I like QCad2, and so I tested QCad 3 and noticed the following:
Positive:
- I like the 3D projection.
- I like that inserting a single objects from the library multiple times now only adds 1 block to the block list.
- library: When inserting an object from the library, could you make e.g. the right mouse button rotate the object by 90° before insering it (1 click=90°, 2 clicks=180°, 3 clicks=270°, 4 clicks=360° etc.)? That would make it much faster.
- Unfortunately, the library-objects still are not "stretchable at defined lines" like they were in QCad1. With this feature, you could e.g. have a single "stretchable" M6 screw in the library and set the length when inserting it; without it, you have to have M6 screws with every possible length in the library. This very useful feature was in QCad1, and I don't understand why it was removed in QCad2 and not added again in QCad 3.
- The user-interface is terribly slow. If it doesn't get faster, QCad 3 will be completely unusable for me.
Details (without harddisk-access, all files were cached in ram):- Startup: QCad2: 1-2s, QCad3: 10s; but this is not so important
- Open library browser: QCad2: instantly, QCad3: 30s (!)
- Menu bar:
QCad2: instantly
QCad3: 0.5-2s to open a menu! And when I switch from one menu to an other, it's so slow that I often first still see the old menu, then the old menu without text (=a gray rectange), then a gray rectangle for the new menu and then the new menu with text... - Click on a "CAD Tool" toolbar-button:
QCad2: instantly after clicking, the new buttons are there
QCad3: I have to wait 0.5-1s before the new buttons appear!