[SOLVED] Snap Spacing

[dcbdbis]

Good Afternoon,


In my drawings, I like the auto grid feature. I wish to change it's behaviour so as I zoom in, the grid automatically adjusts itself to be denser, sooner.

I've played aroung witht he various setting inthe Application Preferences, and nothing I change seems to have an impact.

I've also manually set my grid to be static in the drawging preferences, but then I loose the auto grid functionality which I like.

How do I tell QCad to change the grid to be denser, sooner than it does now?


One More item: The box in the upper kleft that can be turned off with "Options", the one with the eselection of what you want to see... keeps turning itself back on at each QCad restart. How do I turn this off in a way that it's off status is persistent between QCad runs?

Thank You!


Dave

[clive]

Hi Dave
See related topic:
viewtopic.php?f=31&p=6695#p6695

Bug report added:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/bugtracker/in ... ask_id=655

For now some ways to aid the 'Viewing':
1. Use View list - go to main menu > View > View List (GV), with this feature you can set as many unique views as you need e.g. you can zoom in on a certain area of your drawing and 'save' that view and return to it when you need to.

2. Use View ports - go to Application Preferences (to set up 'Default view ports for all new drawings) or Drawing Preferences (for current drawing only) > Layout > View ports. Use this option e.g. Set up a Two Vertical View ports so that you can work in either of them with a 'saved' view (maybe Zoomed right in) in the View list as mentioned above!

3. Use Mouse wheel/two finger swipe for use with either Mouse,Trackpad or Multi touch Mouse - set up via main menu > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Navigation.
* Personally I tend to use a combination of the mouse to zoom in/out and the View list and View ports.

Re - 'upper left box', if you mean the reset/idle arrow icon - this tool bar also functions to show option fields for other tools for example 'Line from Angle' (LA).

Is this the box you mean Dave?

[dcbdbis]

Yes, that is the box I meant....

It usually shows up under the arrow at the very, very top. And if you right click it, you get a bunch of options, one of which is to turn off "Options"...But it doesn't remain persistent..

On the grid issue, thank you. I'll use the workarounds until it gets fixed.

Thanks!


Dave.............

[J-J]

[quote="dcbdbis"]Yes, that is the box I meant....

It usually shows up under the arrow at the very, very top. And if you right click it, you get a bunch of options, one of which is to turn off "Options"...But it doesn't remain persistent..

That icon wastes a bit of screen space, in 2.220 I moved it the right of the other tools of the first row of icon, and the position remained persistent. If I do the same in QCAD3, it is fine for the session, but it goes back in second line when opening a new session. This tool is definitely quite useful, but I wished it remained where I have unused screen space!

[clive]

Re- Active Tool tool bar
In QCAD3 RC5 this icon (tool bar) does stay re-docked after closing/re-opening!
This may be intentional behaviour now for QCAD 3 Final but I have added a bug report all the same:
http://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.ph ... ask_id=660

As I say though this tool bar is used to show option fields for other tools.
-To make extra screen space you can also move the command line -see here:
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=1998

[dcbdbis]

Hello Clive,

And thanks for responding. I already hide the command bar with g, m. It's just not necessary once you memorize the shortcuts, and the keyboard shortcuts take little time indeed. And I gain another "row" of screen display by moving the "Options arrow" to the line above it.

QCad actually has a very nice interface and once you get your head wrapped around it, you become more productive than in AutoCAD LT. Yesterday I banged out a technical drawing in 2.5 hours that would have taken me 4+ in LT.

Regarding the Options arrow......I just reset it when I start up. It's not an big issue, it's just a personal preference nuisance. Any *.0 release is going to have some glitches.....I understand that. Please know that no one is upset on my end. It's a good CAD package.

I do hope the snap density issue gets escalated and repaired.....that one is an important operational issue in a key area of any CAD system, and will likely affect most QCad users.

But the others can be considered as "UI personal preferences", and in my book, those are low priority.

In my personal change over, I appreciate your assistance. It's went far smoother than I expected.

Thank You!


Sincerely and respectfully,


Dave

[clive]

Thanks Dave, your welcome.
See here - http://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.ph ... ask_id=660 - for a quick fix by Andrew for the Options Tool bar.
Download, navigate to program files > QCAD > Scripts > Widgets > Options Toolbar and copy and paste/replace OptionsToolBar.js

[dcbdbis]

Do you have any issues if I compare the two files and attempt to fix the new file? I also do professional coding in C/C++. JavaScript will be a little know to me but "diff", or "meld) are wonderfull programs for determining where the file has changes, and potentially fix...

If I do implement a repair that keeps functionality that may have been added in the most recen *.js....I would be happy to upload it for the devs to review and push out as a patch.



Thanks!


Dave...........

[clive]

Thanks Dave - this one is for Andrew to respond to (or maybe send him a PM)

Coding is not my area (not yet anyway -maybe in time, maybe...)