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3.9.8 fixed the problem.

Here's an example of the PDF output with 3.9.7. You can see how the bottom is cut off.

I recently upgraded from 3.5.1 (Linux/64) to 3.9.5, to 3.9.6, to 3.9.7. A client needed some revisions to some drawings, and to my shock, I found that I couldn't create proper PDF files, because the entire drawing would be down and to the left enough to cut the bottom and let off. Attempting to comp...

Is there a way to create a filled shape with this, such as '●' ?

The problem I was having was due to a corruption in qcad.lin, which caused it to read correctly into a new project, but not a saved drawing (!). It all works now. Hopefully, this thread will steer some people the right direction in the future. This thread was also helpful: http://www.qcad.org/rsforu...

One final thing to note - I can't seem to make these new linetypes retroactive to existing drawings developed with ver 3.51, even when using ver 3.95. This shouldn't be a serious problem for me, but people should be aware of this. The old drawings revert to old lintype sets in a very random and corr...

Ok, I've gotten it to do what I want. Unfortunately, it's difficult to make this available to others, because it involves edits to two system files. One thing I noticed in debugging this: The Misc >> Modify >> Reload Linetype Definitions does not reload linetypes with my changes after I edit the lty...

Ok, I've found a file named "ltypeshp.cxf". I think I can edit it. Does this get automatically compiled into "ltypeshp.shx", or is there a utility to do that?

One other thing that isn't obvious: when does qcad use qcad.lin, and when does it use qcadiso.lin?

I'm just trying create the normal electrical analog, electrical digital, network, mechanical, etc. signal types for P&I diagrams. This should be pretty simple, if I can get the scaling right. I've got the basics figured out, but I can't find ltypeshp.shx. I have to use an enhanced system (not S5.1 c...

I am using Qcad for electrical and instrumentation drawings, and would like to develop custom linetypes for ISA 5.1 signal connection lines. I got into the .lin file, and created some simple linetypes, but couldn't fine a good explanation on the web for the bracketed parameters (e.g. '["HW",STANDARD...