I would like to link to this too:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=6617
First:
Is there a compatiblity issue? Probably, yes.
Is there a workaround? Yes.
Second:
Is there a common or mainstream solution?
Is ACAD mainstraim? LibreCad?
Does the Qcad way differs greatly from how its commonly solved?
eg.
> If your laser cutter can't handle LineType 'Default', then don't use it.
> Does it have to be 0.00 widht, then use 0.00 as widht.
> Does a drill point have to be a circle instead of a point? ...
> If the CAM I use doesn't understand Polyline Patterns, it serves nothing to parse them as such.
> About 20 years ago CadKey used two list of 16 colors.
One to display (on only a black background), and one to plot (not print).
(printing in color came later)
Half of the files from the orders I get originate from the artistic/printing world.
A dxf saved by Coreldraw or affiliates is based on a white background.
Pdf, the same. Besides that there are other issues with those.
Some send inkscape files, some pictures, some very poor ones too.
Do I reject those orders? No, I adapt.
And I re-adapt sending them files for confirmation.
If I adapt depends a lot on whether I am customer or fabricator/seller.
(And on how my mood is...and theirs)
ACAD uses index7 besides Black, White, Qcad prevents similar colors, LibreCad features a Black/White color.
How does the LibreCad solution works out on ACAD?
What does LibreCad do with index7?
I wonder what happens if we save in ACAD (index7), edit in Qcad, and re-open in ACAD.
Or with other workflows.
SVG export allready has two major methods. Keep the look or keep the geometry.
Why not a dxf export for ACAD, LibreCad, BricsCAD, DraftSight, ... Inkscape...
(only listed the ones mentioned in the latest topics)
Is that not the reason one can create exporters in Qcad.
Not that long ago Lineweight 0.00mm was added for a similar reason I presume.
Like Husky said: If there is something tho gain by, file a feature request.
Maybe something as a fixed custom 'Black/White' color, or even an 'index7' color.
PS:
For what all this is worth, I really don't care.
I just wanted to point out that index7 is in se a fix for their own standard.
I draw on a paper with a ballpoint or a pencil. A white paper. Works out well.
Sitting at a screen I can't concentrate on a white backround longer then an hour.
I am quite happy drawing black on dark in Qcad as it shows as white on black and prints as black.
I don't care lineweights, they mean nothing to me as engraver.
Even less do colours.
In my workflows I also encounter oddities.
I have ways in Qcad to circumvent these.
Regards,
CVH