QCad 3 feedback
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:24 pm
Re: Loss of features from QCad 2 to Q Cad 3
The command box is no longer able to be undocked and relocated to the side of the work area, or alternatively another screen
The status bar is now permanent, I for one would be just as happy if there were no status bar at all, I never read it (perhaps I do sometimes check how many entities are selected, not very often tho)
QCad 3 appears to have drawing tabs at the top of the screen (limited value)
The rulers cannot be disabled
While I’m at it, what benefit is there in the slider bars, (uses up screen space)
These items combine to leave my 24” ($400.00) screen with an effective viewing
area of the drawing equal to a 15.3” screen. I don’t want to be trying to squint my way along with that
The grid cannot be turned off or adjusted. I don’t actually understand this obsession cad programmers have with a grid; I have over 25 years of professional cad experience, and cannot recall any professional or amateur drafts person who actually uses a grid. Whenever we assess a new cad, the first discussion is usually “How do we disable the grid?”
There appears to be no library toolbar (at least not in the same place it was in 2) surely the intention is not to load library items directly as drawing files or something
The block list toolbar seems to have lost the ability to “hide” and “show”. This feature was very useful, and was a personal favorite. It is not present in many other major packages. Well certainly not as accessible as QCad 2
Some of the drop down menus have very poor contrast and do not seem do display at all until they are selected (e.g. Layer data)
The Modify/Attributes feature is missing from the menu; this was a very effective tool when loading a drawing from a foreign source like a translated PDF or an imperfect or old .dwg
There is no PDF export option. This is a critical one; no PDF and I can’t communicate with a client
I have set up my system to operate on 2 screens, the drawing on one side and the tool bars on the other side, at this point it seems that the reset toolbar occasionally becomes locked on, and is only removed by a computer restart.
QCad 3 is very slow to load on my system and seems to run and work slower, I have just compared drawing 10,000 vectors on QCad 2, and QCad 3. QCad2 is blindingly fast, loads in less than 1.0 seconds and manipulates the 10,000 vectors with only the slightest lag. QCad3 loads in about 12.0 seconds and there is a 15.0second lag selecting and operating on the10,000 vectors
Others are reporting 3 is faster than 2, so I must have some setting wrong in my system
Best new features are:
Autosave
Select polygon
User define shortcuts
My system is Win7 6.1 Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz 6.00GB Ram
VOK
The command box is no longer able to be undocked and relocated to the side of the work area, or alternatively another screen
The status bar is now permanent, I for one would be just as happy if there were no status bar at all, I never read it (perhaps I do sometimes check how many entities are selected, not very often tho)
QCad 3 appears to have drawing tabs at the top of the screen (limited value)
The rulers cannot be disabled
While I’m at it, what benefit is there in the slider bars, (uses up screen space)
These items combine to leave my 24” ($400.00) screen with an effective viewing
area of the drawing equal to a 15.3” screen. I don’t want to be trying to squint my way along with that
The grid cannot be turned off or adjusted. I don’t actually understand this obsession cad programmers have with a grid; I have over 25 years of professional cad experience, and cannot recall any professional or amateur drafts person who actually uses a grid. Whenever we assess a new cad, the first discussion is usually “How do we disable the grid?”
There appears to be no library toolbar (at least not in the same place it was in 2) surely the intention is not to load library items directly as drawing files or something
The block list toolbar seems to have lost the ability to “hide” and “show”. This feature was very useful, and was a personal favorite. It is not present in many other major packages. Well certainly not as accessible as QCad 2
Some of the drop down menus have very poor contrast and do not seem do display at all until they are selected (e.g. Layer data)
The Modify/Attributes feature is missing from the menu; this was a very effective tool when loading a drawing from a foreign source like a translated PDF or an imperfect or old .dwg
There is no PDF export option. This is a critical one; no PDF and I can’t communicate with a client
I have set up my system to operate on 2 screens, the drawing on one side and the tool bars on the other side, at this point it seems that the reset toolbar occasionally becomes locked on, and is only removed by a computer restart.
QCad 3 is very slow to load on my system and seems to run and work slower, I have just compared drawing 10,000 vectors on QCad 2, and QCad 3. QCad2 is blindingly fast, loads in less than 1.0 seconds and manipulates the 10,000 vectors with only the slightest lag. QCad3 loads in about 12.0 seconds and there is a 15.0second lag selecting and operating on the10,000 vectors
Others are reporting 3 is faster than 2, so I must have some setting wrong in my system
Best new features are:
Autosave
Select polygon
User define shortcuts
My system is Win7 6.1 Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz 6.00GB Ram
VOK