Hi,
I'm new to this forum but I'm excited to be working with QCAD. I'm a civil engineer and hoping to extend the software to provide some custom features through scripts for land surveyors and civil designers. QCAD Professional actually supports z values quite a bit, I have found. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now, and I've written a script that imports a set of x,y,z values and makes 3-dimensional line segments. I then use QCAD's
Draw -> Polyline -> Create from Segments
The result is shown below. It is a polyline composed of 140 points with x,y,z values. I created it with an ECMAscript and an input file using QCAD Professional 3.20.1 (see attached dwg file). The input file is from a QCAD forum user (sorry - used without permission).
I've read on this forum about people seeking extended functionality for Civil/Surveyor needs. I think QCAD can offer a lot, and I'm taking a serious look at helping to make that happen.
Hello
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Re: Hello
Thanks for your introduction and welcome to the QCAD forum.
Yes, 3D coordinates are partially supported in QCAD.
Here are some tips / gotchas:
- You can display Z coordinates in the property editor by enabling Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Property Editor > Display Z coordinates
- 3D entities might not be selectable with a mouse click.
- Snapping might snap to a 3D coordinate, producing an entity that is subsequently not selectable by mouse click.
Yes, 3D coordinates are partially supported in QCAD.
Here are some tips / gotchas:
- You can display Z coordinates in the property editor by enabling Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Property Editor > Display Z coordinates
- 3D entities might not be selectable with a mouse click.
- Snapping might snap to a 3D coordinate, producing an entity that is subsequently not selectable by mouse click.
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Re: Hello
Andrew,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've been seeing this behavior. Sometimes the object is not even visible, but is selectable by bounding box.
Reloading the document seems to fix the problem: what bit of magic accomplishes this? It seems to happen even if I set Z to zero.
Regards,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've been seeing this behavior. Sometimes the object is not even visible, but is selectable by bounding box.
Reloading the document seems to fix the problem: what bit of magic accomplishes this? It seems to happen even if I set Z to zero.
Regards,
Mike Miller, P.E.