Afternoon everybody,
This is probably for Andrew:
I recently worked on a drawing which had been created in AutoCad which contained Arc Length Dimensions. These do not show up in QCAD, (would be good if they did), but, in the return trip back into AutoCad, the Arc Length Dimensions have vanished. Surely, even if QCAD doesn't show them, they should remain on the dwg file and not be thrown away? Is this intentional, an oversight, or a bug ?
thanks,
BarryW
[QCAD Pro 3 .19.1, Windows 10.]
Arc Length Dimensions
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Re: Arc Length Dimensions
QCAD does not import unsupported entities. I.e. you indeed can lose data on such a round trip.
Re: Arc Length Dimensions
Much obliged for the speedy reply.
What other dwg. entities are not supported - is there a list somewhere on this site ?
thanks,
Barry
What other dwg. entities are not supported - is there a list somewhere on this site ?
thanks,
Barry
Re: Arc Length Dimensions
This is a list of entities that are imported by QCAD Professional (note that some are converted into entities supported by QCAD on import).
Everything not in this list is ignored when a DXF/DWG file is imported.
Line
XLine
Ray
Point
Circle
Arc
Ellipse
Solid
Trace
Face
Spline
BlockReference
MInsertBlock
PolyFaceMesh (converted to polyline)
Polyline
Polyline2d
Polyline3d
MText
Text
AttributeDefinition
Leader
MLeader (converted to leader)
DimAligned
DimRotated
DimOrdinate
DimDiametric
DimRadial
DimAngular
DimAngular3P
Hatch
Region (converted to polyline, ellipse, spline)
Image
Viewport
3dSolid (converted to lines)
Everything not in this list is ignored when a DXF/DWG file is imported.
Line
XLine
Ray
Point
Circle
Arc
Ellipse
Solid
Trace
Face
Spline
BlockReference
MInsertBlock
PolyFaceMesh (converted to polyline)
Polyline
Polyline2d
Polyline3d
MText
Text
AttributeDefinition
Leader
MLeader (converted to leader)
DimAligned
DimRotated
DimOrdinate
DimDiametric
DimRadial
DimAngular
DimAngular3P
Hatch
Region (converted to polyline, ellipse, spline)
Image
Viewport
3dSolid (converted to lines)
Re: Arc Length Dimensions
Andrew,
Thanks for that info.
So the bottom line is : If I import a drawing that was created in AutoCAD, I have no idea if some of it is missing !
Barry.
Thanks for that info.
So the bottom line is : If I import a drawing that was created in AutoCAD, I have no idea if some of it is missing !
Barry.
Re: Arc Length Dimensions
That's correct. Opening a DXF/DWG file created outside of QCAD always has to be seen as an import with potential data loss.
Re: Arc Length Dimensions
Understood, thanks.
Barry.
Barry.