Using Property Painter ... ???

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Carl
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Using Property Painter ... ???

Post by Carl » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:52 pm

Property painter for new user - QCAD ... ver 3.24

Hello Andrew ...

I just bought QCAD last week and want to 'in-fill' an area with color inside that shape. - How do i "activate" (so to speak) property painter ? ... The tool icon is grayed out on under the "modify" tool bar heading. - Further, I found a weblink to a qtcad website to search for a new user type guide -- but no luck .... ? ... Carl

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Husky
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Re: Using Property Painter ... ???

Post by Husky » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:18 pm

Carl wrote:
Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:52 pm
... and want to 'in-fill' an area with color inside that shape.
Fill in an area with color should be done with a hatch (solid).
The purpose of the "Property Painter" is to apply properties of a chosen entity to the current selection. Please refer to the QCAD Reference Manual below Menu/Help
Carl wrote:
Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:52 pm
The tool icon is grayed out on under the "modify" tool bar ...
Note: Every tool which needs a previous selection will be grayed out if no selection is present.
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Re: Using Property Painter ... ???

Post by RandallG » Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:37 pm

In addition to Husky's great reply, I also found these two Qcad Links to be extremely helpful as well.

https://qcad.org/en/documentation/tutorials
and...
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/reference/en/

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