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Hi JustInchan, So, I have tried to use AutoCAD to open the dwg file created by QCAD and find there is a water mark saying it is created by student version....especially doing print preview in AutoCAD. It is my belief that the Trial versions of QCAD do indeed insert a watermark into the drawings. Pre...

Hi guys, My two cents worth. If you have multiple circles to draw the lines in, it might be slightly quicker to use the 'Centerline Cross' tool. Select 'Misc->Draw->Centerline Cross', shortcut 'CS'. centrelinecross.png Set X to 100, Y to 0 and the third box to 'Percent'. The X setting is the size of...

Hi fratink, Is there a way to add scripts that use the command line in the qcad GUI? Simple answer: No More involved answer: Yes The simplest way to achieve this is to use the 'script shell' (Misc->Development->Script Shell). This allows you to load scripts containing functions, which you can then r...

Hi Caster,

The answer is in 'Edit->Drawing Preferences->Dimension Settings'. You will see that the 'Dimension Label Font' box is empty. Select a font and click 'Apply', and the labels will change to metric.

Hope this helps

Regards

riverbuoy

Hi Husky and J-J, After looking into this I think I have found a solution. I looked into the shop and saw a message saying that they are currently on holiday until the 16th of August, so I thought I would post this temporarily. This fix works with Husky's example of two circles and a rectangle, but ...

Hi Husky, I started up QCAD Pro Trial Edition. The behaviour is exactly as you describe. I then started the community edition (by renaming the plugins) and the problem went away. Centreline Cross was working exactly as it should. Finally, I have the source code of the community edition, which I have...

Hi All, I think what you need is the snap restriction - 'Restrict Angle or Length'. This is in the snap menu, or you can use the shortcut 'EL'. This displays in the options toolbar four input boxes and two check buttons. The first check button is labeled 'Angle', followed by an input box for angle, ...

Hi Andreas, Who knows about a viewer app for macOS, Windows and Linux (or even iOS and Android) that could open and view QCAD produced files (.dwg or .dxf)? You want a viewer called 'Teigha' produced by the 'Open Drawing Alliance'. Google 'Teigha Fie Viewer'. The page only mentions DWG and DGN files...

Hi woddy There is an example script called 'Wallchart-en.js' which creates a block with a hatch colour of mid grey and inserts it multiple times into the drawing. You can find it here. ('-en' is the English version). https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=2910 Note: You need to first def...

Hi Husky, Sorry about the confusion. I think my explanation was poor, so I will try again. Here goes... First 'Direction'. We normally give directions using points of the compass, such as EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, SOUTH-WEST, NORTH-EAST etc. However these are imprecise, so navigation systems, and su...

Hi Husky, Thanks for your feedback. c.) If I launch this tool it looks like it reads the mouse pointer position. Unfortunately it start immediately even in "empty" areas of the drawing and reports Yes, you are right. This is clearly wrong, so I have attached the fixed file, 'ucs.js'. Replace the exi...

Hi, The 'User Coordinate System' (UCS) was developed in AutoCAD (and other CAD programs) to help draw 3D models. However, it can also be useful in 2D drawing. It works by specifying a direction for the X and Y axis, and selecting a point for the origin. In AutoCAD you can save multiple named UCS def...

Hi dfriasb, In this way only one command should be needed for the same task, and not so many like now (2 per letter). And also it could be used for any string length in layer names. You are correct. You have already put in some effort. With a little more I think you can do this. I would create a com...

Hi Frank, There is a way to move all the selected circles at once, but not by using the centre point, so this may not be useful. Select the circles as usual. Position the mouse pointer on one of the circles. Don't select the centre point or quadrant points. Holding the left button down drag the circ...

Hi TSG and Husky, I found a little problem. When I try to fit a text on an arc the text is written backwards. Actually this is a bug, which I missed. I have now, hopefully, fixed this. I have tested this with both types of arcs and it appears to be correct now. Perhaps you could test this for me. I ...