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Can someone tell me how to download a free update of QCad for my Mac? I purchased my copy last Nov (2006) and have a problem printing after exporting as PDF. Apparently this glitch has been fixed in the later versions and I am allowed to update one. However I just don't know how to do it. I tried c...

Where on earth is the bit one clicks on to download an update? The email I got when I purchased QCad asked me to keep the links so that I can download free updates. However the links don't take me anywhere usefull except the demo downloads and the online shop. Can't you make it easier for dills lik...

robo wrote:running fedora linux, gnome desktop. running ver. 2.1.3.0 (recent download, new user) qcad will not recognise text from existing drawing or create text in current drawing.

Please refer to the FAQ, question 11:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html#11

I have been using Qcad 2.1.0.0 in both Xandros version 3 and 4 and it works very well. I just downloaded Qcad 2.1.2.8 and it works well in Xandros 4 but, it will not start in version 3. Does anyone know what the difference would be to keep this version from running? Jim The problem appears to be li...

Got a new file. If I use the 'Draw Equidintant Polylines' tool on the rib and click on the outside of the rib 4 circles appear. If I click on the inside of the rib the circles do not appear. Any ideas why this is happening? Mike It looks like these 'ribs' come in an extremely high resolution. Some ...

mikeperik wrote:Here are two images (hopefully)...

Where are the two circles coming from?

Mike

I cannot reproduce that problem. Could you make the DXF file available as well?

Thanks,
Andrew

Buying a license, Can I use the version for Linux and Windows? At office I use Linux and when I am at home I use Windows; it sometimes happens that I bring jobs to my house. Yes, from the FAQ ( http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html ): Can I use my QCad Professional license on more than one co...

I'll have to pass this one on to TrollTech, maker of Qt. They scheduled a fix for the upcoming Qt 4.3 version, but I would not bet on that. At least the latest Qt 4.3 beta release still cannot handle umlauts in directory or file names. Hi there, when using QCad 2.1.2.8, I cannot read or create fie- ...

So basically you *do* have support for all HP plotters here, right? HPGL output for a specific plotter type requires usually a significant amount of configuration (adjusting hpgl.cxm file). HPGL is a very weak standard and there are almost as many dialects as there are plotters. The only problem le...

I can see that CAM Expert is not based on the newest version of Qcad professional. Will it be updated? Is a license of CAM Expert an upgrade to QCad or something completely new purchase-wise? Yes, it will be updated as soon as time allows. It is mainly a matter of porting it to all platforms and te...

Yes, this has been fixed in QCad 2.1.3.0

apjjr wrote:Release 2.1.2.8 of QCAD has a lot of nice improvements. Thanks!
Click and drag of text does not move the text.
I can select the text and use the edit function to move it.
May be a bug?

Alex

QCad 2.1.3.0 has been released today.

This is a bug fix follow-up of 2.1.2.9 and fixes the following bug:
- visibility of entities when using the move/copy function with multiple copies

QCad 2.1.2.9 has been released today.

This is a bug fix follow-up of 2.1.2.8 and fixes the following bugs:
- drag and drop moving for text entities
- no option tool bar when creating polylines from segments

Hi~ How do i copy layers from one drawing to another ans is there a way to paste the layer in its original place relative to the absolute zero? You can use the normal copy / paste functionality for this: In original drawing: - edit - copy - select all entities of a layer (there is a special selecti...

I have downloaded the demo of the latest version (2.1.2.8, stand-alone) and was interested in the property editor. But the property editor isn't working. I am unable to select anything. And even when I preselect the entity, the property editor isn't popping up. Thank you. The property editor is not...