Qcad Theme Lite v1.0
Qcad Theme Lite is a much simpler version of Qcad Theme Designer (QTD) with a much smaller footprint.
Qcad Theme Lite will edit any stylesheet created by QTD. There are four simple steps to creating a new Qcad stylsheet....
- STEP 1 - Open an existing stylesheet for editing. This could be an existing one or one were you have copied an existing stylesheet folder, pasted and renamed the folder.
- STEP 2 - Select a base background colour by clicking the colour swatch button and select a colour from the colour picker. On clicking OK the preview area will update to reflect the colour selected.
- STEP 3 - Select a matching icon colour from the list, the check icons in the preview area will be updated with the colour selected.
- STEP 4 - Save the stylesheet.
- All the elements in the preview area have hint tips available.
- For Qcad to have access to the saved stylesheet, the stylesheet folder must reside in Qcads 'themes' folder.
Download the appropriate zip file for your particular operating system. Extract the Qcad Theme Lite folder in the zip file to anywhere that you have permission to read and write to on your system.
The Linux installations has an additional file in the zip folder called QcadThemeLite.desktop. This is a Linux desktop launcher. You can copy or extract this to your desktop, but you MUST complete the following two actions after you have copied it to your desktop.....
- 1. Now the file is on your desktop the .desktop file extension will no longer be visible. Right click on the file, select Properties and in the Command field, edit the /home/username/ part to reflect where on your system you have placed the 'Qcad Theme Lite' folder. To change the icon, click on it and browse to the Qcad Theme Lite folder and select the QcadThemeLite.png icon.
- 2. Still in the Properties window, click on the Permissions button at the top and make sure 'Allow executing file as program' is checked, this part is is essential for the launcher to work.
I have to mention forum member John Hyslop again, he suggested a Lite version a few months ago. I thought at the time there was no real need for a Lite version, but i had nothing to do so.... hopefully it'll be useful to those who don't want to mess around with all the buttons in QTD.
Screenshots of Qcad Theme Lite v1.0 in Linux and then Windows.
GIF of Qcad Theme Lite showing the work flow and preview hint tips. .
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v1.0 Linux 64bit downloaded 6 times
v1.0 Linux 32bit downloaded 6 times
v1.0 Windows 32bit downloaded 7 times
See below for new version - https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic. ... 523#p35523