QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
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QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Hi,
I am new to QCad and i am trying to use the free version but it has been impossible.
QCad version 3.51 on Windows XP Professional 32 bit SP 2, 2 GB memory, 150 Mb free space on disk.
Every 2 min of work, QCad displays an HourGlass cursor in an eternal 5 min or so loop, doing nothing and preventing the use of the QCad.
Is this normal behavior for the Free Version?
Installation process:
* Downloaded Qcad Zip 3.51 version
* Installed (uncompressed it) on c:\QCad\Qcad
* removed the commercial plugins (i may buy it if a could work..)
What is wrong or what could i do to work with the free version, so i can evaluate and work with it.
Regards,
alex
I am new to QCad and i am trying to use the free version but it has been impossible.
QCad version 3.51 on Windows XP Professional 32 bit SP 2, 2 GB memory, 150 Mb free space on disk.
Every 2 min of work, QCad displays an HourGlass cursor in an eternal 5 min or so loop, doing nothing and preventing the use of the QCad.
Is this normal behavior for the Free Version?
Installation process:
* Downloaded Qcad Zip 3.51 version
* Installed (uncompressed it) on c:\QCad\Qcad
* removed the commercial plugins (i may buy it if a could work..)
What is wrong or what could i do to work with the free version, so i can evaluate and work with it.
Regards,
alex
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Can you check your autosave settings?
Edit > Application Preferences > Load/Save > Autosave
Auto saving should probably not take 5min, but that's the only thing I can think of right now...
Edit > Application Preferences > Load/Save > Autosave
Auto saving should probably not take 5min, but that's the only thing I can think of right now...
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Thanks for the quick reply.
I just tried to do it right now, and before i could get to AutoSave OFF QCad entered the 5 min loop.
QCad decided to use my mother language (perhaps this is triggering something), how can i force it to use English as default?
Alex
I just tried to do it right now, and before i could get to AutoSave OFF QCad entered the 5 min loop.
QCad decided to use my mother language (perhaps this is triggering something), how can i force it to use English as default?
Alex
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Hi, just curios: What is your mother language?alex wrote:QCad decided to use my mother language (perhaps this is triggering something), how can i force it to use English as default?
Anyway - if you need to force QCAD to start in a different language you can modify the Shortcut in XP. Check the link for QCAD below the Start menu - make a right click - open the Properties and change the Start parameter with an additional command " -locale en" at the end.
It should looks something like this""C:\QCad\Qcad\qcad.exe -locale en".
Save or make always notes of the previously command to be able to change it back if it doesn't works!
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Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Hi Husky,
The shorcut worked as expected, i have it now in English, thanks.
Pt-Br is the language, and nice you can understand my english.
I disabled AutoSave and worked for a while without the issue.
I have found that when i read a DXF file exported from a DWG file (by QCad), QCad take a very long time to read it and also to save it (that 5 min or so), so i guess the AutoSave was working and fired this issue every 5 min (default value).
I am still learning QCad, so this DXF file has many layers and i have deleted some components on it.
If i read the DXF files from the examples alone it seems not to happen, sounds more like a bug. I need to investigate it a bit more.
Thank you for your help.
Alex
The shorcut worked as expected, i have it now in English, thanks.
Pt-Br is the language, and nice you can understand my english.
I disabled AutoSave and worked for a while without the issue.
I have found that when i read a DXF file exported from a DWG file (by QCad), QCad take a very long time to read it and also to save it (that 5 min or so), so i guess the AutoSave was working and fired this issue every 5 min (default value).
I am still learning QCad, so this DXF file has many layers and i have deleted some components on it.
If i read the DXF files from the examples alone it seems not to happen, sounds more like a bug. I need to investigate it a bit more.
Thank you for your help.
Alex
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
[Edit: Topic moved to QCAD Community Version forum]
Is it possible to submit a file for testing?
Could it be that the drawing files are quite big and busy?alex wrote: so this DXF file has many layers and i have deleted some components on it.
If i read the DXF files from the examples alone it seems not to happen, sounds more like a bug. I need to investigate it a bit more.
Is it possible to submit a file for testing?
For the best support please state your operating system, QCAD version and add any supporting DXF/DWG files, screenshots etc...
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Yes, i can submit this file in private, please note that this is not my drawing.
I don't know what you mean by busy (busy doing what?). And i have no idea if a 3.7 Mb file is big enough to be handled, I am new to 2d Cad, still learning.
Please tell me how i could share the file for the developers to check what is wrong or to speed up reading/writing or it is just a complex drawing.
Alex
I don't know what you mean by busy (busy doing what?). And i have no idea if a 3.7 Mb file is big enough to be handled, I am new to 2d Cad, still learning.
Please tell me how i could share the file for the developers to check what is wrong or to speed up reading/writing or it is just a complex drawing.
Alex
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Please send the file to andrew at qcad dot org. Thanks.
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
I mean has the file got lots in the drawing?alex wrote:I don't know what you mean by busy (busy doing what?).
For the best support please state your operating system, QCAD version and add any supporting DXF/DWG files, screenshots etc...
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Sorry, did not get your meaning.
Anyway, i sent the file to Andrew, please report back your findings.
Anyway, i sent the file to Andrew, please report back your findings.
Re: QCad in eternal loop doing nothing
Thanks for the file. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the problem here at the moment.
Saving / auto saving that file takes about 2-3s here and I couldn't get QCAD to 'hang'. Please let me know if you find out anything. Thanks.
Saving / auto saving that file takes about 2-3s here and I couldn't get QCAD to 'hang'. Please let me know if you find out anything. Thanks.