Package: qcad Version: 2.0.4.0-1-2.1 Severity: wishlist
I am doing a renovation, and wanting to track the current condition and upgrades with a CAD program. I like the command line for entering the information on current locations, rather than using the mouse to repetitively place things like 2x4 studs in walls. First example of object things. I placed a 2x6 stud flush with the inner surface of a wall, when I should have placed the 2x6 flush with the outer surface. I didn't see any means of editing the entire object to shift it the nominal 2 inches, and found that if I edited the components of the object (4 straight lines) via the GUI, the object seemed to not be an object. I moved one short side by 2 inches (flipping it actually), and the redraw showed a Z shape with the ends disconnected. I moved the other short side (flipping it again), and now I have a C shape with a vertical bar behind the backbone of the C. Trying to move this closing side of the 2x6 over the other side of the 2x4 stud bay doesn't get any joy, as it doesn't matter what layer is active, it still doesn't display the correct "line" object for me to move to the other side if the stud bay. (I have a layer for the floor, a layer for the wall surrounding the floor, a layer for the pipes in the wall surrounding the floor, etc.). It seems like a person can use the menu to easily add an "object" which has some kind of associated shape property (like an oriented rectangle), but once the object has been entered it is broken down into disjoint straight line segments that aren't associated with any other "objects". I think it would also be nice to be able to "print out" objects in the diagram in terms of coordinates (not draw them in a GUI), or to edit objects. Maybe a person has a set of good measurements, but all with respect to the wrong baseline. Doing this in a text-edit mode is a lot faster and more accurate than trying to "move" some object in GUI mode. Anyway, wishlist things. Nothing that will keep me from using QCAD. I just end up redrawing things from scratch more often. I think they call that practice. :-) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages qcad depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-3 GCC support library ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libqcad0 2.0.4.0-1-2.1 Qcad libraries ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.5-1 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-6 compression library - runtime qcad recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
