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by LeoP
Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:12 pm
Forum: QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
Topic: Crashing QCAD3.4.4 related to .dwg
Replies: 2
Views: 4788

Re: Crashing QCAD3.4.4 related to .dwg

Removing the texts and dimensions solved my problem.
by LeoP
Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:04 am
Forum: Site Feedback
Topic: extremely short timeout
Replies: 1
Views: 22175

extremely short timeout

Not for the first time, I was thrown out after just a few minutes of inactivity. VERY annoying when you are typing a post and have to look up something, or have to attend to something urgent: your complete post is gone and you have to start over, running the same risk. It took me once four(!) tries ...
by LeoP
Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
Topic: Crashing QCAD3.4.4 related to .dwg
Replies: 2
Views: 4788

Crashing QCAD3.4.4 related to .dwg

QCAD 3.4.4, 32 bits, running under LinuxMint 17.3 (I think), recently upgraded to 64 bit. When I open a .dwg file, all seems OK. I can even edit it, but after a while QCAD crashes and closes without a trace. When I do not edit this file but try to save it as .dxf, the same thing happens. When I crea...
by LeoP
Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:25 am
Forum: QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
Topic: QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.
Replies: 4
Views: 8556

Re: QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.

I found a solution for my problem: the Target: field must include a path to the scriptfile following standard Windoze path syntax; so that QCAD can find it. The path to the template in the script file must follow the linux syntax, i.e. use forward slashes instead of the Windoze backward (no pun inte...
by LeoP
Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:25 pm
Forum: QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
Topic: QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.
Replies: 4
Views: 8556

Re: QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.

Any chance of a user-defined template being selected as default?
After all, that was what I was trying to achieve...
by LeoP
Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:00 pm
Forum: QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
Topic: QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.
Replies: 4
Views: 8556

QCAD3 quits on startup script, no error msg.

Using WInXP, fully up-to-date. Have QCAD3 installed in D:\QCAD Professional\QCAD 3.4.4 and it worked just fine with the quickstart from the desktop. Until I wanted to add a default template, now it quits immedeately after starting up... I followed the recipy from http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/vi...
by LeoP
Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:09 pm
Forum: QCAD 'How Do I' Questions
Topic: Block with predefined layers behaves unexpectedly
Replies: 2
Views: 8508

Block with predefined layers behaves unexpectedly

In Qcad2, I used a single block with a border, title block and logo block and a bunch of layer definitions to standardize my drawings appearance. Loading that very same block in Qcad 3 gives me the border, title block and logo but none of the other (not yet used) layers. Starting a new drawing while...
by LeoP
Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:50 am
Forum: QCAD Suggestions and Feedback
Topic: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels
Replies: 7
Views: 25583

Re: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels

You hit it, spot on. Most of my drawing is done in the early development phase, the phase where the drawing itself is a jumble of assembly and part views, cross sections etc; when shapes, sizes and distances are not yet fully defined and often need tweeking by 0.1mm or so (I develop small machinery,...
by LeoP
Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:41 pm
Forum: QCAD Suggestions and Feedback
Topic: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels
Replies: 7
Views: 25583

Re: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels

My problem is not the highest density, but rather the lowest: the dots are too far apart to be useful... scale up the grid by factor 10 This factor could be replaced by a 1-2-5 sequence as used in electronic measurement equipment like scopes (why would they use that :twisted:). Forcing the grid spac...
by LeoP
Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:55 pm
Forum: QCAD Suggestions and Feedback
Topic: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels
Replies: 7
Views: 25583

Re: Grid unusable at some zoomlevels

Just experimented a lot in v3.1.2 under windows and found these two things about the grid: changing the minimal grid spacing requires a program restart to become effective, there is no mention of this. the number of wheel clicks required for the gridspacing to change is still 13, the grid is still u...
by LeoP
Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: QCAD 'How Do I' Questions
Topic: how do I create offset hatches?
Replies: 2
Views: 6260

Re: how do I create offset hatches?

... The best solution I can think of is to use two different patterns that are defined as being offset by 50% from each other. That is what I wanted to do, but I found it impossible to add a pattern. I researched the .pat file format and created these two (named _general.pat and _general_offset.pat...
by LeoP
Sat Jun 29, 2013 3:53 pm
Forum: QCAD 'How Do I' Questions
Topic: how do I create offset hatches?
Replies: 2
Views: 6260

how do I create offset hatches?

An utter deja-vue experience... http://www.ribbonsoft.com/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1186 This file test.dxf is made with Qcad 2, following the instructions from the old post. Open it in Qcad 2 and you see what is meant. Just in case, here is a screenshot: test.PNG Opening it in Qcad 3 does not yie...
by LeoP
Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:57 pm
Forum: QCAD Installation and Upgrades
Topic: [solved] Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?
Replies: 2
Views: 15454

Re: Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?

You guys obviously gave it a lot of thought...
Thanks again, keep up the good work :D
by LeoP
Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: QCAD Installation and Upgrades
Topic: [solved] Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?
Replies: 2
Views: 15454

Re: Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?

Thanks Clive, but how do the two versions tell their settings apart? Just curious.
by LeoP
Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:37 pm
Forum: QCAD Installation and Upgrades
Topic: [solved] Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?
Replies: 2
Views: 15454

[solved] Versions 2 and 3 on the same machine?

After a viral blow-out of my OS (WinXP) I must re-install everything and wonder if I can install both Qcad2 and Qcad3 on the same machine... I have tried Qcad3 once, but reverted back to Qcad2 at the time because some new features were too confusing to get the job done in time. Job done, new hardwar...

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