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slyde
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QCAD hung up while scaling

Post by slyde » Sun Dec 24, 2017 9:13 am

I haven't tried to reproduce this, but I sure short-circuited QCAD.

I was scaling down a block and accidentally entered two decimal points: .o.o5
The result was QCAD hanging up. I've tried clicking left and right, simultaneously clicking left and right, hitting ESC, DELETE, ESC & DELETE combo, but all I get is that crosshair that says "Grid" at it's center...the same one it shows when QCAD wants you to find a point on an entity before moving it. When I tried to scale it again, that's when I saw my last entry, having two decimal points in it. I was surprised that passed as a valid field entry.

Here's a screenshot and the file. Not sure if the file will show you anything, but it did allow me to save it. I just can't do any work to it until I restart QCAD.


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Re: QCAD hung up while scaling

Post by Husky » Mon Dec 25, 2017 8:04 am

slyde wrote:I was surprised that passed as a valid field entry.
No warning like changing the black text into red text and posting a warning message?
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slyde wrote:I've tried clicking left and right, simultaneously clicking left and right, hitting ESC, DELETE, ESC & DELETE combo, but all I get is that crosshair that says "Grid" at it's center...the same one it shows when QCAD wants you to find a point on an entity before moving it.
If you're again in a situation like this try the Reset / ldle tool
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Re: QCAD hung up while scaling

Post by slyde » Mon Dec 25, 2017 9:01 pm

I wish I had gotten that error msg, Husky. Not sure why I didn't. I know Andrew has entries like this in try/catch blocks to make sure they're valid. It was just one of those quirky things, I guess. Seems like I get all the quirks life has to offer...like the lump of coal I got in my chimney-hung stocking last night :D

Thanks for the tip on the Reset. That's a nice feature.
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