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Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Husky » Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:28 pm

Hi everybody ... 8)

I challenged this situation already a couple times and I have no idea why it isn't working - maybe somebody can tell me what I'm doing wrong ... :cry:

Here in this case ...
I have two blocks arranged in my drawing and I like to use primary the Info tool or alternative a Dim tool to get the measurement for a stair. But what ever I try - it looks like it is a "taboo" area and QCAD is hard working to get it done - but without success.

So, here is the little stair and I need to measure the vertical difference ...
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... but I can't get the measurement without exploding the blocks. :cry:
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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Clive » Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:34 pm

Hey Husky

Try using snap to end points with the measurement tool, works for me :)

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Husky » Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:02 pm

Clive wrote:Hey Husky

Try using snap to end points with the measurement tool, works for me :)
Nice - thank you Clive! Works for me too. :D

Now I have a new Question .... 8)

Why it doesn't work with the Auto Snap function? :oops:

I assume we found a bug ... e_surprised
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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Clive » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:48 am

Husky wrote:I assume we found a bug ... e_surprised
Looks like it Husky, you should report it :wink:

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by andrew » Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:26 am

Looks like a performance issue.

Here's what happens in detail:
- As soon as you move the mouse cursor into the area of the intersection, QCAD starts looking for intersection points, end points, etc near to the mouse cursor.
- Since the drawing contains polylines with many thousands small segments, the search for an intersection takes very long (several seconds).
- Since QCAD does not immediately return a result, you likely move your mouse cursor in the hope that QCAD will still find the intersection.
- As soon as you move your mouse cursor, QCAD restarts the search since another intersection might now be the closest.
- As this continuous, it appears that QCAD never finds the intersection or end point.

Solutions:
- If the preview is very slow, you can simply click close to the intersection without waiting for a preview to appear. As soon as you click, QCAD searches for the closest snap point, without interrupting when you move the mouse.
- If you want to see a preview of the snap cursor, you would have to hold the mouse still in that place for a long time.
- Simplifying the polylines would of course also help.

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by andrew » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:55 pm

I've looked into this a bit closer and was able to significantly improve the performance for this case (snapping to complex polylines in blocks) for the next release.

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Clive » Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:02 pm

Hi Andrew

That's great, I'm sure Husky will be pleased too :)

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Husky » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:39 pm

Clive wrote:That's great, I'm sure Husky will be pleased too :)
Yes, I'm more than happy about a performance improvement regarding this issue. 8)
Thanks Andrew, again! :wink:
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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by andrew » Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:56 pm

An update which should fix this is now available: QCAD 3.12.4

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Re: Can't snap to a specific block section ...

Post by Husky » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:40 pm

andrew wrote:An update which should fix this is now available: QCAD 3.12.4
Yes - much better! :D
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