / QSA 1.2.0
New preview with line style and color
Improved measuring tools
Minor print preview improvements
Many visual improvements for QCAD on Mac OS X
Dimension arrow behavior improvements
Introduced more hotkeys
Move entities to background / foreground
Application preferences: color dialog for selecting colors
Professional version:
More actions can be launched from the command line
Creating new polylines from existing segments
Creating equidistant polylines
Bug fix: Disappearing entities when stretching while some entities are selected
Bug fix: grid was not updated when not enabled
Bug fix: drag and drop for leader reference points
Punjabi translation
Updated user reference manual
2.0.5.0 (2005/07/20)
Port to Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Exploding dimensions: create lines for arrows
Ellipse improvements:
improved selection performance
trimming ellipses to lines
trimming lines to ellipses
Bug fix: memory leaks (internal clone function for entity containers)
Bug fix: crash when omitting Y value in coordinate input (e.g. "15,")
2.0.4.9 (2005/03/28)
Bug fix Windows version: Invalid coordinate calculations due to rounding errors / acos() call. Lead to files that were unloadable.
2.0.4.8 (2005/03/21)
DXF / AutoCAD compatibility improvements (avoid invalid layer color, adjust text width)
Bug fix: Centering of thick arcs on Mac OS X
Bug fix: Rounding and beveling polyline corners (first and last node)
Bug fix: Text construction in normallatin2 font
2.0.4.7 (2005/02/22)
DXF compatibility improvements (dimensions, texts)
Drawing arcs connecting tangential to entities
Professional version:
Improved polyline construction function
Adding nodes to existing polyline
Appending nodes to existing polyline
Removing nodes from existing polyline
Removing all nodes between two nodes of an existing polyline
Trimming two polyline segments
Rounding for polylines
Beveling for polylines
Scripting:
Autostart Script
Adding custom toolbars
Adding custom tool buttons for inserting blocks
Adding custom tool buttons for running scripts
Bug fix: Export of Polylines with bulges to DXF R12
Bug fix: Mac OS X: Centering of thick lines
Bug fix: Dimensions not updated after drawing properties are modified
Bug fix: Text on hidden layers misplaced after loading
Bug fix: Hatches on hidden layers not shown after loading
Bug fix: Part library browser: updating cached icons
Bug fix: Crash when switching automatic grid scaling off
2.0.4.0 (2004/09/14)
Compiled with Qt 3.3.3
Measuring polygonal areas
Splines (NURBS)
B-Splines degree 2, 3
Open and closed B-Splines
Drag and drop: keep selection
Professional version scripting:
Pen, color, line width
Layer handling
Circles
Selection class
Vector class
View class
Bug fix: Crash when using command prompt ('line' command)
Bug fix: Crash when deleting a block that is being edited
Bug fix: Corrupted large texts in Cyrillic / Unicode when saved to DXF
Bug fix: selecting layers: don't reactivate deleted entities
Bug fix: beveling: wrong distance when bevel length more than entity length
Bug fix: loading diametrical dimensions
Bug fix: mirroring blocks with arcs: incorrect arc angles
Bug fix: mirroring points that touch an end point of a mirror axis
Bug fix: inaccurate arc display for very large arcs
Bug fix: drawing lines with relative angles: length ignored
Bug fix: DXF: corrected saving of variable $VIEWCTR
Bug fix: in rare conditions selection of only one entity possible
Bug fix: Mac OS X: use Backspace instead of non existing Delete key
Bug fix: Slow preview when inserting blocks with hatches
2.0.3.3 (2004/05/22)
Updated Danish translation
Turkish translation
Preview in file open dialog
Don't change active layer / block when changing visibility or locking state
Double click cannot be used anymore to change visibility of blocks / layers.
Tab in command line to complete / list commands
Only show save / save as dialog if document was changed
Drag and drop: Ellipse endpoints
Bug fix: Error when trying to overwrite read-only file
Bug fix: Tolerances for dimension labels
Bug fix: Appending default extension in save as dialog if path contains '.'
Bug fix: Entering Coordinates when moving relative zero point
Bug fix: Copy / paste blocks and inserts between drawings in individual units
Bug fix: Update arc endpoints after 'Modify' - 'Properties'
Bug fix: Crash when using self-made patterns
Bug fix: Crash with drawings that contain ellipses
Bug fix: Scaling for parts inserted from the part library in different units
Bug fix: CAM Expert: Angles in output in degrees
2.0.3.1 (2004/03/27)
Compiled with Qt 3.3.1
Estonian translation
Spanish translation
Polish translation
Professional version scripting:
adding lines, arcs, points
dialogs
file handling
CAM Expert: Integration with QCAD 2.x
Ignore line width in draft mode
Command 'dimregen' also regenerates dimensions with label ';;'
Explode text entities into individual letter entities
Avoid multiple print previews for the same drawing
Persistent color mode selection in printer setup dialog
Windows: store configuration in file (not registry)
Mac OS X: Application Preferences in preferences menu
Mac OS X: Fixed size combo boxes for color, width, type selection
Improved performance for large fonts (Unicode)
Bug fix: DXF R12 Export: filter out non-r12 variables
Bug fix: DXF 2000 Export: GRIDUNIT
Bug fix: DXF 2000 Export: MText angle
Bug fix: DXF Import: ignore negative color numbers
Bug fix: Letter spacing on hidden layers
Bug fix: Redraw view when switching grid on / off
Bug fix: highlight for trim two
Bug fix: Draft mode box for text with empty lines
Bug fix: Windows: crash on exit
Bug fix: Mirroring: mirroring blocks
Bug fix: Mirroring: using command line for coordinate input, relative zero
Bug fix: Crash when selecting ellipses
2.0.2.0 (2004/02/04)
Compiled with Qt 3.3.0
Layer locking
DXF Export AC1009 (R12 / LT2)
Slovak translation
Russian translation
Dutch translation
Manual adjustment of grid size
Switch auto-scaling of grid on / off
Improved handling of ellipses (selection, tangents)
Improved handling of solids (selection)
Modification of dimension text
Modification of dimension geometry
Drag and drop for quick modification of dimension entities
Automatic regeneration of all dimension entities (dimregen)
Improved performance for redrawing (zooming and panning)
Draft mode for further performance improvement
Integrated Online Manual (Menu Help - Manual)
Bug fix: decimal grid for decimal inches
Bug fix: support patterns with capital letters in name
Bug fix: images in blocks
Bug fix: error handling when writing files
Bug fix: architectural dimension labels
Bug fix: DXF import of polylines which close with arcs
2.0.1.3 (2003/12/03)
Czech translation
Measuring total length of selected entities
Default selection mode: select single entities
Bug fix: Display of dotted arcs
Bug fix: Selecting entities for angular dimensioning and for parallels, finding intersections
Bug fix: Undone Leaders invisible to all actions
Bug fix: Editing Fonts
2.0.1.2 (2003/11/20)
Bug fix: QCAD 1 Text import: rotation angle
Italian translation
Greek translation
Optional support for 'complex entities'
Drag and drop for entities and reference points
2.0.1.1 (2003/10/18)
Compiled with Qt 3.2.2
Bug fixes for Windows and Mac version
Scaling line styles with line width
French translation
2.0.1.0 (2003/10/08)
GUI Improvements
Saving state of toolbars and dock windows
DXF: Compatibility improvements
Bug fix: Mac OS X library path
Bug fix: Insert parts from Library Browser
Bug fix: handling of , and . for German environment
Bug fix: Import of Arrows from QCAD 1 drawings
Bug fix: Changing language in Application Preferences
2.0.0.8 (2003/10/01)
DXF: ATTRIB entities imported as texts
DXF: Compatibility improvements
Bug fix: Mac OS X startup
Hungarian translation
2.0.0.5 (2003/09/30)
Improved precision of printing to scale
Performance improvements for large drawings
Switching grid on/off
Changing colors of background, grid, meta grid
Bug fix: Import of DXF from version 1.x
Port: Mac OS X
German translation
2.0.0.0 (2003/09/22)
Initial Release of version 2
1.4.1.0 (2000/05/23)
1.4.0.0 (2000/07/05)
Support for units (Millimeter, Inches, Feet, ...)
Scale drawings (1:1, 2:1, 1:2, ...)
Show page border
Default attributes for layers
Measuring functions
Point-point
Line-point
Line-line
Angle
Coordinates
Formats of dimension lables (e.g. 3' 1/4" or 36.25")
Formats for angle dimension labels (e.g. 12°30'0" or 12.5°)
Import file format DGN
Library browser
Edit lines can handle mathematical expressions
Enhancement of DXF compatibility
Enhancement of line styles for printing
Enhancement of File Open dialog
Enhancement of Options dialog
Several smaller bug fixes
Many new translations
Explicit support of different charsets
Fully integrated Help system
1.3.3 (1999/12/12)
Italian translation
Galician translation
1.3.2 (1999/11/28)
Options dialog
French translation
1.3.0 (1999/11/21)
Fixed width font
New font "Courier"
Tool for automatic font creation
Quick rotation during moving
Copy, Cut, Paste
Drawing area extended from +/-32'000 to +/-1'000'000
DXF import for texts improved
Configuration file in users home (~/.qcad)
Spanish translation
Improved program termination
Bug fixes (see change log)
1.2.0 (1999/10/23)
Creation of hatches with different patterns
Creation of lines
Horizontal
Vertical
Given angle
Creation of dimensions
Improvement of keyboard positioning
1.0.0 (1999/10/08)
Different line widths, colors, styles
Creation of dimensions
1.0.0 Beta 1 (1999/09/25)
New snap functions
Keyboard x/y
Keyboard angle/radius
Creation of dimensions
Aligned
Horizontal
Vertical
Angles
0.0.0 (1999/09/24)
Project Start of QCAD as spin off from CAM Expert