VPlus.dxf = before correction
Batt3+Hor-500.dxf = after correction
I hope this helps. I can provide more if needed.
Moderator: andrew
From the data stored in the file ... From nowhere else.
CVH wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:18 amBatt3+Hor-500.dxf >> Grid = 0.05 ; Meta = 1
VPlus.dxf >> Grid = 1 ; Meta = 10
The actual used Grid/Meta Grid is stored in the drawing, in the drawing file.
Activate the drawing in the GUI and have a look at the Drawing Preferences.
The Grid/Meta Grid settings in Application Preferences are used to create en NEW file.
(Clearly stated as Defaults for New Drawings)
Once a new file is created the Grid settings are that of the new file.
Remark that Auto scaling a Grid is Application wide.
In the end it won't matter what Grid step sizes are used.
A Grid is merely an overlay, most of us don't even use it.
It is a visual reference of how larger/small the things on the screen are.
Regards,
CVH
It is a known and reported bug, and meanwhile well documented.Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:07 amYou said, ".. I already remarked that Grid settings based on values other than 1e10^n have an Issue."
That's interesting. Basically you are saying that grids that can not be represented in scientific notation where the mantissa can only be 1 and the exponent must be an integrer value, are problematic. In a program that dates back ......
Already provided in the debate about Grid/Meta Grid ...Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:49 amYou said, "Remark that Auto scaling a Grid is Application wide."
I did not find it there. Where exactly is that?
You didn't quoted everything. Surely, you can use the Grid for that ... I included:Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:49 amBut I do use what is called the GRID in QCAD all the time.
Off course, the Grid preferences are stored with the file on saving.Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:49 amSo you are saying that my library parts picked up their Grid and Meta Grid settings from the values of my drawing(s) in which they were created or possibly later edited in.
I think it is the other way around ...Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:07 amIn all the 2D CAD programs that I have used, QCAD seems to have the most problems with the grid.
Ok, bad example ... 20.5 inch wide monitor ... 1920px ... About 94 dpi ... About 1/47" per 2 pixels or 1/31" per 3 pixels.
CVH wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:24 amOk, bad example ... 20.5 inch wide monitor ... 1920px ... About 94 dpi ... About 1/47" per 2 pixels or 1/31" per 3 pixels.
You need less than half of that to diversify what grid point you are pointing to.
For the metric guys ... About 0.27 - 0.41mm pointing accuracy on screen.
I think not.
CVH
I said that 1/20" was a bad example, don't mix that with the newer example.
It is you that questioned the Grid in this matter, see last paragraph of:
Use the shortcut Ctrl+I in Qcad and you are only one click away from the grid settings. I would call it "on-the-fly" too ...Chips&Chips wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:23 amPart of my problem is I am accustomed to changing the grid on-the-fly. In the photo that I have attached, you can see how this is made easy in my old CAD program with an Icon on the right (red box). Without going to any menu I could instantly get a pop-up window with the grid settings while drawing.