1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

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cybernet
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1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

Post by cybernet » Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:53 pm

Hi! I need to make a dotted line, but the distance between the points should be necessarily 5 millimeters like this
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It's possible? It would be great if this could be done with "Linetype" option. Other options are welcome.

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andrew
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Re: 1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

Post by andrew » Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:08 pm

You can add your own linetypes in linetypes/metric of your QCAD installation by adding a lin file, for example:

File name: "mytype.lin"

File contents:

Code: Select all

*MYDOT,My Dot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A, 0, -5.0
This creates a dotted line type named "My Dot" with gaps of 5mm at a line weight of 1.0mm. Note that line patterns are scaled down / up with line weights.

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Re: 1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

Post by cybernet » Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:40 am

Thanks, it's working, but little bit not as is needed. There is no dot at the start of the line:
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Can it be fixed?

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Re: 1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

Post by andrew » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:07 am

This is a rounding error (you can make the line a small amount, e.g. 0.001 longer and the point will show up). This will be corrected for the next release.

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Re: 1 mm ø dots every 5 mm

Post by cybernet » Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:17 pm

Thanks you!

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