I am using Qcad 3.9.4 on Windows 7 64 bit. I use Qcad for making drawings that are plasma cut on a CNC system. I need a tool similar to Adobe Illustrator's pathfinder unite function. I currently use the break out segment tool a lot to merge spline areas that overlap. It seems that quite often, this tool does not join lines and leaves open paths. The intersections look joined until I zoom in and they are not joined.
Is this tool supposed to join lines, or is there a different tool I should be using?
Thanks,
Brad
Break Out Segment
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Re: Break Out Segment
Intersection points between two splines are currently approximations calculated through interpolation. For this reason, all trimming and other intersection related tools should be used with caution when splines are involved. A better solution might be implemented in a future version of QCAD.
Re: Break Out Segment
Just a quick update: this has been improved significantly in the latest QCAD 3.10.0 release.
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Hambone404
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Re: Break Out Segment
Hi,
I upgraded to Qcad Pro 3.10. I exploded text over another layer and used the breakout segment tool to merge the two objects. The merged lines still leave open paths and do not connect loose ends. Is there a different way to accomplish this withing Qcad?
Thanks,
Brad
I upgraded to Qcad Pro 3.10. I exploded text over another layer and used the breakout segment tool to merge the two objects. The merged lines still leave open paths and do not connect loose ends. Is there a different way to accomplish this withing Qcad?
Thanks,
Brad
Re: Break Out Segment
Could you attach or e-mail a drawing and mark the area in question? Thanks.