When I start a drawing with "Create New Drawing from Template", the template browser always points to C:/Program Files/QCad/libraries/templates
I have added my own directory (D:\My documents\CAD\CAD libraries\templates) in the "Application Preferences - Load/Save - Templates" and while that one is selectable in the template browser, I would like to make that the default in order to speed things up a little.
Only: how do I do that?
In the absence of settings in the UI, I tried peeking in the QCAD3.ini file, only to find that the template directory listing uses an undecipherable (at least, for me) format...
How do I change the default template directory?
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Re: How do I change the default template directory?
I`m no expert but I think this would need a bit of 'java script' tweaking for this.
The quickest way I can think of is maybe setting up a separate folder on your desktop for your 'bespoke' templates and then open them up and load them directly from there.
Would this be a possibility?
The quickest way I can think of is maybe setting up a separate folder on your desktop for your 'bespoke' templates and then open them up and load them directly from there.
Would this be a possibility?
Re: How do I change the default template directory?
Just typing this for the second time due to timeout-driven logouts
So: I'll look into this, and report what I will come up with (if anything).
Maybe I'll transfer this to the bug tracker, as a 'feature re-instatement request'...
After all, QCAD2 offered to 'move' all related data (scripts, libraries, etc., to a (list of) user-specified directory(ies).
And last but not least, C:/Program Files/QCad/ is nowadays definitely not the place to store these things...
Hmmm... I'm no js expert either, but made my living programming in all sorts of languages and scripts in the past.clive wrote:I`m no expert but I think this would need a bit of 'java script' tweaking for this.
So: I'll look into this, and report what I will come up with (if anything).
That would actually save one mouse click, at the expense of creating clutter on the desktop and increased complexity of backup procedures: I don't think it is worth that.clive wrote:The quickest way I can think of is maybe setting up a separate folder on your desktop for your 'bespoke' templates and then open them up and load them directly from there.
Maybe I'll transfer this to the bug tracker, as a 'feature re-instatement request'...
After all, QCAD2 offered to 'move' all related data (scripts, libraries, etc., to a (list of) user-specified directory(ies).
And last but not least, C:/Program Files/QCad/ is nowadays definitely not the place to store these things...