executing script at terminal command prompt

[hungerburg]

Alf, this might be off-topic, but I think it may be of use for you: In many places SVG can do, what you want PDF for… So if you paste these lines to the bottom of example.js, QCAD will write an SVG representation of the drawing:

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include("scripts/ImportExport/SvgExporter/SvgExporterPG.js");
var exporter = new SvgExporterPG(document, { "scale": "10:1"});
exporter.exportFile("example.svg");

[andrew]

PDF export will be documented soon in the tutorials as well. Maybe later today, if I can find the time.

[hungerburg]

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include("scripts/ImportExport/SvgExporter/SvgExporterPG.js");
var exporter = new SvgExporterPG(document, { "scale": "10:1"});
exporter.exportFile("example.svg");

Obviously, this will fail when -no-gui was called for. Below patch helps though:

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--- SvgExporter.js~   2011-10-20 14:11:45.527589416 +0200
+++ SvgExporter.js   2011-10-20 14:12:46.277502814 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include("scripts/library.js");
 include("scripts/date.js");
-include("scripts/File/PrintPreview/Print.js");
 
 /**
  * File exporter implementation for the SVG format.
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@
     this.svgUnitAbbr = ret[1];
 
     // scale
-    this.scale = Print.parseScale(this.scaleStr);
+    this.scale = RMath.parseScale(this.scaleStr);
 
     var bb = this.doc.getBoundingBox();
     var size = bb.getSize();


[alf2006x]

we need exactly pdf because it is non editable format. drawings maked from site will be signed his author (director of customer) and send to manufacturer (back to us)

[hungerburg]

I would like to further expand the tutorial text:

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var td = new RTextData();
td.setText("QCAD rocks");
td.setTextHeight(1);
td.setPosition(p1);
operation.addObject(new RTextEntity(document, td));

Pasting this before the operation gets applied will write this flattering line - because it is true

[alf2006x]

hungerburg, andrew one more question to you.

How can I do the best performance of my system? I see two ways to solve the problem.

First one is to make some daemon, witch will gets input data, then generate the text file, save it as script and runs the script in "headless silent mode".

The second way is to write the script for QCAD, wich will runs one time and will wait for incoming file with input data.

What do you think?

[andrew]

I don't know your exact environment, but I assume your service is somehow web based?

If so, your application will have to be able to handle multiple requests simultaneously, so running only one instance of QCAD is not an option.

You could for example create a CGI which handles incoming requests, parses incoming user data (e.g. POST or GET parameters) and creates a QCAD script from this user data.

The CGI then launches QCAD with that script file as -autostart parameter. QCAD generates the PDF file and the CGI returns the PDF file contents as response to the request.

[andrew]

A PDF export tutorial is now online at:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/doc/qcad/3.0/ ... xport.html

[alf2006x]

Example works in main mode of QCAD, but do not work in -no-gui mode
It shows message:

alf3@ubuntu:~/Downloads/qcad-3.0.0-beta3-trial-linux$ ./qcad-trial -no-gui -autostart '/home/alf3/QCAD/example.js'
#50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC 2011
i686
QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used
./qcad-trial: строка 39: 16545 Аварийный останов LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIR" "$binary" $OPT1 $OPT2 "$@"

and command:
./qcad-trial -autostart '/home/alf3/QCAD/example.js'
works wery well

[andrew]

alf2006x: please apply the fix to EAction.js that I have posted in this thread earlier. See:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewt ... =4966#4966

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[alf2006x]

Perfect, wonderful, superb!
It works! It works !!! IT WORKS !!!


I copy my example.pdf in Windows and it opens!

GREAT THANKS! QCAD IS THE BEST CAD FOR LINUX!
Now my project will be completed. I do not doubt it.

[alf2006x]

andrew, help me again please. our provider uses Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release amd64
how can i install qcad3 beta3 on this system? will it be enough simple copying linux tar.gz package and unpacking them to run headless qcad3 beta3? or i must do something else?

[andrew]

To run QCAD (32bit) on a 64bit platform, you need to have the 32bit libraries installed (package ia32-libs).

[hungerburg]

Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release amd64
how can i install qcad3 beta3 on this system? will it be enough simple copying linux tar.gz package and unpacking them to run headless qcad3 beta3? or i must do something else?

I do not use the installer, instead I download the archive and unpack into /opt/, which is a widely used convention for packages like qcad. On a server edition of ubuntu -- depending on how strict -no-gui works -- you may also have to install some X11 libraries on your own, because they are not part of the base. The ldd utility can help you find out which prerequisites are missing: "ldd /opt/qcad3/qcad-bin". Also "apt-cache search something" comes quite handy.

[alf2006x]

Hi to all.
This is my new trouble.
On my "Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release amd64" I installed ia32-libs.
And moved my folder '/qcad/qcad3b' (with qcad files) into '/opt' folder.

Now command prompt shows me this:

alfus@ubuntu:/opt/qcad/qcad3b$ ./qcad-trial
#55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 23:42:43 UTC 2011
x86_64
./qcad-trial-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
alfus@ubuntu:/opt/qcad/qcad3b$

What is it?