See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4318

Please see topic:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4331

- Create some points
- Modify > Clip to Rectangle
- Make sure some points are inside rectangle

→ Exception

No HTML field for colours in Ubuntu Linux (Mint).

Please refer to attached drawing

1.Draw square 80mm x 80mm.
2.Draw circle in the centre 44mm dia.
3.Select circle and project using orthographic projection tool (cylindrical) with clipping enabled onto copy of square to the right.
4.Clipping should do what? is it suppose to clip the edges of the square? if so it doesn’t clip and doesn’t seem to make any difference whether I enable the ‘clipping’ option or not.

Drag and drop requires two clicks with auto snap if grid snap and free snap are disabled for auto snap.
- Edit > Application Preferences > Snap > Auto Snap: disable grid and free
- Drag an entity and try to position it
- First click does nothing, second click positions entity

Beschreibung “Fehlerbehebung” fehlt. Anker verweist auf #Troubleshooting und führt ins Leere.

http://www.qcad.org/de/qcad-documentation/faq

- Create four arc segments representing a full circle
- Create polyline from segments

Empty polyline is created (caused by simplification).

see topic:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4381&p=15906#p15906

Hi,

Upon selecting and scaling multiple objects, locked layers are also scaled.

Expected:
Locked layers are unaffected by any modification commands

Workaround:
Manually unselect objects before scaling

Hi,

One day I dragged print toolbar into another monitor. This worked ok when I had multiple monitor in the office.
Then I took my laptop out where there is no external monitor connected.
When I tried to use the QCAD I noticed that the tool bar I had dragged onto another monitor cannot be accessed.
I cannot find a way to attach those floating toolbars...

Expected behaviour:
Floating toolbars should be draggable or provide a button to attach it back to qcad main window.

No workaround to attach floating toolbars.

Hi,

I tried to add a leader and for some reason the arrow does not appear. I found out that this occurs when the line is short. To me, line is sufficiently long enough but somehow QCAD thinks it is too short.

Screenshot shows added leader.

Also when I try to change arrow: no to “yes”, while the dropdown shows yes, I am not able to select it. It just defaults to no.

Workaround:
Draw longer line.

Hi,

I added a new custom pattern into patterns/metric folder
However, even after restarting QCAD, new pattern is not showing in hatch dialog.

Community 3.15.5.3 (Git 9c49f08b), FreeBSD 10.3, Qt 5.5.1

Start the Dimension Leader tool, click a point. While the rubber line is active, click the “Arrow head” option to toggle it (the effect is seen on the rubber line immediately). Now click it again to toggle. The entire dimension disappears with no appreciable trace left anywhere. The DL tool stays active.

Expected outcome would be for the dimension to just toggle the arrow head style.

This only seems to happen if this double-toggling is done as long as no segment is actually created yet (i.e. once at least one segment is actually set, the repeated toggling works as expected).

... in dependence to the used Units.

I have notice this behavior a couple times before but wasn’t sure what is the trigger for that. Now I figured out one (I’m sure there are more) scenario which shows the effect:

New drawing,
Drawing preferences;
Drawing Units:
Meter,
Meter,
Metric,

Printing Page:
ISO A4

Print Preview:

Auto fit drawing to page - fails to calculate the scale,
Auto fit pages to drawing - fails also ...

Counter test:
same drawing - change Paper Unit to mm,
Reset Paper size to A4 ...

... and it works flawless

Draw > Circle > 2 Tangents and Radius
Choose two arcs or two circles as tangential entities.

Git 21d95c48, Linux x64, Qt5

Starting QCAD causes it to crash:

QCAD version  3.15.5.4
02:17:30: Debug:    RDxfPlugin::init
02:17:30: Debug:    RExamplePlugin::init
02:17:30: Debug:    TransactionListenerPlugin::init
02:17:31: Debug:    TIMER:  187000000 ns ( 187 ms )  -  "loading add-ons"
02:17:33: Debug:    TIMER:  1492000000 ns ( 1492 ms )  -  "initializing add-ons"
02:17:35: Debug:    TransactionListenerPlugin::postInit
02:17:35: Debug:    got transaction
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sprintf"
Warning:  "<anonymous>(widget = RMdiChildQt(0x4e90100), documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x4e934e0)) \
        at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js:52\n<anonymous>() at \
        /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:224\n<anonymous>() at \
        /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:87\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at \
        -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:204\nmain() \
        at scripts/autostart.js:743\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:780"
Warning:  RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception:  "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sprintf"
Warning:  "<anonymous>(widget = RMdiChildQt(0x4e90100), documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x4e934e0)) \
        at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js:52\n<anonymous>() \
        at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:224\n<anonymous>() \
        at /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:87\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() \
        at -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:204\nmain() \
        at scripts/autostart.js:743\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:780"
Warning:  At least one uncaught exception:
Warning:  "<anonymous>(widget = RMdiChildQt(0x4e90100), documentInterface = RDocumentInterface(0x4e934e0)) at \
        /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js:52\n<anonymous>() at \
        /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:224\n<anonymous>() at \
        /home/ice/w/qcad/qcad/scripts/File/OpenFile/../NewFile/NewFile.js:87\n<eval>() at 1\nslotTrigger() at \
        -1\nopenFiles(args = , createNew = true) at scripts/autostart.js:204\nmain() at \
        scripts/autostart.js:743\n<global>() at scripts/autostart.js:780"
02:17:35: Debug:    "<global>() at 52"

Seems to be a fallout following a1941e2 (removal of sprintf.js from library includes).

Fix:

diff --git a/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js b/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js
index d9bc286..10b9b18 100644
--- a/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js
+++ b/scripts/Widgets/Viewport/Viewport.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * along with QCAD.
  */
 
+include("scripts/sprintf.js");
+
 if (new QFileInfo(autoPath("scripts/Navigation/DefaultNavigation/DefaultNavigation.js")).exists()) {
     include("scripts/Navigation/DefaultNavigation/DefaultNavigation.js");
 }

I am following the instructions for compiling qcad from source

http://www.qcad.org/en/component/content/article/78-qcad/111-qcad-compilation-from-sources

I am using fedora 24 and qt4

git clone https://github.com/qcad/qcad

cd qcad
qmake-qt4 -r this step ok
make release this step fails

RSettings.cpp: In static member function ‘static QStringList RSettings::getPrinterNames()’:
RSettings.cpp:722:12: error: ‘availablePrinterNames’ is not a member of ‘QPrinterInfo’

   return QPrinterInfo::availablePrinterNames();
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

RSettings.cpp: In static member function ‘static QString RSettings::getDefaultPrinterName()’:
RSettings.cpp:726:12: error: ‘defaultPrinterName’ is not a member of ‘QPrinterInfo’

   return QPrinterInfo::defaultPrinterName();
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

Makefile.Release:2505: recipe for target ‘release/RSettings.o’ failed
make[3]: *** [release/RSettings.o] Error 1

Exploding splines creates more segments than necessary in some cases with very large tolerances.
The number of segments created should be the number of bezier spline segments times two.

Add command line switches to dwg2dwg to change header variables during conversion (e.g. DIMASZ, DIMEXT, DIMTXT, ...)

- Select a block in the block list.
- Toggle the visibility of another block or add a block, etc.
- Selected block changes

Git 3ed32041, FreeBSD 10.3, amd64

Qt had been updated from 5.5.1 to 5.6.1 just recently. This resulted in two FTBFSs:

- Missing script bindings for 5.6.1:

--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/3rdparty/qt-labs-qtscriptgenerator-5.6.1/qt-labs-qtscriptgenerator-5.6.1.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include( ../../../shared.pri )
+
+SUBDIRS = ../qt-labs-qtscriptgenerator-5.5.0/qtbindings
+TEMPLATE = subdirs

After this,

- Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: webenginewidgets

--- a/shared.pri
+++ b/shared.pri
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ macx-ios-* {
 
 !r_mobile {
     greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) {
-        greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 5) {
-            # Qt >= 5.6
+        greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 6) {
+            # Qt >= 5.7
             QT += webenginewidgets
         }
         else {

I create a drawing using QCAD which is stored using dxflib. For some reasons dxflib must be used. This drawing contains arcs and lines on a separate layer. If the dxf file is processed by an other tool only the arcs are referenced to the specific layer. The lines are referenced to the standard layer 0. It doesn’t matter if I’m using the community edition or the pro edition.

After a some investigations I found that the created dxf file is not correct. I manually corrected the dxf file and it works as it should.

For details please refer to the appended files. Take a look to the ENTITY section and the LINE entities, e.g. line 2370. It is just to swap two entities.

Thanks for support.

Hi, since the 3.9.1 (now 3.15.5) version I have this problem: when I copy / paste objects with the windows clipboard (ctr c / ctr v), some layers of pasted objects are lost.
The layers of the new objects are exchanged casually.
This is serious for a fee CAD design, i know others free with less hassle.
Thanks Pasquale

my OS version:
Windows 7 professional service pack 1 - 64-bit

my QCAD version:
Version:
3.15.5.0 (3.15.5)
Internet:
QCAD.org
Date build:
Aug 19, 2016
revision:
15ef1a1
Qt version:
5.5.1
Architecture:
x86_64
Compiler:
MSVC ++ 12.0 (2013)

On OS X using a trackpad pinch gesture to zoom in / out breaks panning and zooming. When a drawing is opened or created, pan and zoom functions work as expected. As soon as you use a pinch gesture to zoom in/out all zooming and panning operations (toolbar buttons and scroll bars) begin producing erratic behavior. The drawing has to be closed and re-opened to restore proper operation. Other open drawing windows are not affected and work properly unless you pinch gesture zoom in their window.

For all the Linux VI editor geeks, can you disable the <ESC> function in the text edit mode. <ESC> maps to <cancel>. If anything it should map to <ok>. Which creates no harm as it can be later undone. I have accidentally lost edits countless times due to an unbreakable habit.

Select entities,
launch the Layer tool: Create Layer from Selection,
change your mind - cancel this tool,

QCAD moves - regardless the cancellation - all selected entities to the active layer.

I have just updated from 3.11.0 to 3.15.5. Often, I load a script with the command format ..../qcad -exec ..../dims.js Note that the script filename is dims.

* Everything is satisfactory with 3.11.0 and always has been.

* qcad-3.15.5 runs satisfactorily without an -exec switch

* qcad-3.15.5 -exec same-file-as-for-3.11.0 crashes per the attached screenshot. The screenshot has been generated by adding the -enable-script-debugger switch.

* It appears that the script dims.js runs completely, and the crash happens as the script handler terminates. The qcad window is complete with the contents defined in dims.js, also qcad is usable normally. This qcad disappears when the debugger is terminated.

* This problem is totally repeatable.

Hi Andrew

Exploded a spline, then created a single polyline from the segments ... but I cannot offset it, to produce another one ?

Is this a bug ?

Regards

Clive

QCAD Community Edition:

Hi!
I created a document at home with QCAD and added text in Russian language. The OS is OpenSuse 42.1. Now I need to edit the document at work on Windows 7 and I can’t open the document because an error appear!
I think this happend because Linux version of QCAD has put text to the document in UTF-8 in style of: 04_\U+00CD\U+00EE\U+00EC\U+00E5\U+00F0\U+00D3\U+00F7\U+00E0\U+00F1\U+00F2\U+00EA\U+00E0
but in Windows 7 codepage is Windows-1251. So I need to change QCAD to anothe software to exclude this issue because I can’t to work. QCAD error looks like: Can’t open the file.....import error!
I supposed that common software ensured me from different errors and troubles, but actually not!

Can you solve the problem?

I started a drawing with a circle, center at 0,150 and gave 0,0 as coordinate for a point on the circle and got visually nothing.
After some head scratching and trying to find some error like locked layer, drawing color the same as background color and such, I found at the location of the center (0,150) a circle with radius 0.

I made the following trials, every time starting with a new drawing, entering everything with the keyboard.

Center point on result

circle

0,150 0,0 circle radius 0 at 0,150
0,150 50,50 circle radius 50 at 0,150 (should be a radius of 111.8 from 0,150 to 50,50)
0,150 0,50 circle radius 50 at 0,150
0,150 50,0 circle radius 0 at 0,150

It seems I always get a circle with the radius of the y-part of the coordinate.

Used version of Qcad is:
QCAD version: 3.15.5.0
Date: Aug 19 2016
Qt version: 5.5.1
Compiler version: MSVC++ 12.0 (2013)
Build Date: Aug 19 2016
Revision: 15ef1a13237ff8355ff590fd2e16570ef9de82a0

Splines with hundreds of control points or fit points can cause hangs when using auto snap near them.

As it says on the tin - please add script generator for Qt 5.6.2.

If a non-layer assigned line type is used, when the object(s) are duplicated the line type reverts back to ‘By Layer’.

Dimension - Aligned, not working with context menu.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=4566

When multiple superscripts or subscripts are used in a text field, re-opening the saved dxf file will fail to render all but the first super/subscript element. As per attached example. Bug occurs on all Mac OS X from Mavericks onward.

Minimal reproducible steps:
1. Open new document in QCAD
2. Add a text object
3. Make part of the text sub or super-script
4. Make another part of the text also sub/superscript, with at least one ‘normal’ character between the two sub/superscripts
5. Save file and close it. Don’t have to quit QCAD.
6. Reopen the file. Voila, all but the first sub/superscript element is broken.

Dan.

ps. QCAD is a pretty great piece of software, nice work all.

Not all intersections points between ellipses and circles or other ellipses are found.
This is due to too tight tolerances.

See:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=4574

as read in http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=2957,
I want to edit my preferences, but it does not save from one session to the other.

I meet the same problem state here,
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=2269&p=7287&hilit=preferences+save#p7287 but the solution two have one change at the time does not work for me.
octal permits are:
120 -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 dr staff

should I change the group ?

In ini file at line 78, it points to a java script:
scripts/Pro/Edit/AppPreferences/ShortcutPreferences,
where is that stored ?

1) Tool Circle WC
2) CTR circletangent2radius

This doesn’t work between two circles !
I can make a circle that touches a line and a circle.
But I can NOT make a third circle with a given radius that touches two other circles.

All the other commands in this menu are working properly, can someone help me out ?

See also:
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4583

Create block reference with attribute
Copy block reference and attribute
Paste

The copied attribute is now associated with the first block reference instead of the second.

The hatch window does not open in version 3.16.1

The startup script still forces a QT-style; Getting bored of that one, qcad runs fine with the system default style - probably that was a qt4 thing, that can be removed, so it blends better with the DE?

18c18 /opt/qcad/qcad
< LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”$DIR” “$binary” -style plastique “$@” —

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”$DIR” “$binary” “$@”

Rulers show only whole numbers.

- Create spline from fit points
- Rotate spline
- Spline shape changes due to erroneous start/end tangents

Similar problem when reversing spline from fit points.

Offset curve not trimmed / clipped correctly.

Offset distance: 2.5