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QCad Changelog

What's new in QCad 3.24.0.1

Dec 31, 2019
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Property Painter:
  • Copy properties from source entity to selection
  • Copy layer, color, linetype, lineweight, custom properties, text attributes, hatch pattern
  • Update to OpenDesign Libraries 20.8
  • Misc > Layer > Make all Black Layers White
  • Draw > Shape > Star:
  • Draw star shapes
  • Command line tools:
  • dwg2pdf:
  • Add switch -auto-orientation, auto page orientation based on bounding box
  • QCAD/CAM:
  • Set quantity for nesting parts (nest same part multiple times)
  • Draw:
  • Ellipse > Inscribed in Quadrilateral:
  • Create circle if appropriate
  • Performance:
  • Use of multiple CPU cores for display
  • Modify:
  • Scale:
  • Improved support for non-uniform scaling
  • Blocks:
  • Improved support for non-uniform scaling
  • Snap > Reference:
  • Snap to reference point of block reference for block reference entities
  • Edit > Application Preferences:
  • File > Open/Save:
  • Add preference to override "last saved by" file information for DXF/DWG export
  • Misc > Script Examples > Mathematics > FlexPainter
  • Paint complex patterns along existing lines and curves (see forum announcement)
  • macOS 10.15:
  • Update to Qt 5.13.2
  • Fix mouse cursor display
  • Linux:
  • Provide packages linked against Qt 5.13
  • Wayland support
  • Fix keyboard layout switching under Wayland
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1931 - File > SVG Export: hatch arc interpolation
  • FS#1933 - File > Advanced SVG export: file overwrite check doesn't use updated filename
  • FS#1942 - Draw > Circle > Two tangents and point: fails for case with point on bisector
  • FS#1946 - CAM > Cam Legacy Export: Cut inner paths before outer paths has no effect
  • FS#1948 - Modify > Offset (through Point): Point orthogonal to end point of line segment not accepted
  • FS#1949 - Modify > Break out: Leftover (zero length line) after using tool on ray
  • FS#1950 - File > Save As: File dialog offers unsupported export formats (DWG R9, R10, R2.6, R2.5)
  • FS#1962 - CAM > Drill Toolpaths: Cannot be edited / updated from source entities
  • FS#1973 - File > SVG Export: polylines with large arc segments (> 180°) not exported correctly
  • FS#1975 - RPolyline::getOrientation: Wrong orientation for polylines with large arcs
  • FS#1979 - View > Layer List: icon spacing
  • FS#1984 - Block > Create Block from Selection: Slow for large number of entities
  • FS#1985 - Hatch dots are rendered as lines with fixed lenght of 0.02 units
  • FS#1986 - Page Tags set as default not displayed
  • FS#1987 - File > SVG Export: full circle hatch
  • FS#1990 - Layer > Duplicate Layer: fails for layer "0"
  • FS#1991 - Modify > Divide: Preview indicator fails on infinitive lines
  • FS#1993 - Draw > Insert Bitmap: relative zero point not set
  • FS#1996 - File > Save: DXF header variable CECOLOR changed
  • FS#2000 - CAM > Nesting: misleading "Sheet added" confirmation
  • FS#2001 - CAM > Nesting: Alignment fails
  • FS#2002 - Draw > Viewport > Add Viewport: Hatch is offset incorrectly in Viewport
  • FS#2007 - bbox.bat cannot write log file
  • FS#2012 - Draw > Hatch > Hatch from Selection: block transforms not taken into account

New in QCad 3.23.0.0 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • QCAD Professional:
  • Draw > Polyline > Simplify:
  • Use Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm
  • Misc > Draw > Polygon Hull:
  • Polygonal hull for polyline with arc segments
  • Configurable tolerance / maximum angle for segments
  • Inside / outside
  • View > Selection Filter:
  • Add selection counters to entity types
  • Command line tools:
  • dwg2maptiles:
  • Add margin switch to configure margin in percent
  • QCAD/CAM:
  • CAM > Nesting:
  • Automatic nesting of selected parts into chosen sheets
  • Support for islands in parts and sheets
  • Support for polylines, loose entities, splines, text entities
  • Part-in-part placement
  • Align part angle to X/Y axis
  • Mutithreading
  • Misc > Draw > No-Fit Polygon:
  • No-fit polygon (NFP) of possible placements for polyline A when placed next to polygon B without intersecting
  • macOS:
  • Update to Qt version 5.13 for macOS 10.14
  • Native dark mode support under macOS 10.14
  • Fix high-resolution / low resolution display on mixed display settings
  • Performance:
  • Improved performance / precision for polyline area calculation for polylines with arcs
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1891 - File > Import: import fails
  • FS#1893 - Translations not loaded during first start
  • FS#1894 - File > Bitmap Export: points rendered too big
  • FS#1896 - File > Open: Import fails for some files with layer states and NULL layers
  • FS#1899 - View > Auto zoom: zoom to invisible entities in blocks
  • FS#1904 - File > Bitmap Export: Non-plottable layers not exported
  • FS#1906 - Draw > Polyline > Polyline from Segments: Converting full arcs to polylines
  • FS#1909 - Blocks invisible when loading disappear when made visible and panning

New in QCad 3.22.1.2 (Jun 14, 2019)

  • Update CXF font format to support polylines and closed polylines
  • Themes:
  • Updated Dark theme for Linux
  • Performance improvement:
  • Faster block switching in drawings with many blocks
  • Use Alt key for ortho mode
  • Draw > Text:
  • Support for underlined text
  • QCAD Professional:
  • CXF font support:
  • Load / edit / save CXF fonts
  • Performance improvement:
  • Faster loading and updating of layer list with many layers
  • Press Enter to repeat last used command
  • Layer List:
  • Select multiple layers
  • Delete multiple selected layers
  • Toggle visibility/lock/frozen/printable/snappable state of multiple selected layers
  • Layer States:
  • Add layer state
  • Activate layer state
  • Rename layer state
  • Remove layer state
  • File > SVG Export:
  • Export bitmaps (linked or embedded)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1857 - Layer List: current layer not highlighted after collapsing item
  • FS#1859 - Modify > Stretch: dimension completely inside area not moved
  • FS#1860 - Rendering of nested blocks / use of negative scale factors
  • FS#1861 - Modify > Stretch: block references inside stretch box are not moving
  • FS#1864 - File > Print Current View: multiple pages printed
  • FS#1865 - Scaling polyline with width by negative factor removes width
  • FS#1866 - DXF: EXTMIN/EXTMAX interchanged
  • FS#1871 - View > Block List: Renaming current block does not update block list
  • FS#1876 - Edit > Convert Drawing Unit: block array spacing
  • FS#1879 - File > PDF Export: print preview unclosable
  • FS#1883 - File > SVG Export: invalid SVG comments
  • FS#1884 - File > Bitmap Export: margins despite zero margin settings
  • FS#1885 - Modify > Edit Text: Text dialog messes up formatting of subscript / superscript

New in QCad 3.21.3 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • View:
  • Property Editor:
  • Add property "Scale" for angle dimensions, arc length dimensions
  • Add property "Linear Factor" for arc length dimensions
  • Focus on Tool Matrix
  • Hand keyboard focus to filter input of tool matrix
  • Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Colors > Selection:
  • Add color for tertiary reference points
  • QCAD Professional:
  • File > Import:
  • Add option to import file as block with given name (defaulting to base name of file)
  • Edit > Application Preferences > File > Print Preview:
  • Add preference "Show only plottable layers"
  • Draw:
  • Polyline:
  • From Segments:
  • Add option to automatically simplify (or not)
  • Morph:
  • Add custom factor option
  • Add arc interpolation option, segment length
  • Viewport:
  • Add Viewport
  • Sort layout names in layout dialog
  • Modify:
  • Split Entities:
  • Add support for splitting polylines into parts with equal length
  • Draw Order > Reorder:
  • Manually reorder all / selected entities
  • View > Overlays:
  • Show / hide permanent drawing overlays:
  • Direction overlay
  • Startpoint overlay
  • Order overlay
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1783 - RArc::splitAt(): fails in some cases
  • FS#1786 - Block > Select Block References: not using active block in block list
  • FS#1787 - View > Property Editor: Layer combo box not sorted
  • FS#1791 - Edit > Paste: relative zero point not set
  • FS#1792 - Dimension > Angular: transformations broken
  • FS#1797 - Keyboard shortcuts not saved between sessions
  • FS#1798 - Drawing Pref > Linetype > Scale of linetypes matches the scale of each viewport: wrong default shown
  • FS#1799 - Postprocessor: sign not forced for negative values rounded to zero

New in QCad 3.21.2 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • Modify:
  • Restructure menu into submenus
  • Layer list, block list:
  • Improve sorting for international characters (ä, é, etc.)
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Draw > Polyline > Morph:
  • Add easing option (quadratic, cubic, circle, etc.)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1776 - Edit > Application Preferences: Tool Settings: cannot configure shortcuts
  • FS#1777 - Crash when pasting / importing drawing with missing image
  • FS#1778 - Draw > Point > Single Point: Exception

New in QCad 3.20.0 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • QCAD API:
  • Add support for property attributes for custom properties
  • Read-only
  • Undeletable
  • Invisible
  • Choices (combo box)
  • Allow translation of custom property labels
  • macOS:
  • Update to Qt 5.10
  • Fix crash when loading files on certain installations of macOS 10.12, 10.13.
  • Translations:
  • Add support for complex plural forms in certain languages (singular, paucal, plural)
  • Complete Polish translation
  • Deployment:
  • Bundle script files and resources as plugin (speed up installation, updates and start up)
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Edit > Application Preferences > Widgets > Property Editor > Allow adding custom properties:
  • Enable/disable adding of custom properties
  • Edit > Application Preferences > Edit > Move:
  • Add preference to enable/disable moving selection using arrow keys
  • Edit > Drawing Preferences > General > Linetype:
  • Add preference: Scale of linetypes matches the scale of each viewport
  • View > Property Editor:
  • Add clockwise / counterclockwise property for polylines
  • Add width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
  • QCAD/CAM:
  • Inserting tabs (bridges) to hold sheet cutout in place
  • Postprocessors:
  • Add postprocessors for grbl
  • LinuxCNC:
  • Add tool list to header (G10 L1 P.. R..)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1686 - File > Print: Line scale in Viewport wrong if Model_Space not 1:1
  • FS#1677 - Dimension: Scale option grayed out in model space
  • FS#1696 - Modify > Isometric Projection > Cylindrical: exception
  • FS#1695 - Context menu: editing tools not working in paper space
  • FS#1703 - File > Bitmap Export: Monochrome with black background broken
  • FS#1704 - Wrong labels for information area buttons
  • FS#1712 - dwg2pdf: auto fit fails for blocks
  • FS#1720 - Modify > Auto Trim: fails for Rays and Infinite Lines
  • FS#1734 - Draw > Text: Color changes for CAD font texts ignored

New in QCad 3.19.1 (Nov 12, 2017)

  • Linux, macOS:
  • Remove unnecessary libraries
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Edit > Convert Drawing Unit:
  • Convert viewports
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1652 - Insert file as block: block attributes not on correct block
  • FS#1653 - Dimension font configuration only loaded if drawing contains dimension entity
  • FS#1655 - File > Print Preview: cannot adjust page preferences for model space
  • FS#1656 - Dimension size scale wrong in viewports
  • FS#1657 - Edit > Drawing Preferences > Printing > Page: no effect in model space
  • FS#1658 - Crash when switching to layout block (32bit Linux, Qt4)

New in QCad 3.17.3 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Modify:
  • Isometric Projection:
  • Add alternative projection types:
  • Dimetric
  • Cabinet 30°
  • Scale:
  • Scale internal text formatting when scaling texts
  • Scale Text Heights:
  • Scale heights of selected texts (without changing the position)
  • QCAD/CAM:
  • Performance improvements:
  • Don't update 3D view when not visible
  • Improve performance when switching from one drawing to another (FS#1610)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1605 - Edit > Paste: Empty layers created when pasting to current layer
  • FS#1606 - Selecting 'Draw Order' halts system temporary
  • FS#1609 - Edit > Drawing Preferences: dimension size scale cannot be changed to 1

New in QCad 3.16.7 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1560 - Main Menu not selectable (Ubuntu 16.04, Unity)
  • FS#1561 - Edit > Drawing Preferences: menu missing (macOS, French locale)

New in QCad 3.16.4 (Jan 4, 2017)

  • Command line tools:
  • Add offscreen Qt plugin to allow running QCAD command line tools in Linux server environments
  • Sign Windows and macOS packages and executables
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Modify > Explode:
  • Add preference to explode texts to polylines (with splines converted to arc segments)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1525 - Block attributes: escaped unicode sequences in files not converted on loading

New in QCad 3.16.3 (Dec 28, 2016)

  • File > Bitmap Export...:
  • Add options for color, anti-aliasing, margin to compensate for lineweight
  • Edit > Convert Unit:
  • Converts the unit of a drawing
  • Part Library Browser:
  • Add gear generator item (default > Mechanics > Gears > InvoluteSpur)
  • QCAD Professional:
  • Draw > Hatch > Hatch from Segments:
  • Use selection color to highlight selected boundary
  • Save active layer in file, restore on load
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1517 - Modify > Break out Segment: fails with closed polyline
  • FS#1519 - Ruler precision always zero
  • FS#1520 - Modify > Rotate: rotating splines changes start/end tangents
  • FS#1521 - Modify > Offset: fails in certain cases with short arcs
  • FS#1523 - Draw > Hatch > Hatch from Segments: fails for circle in circle
  • FS#1524 - Command line: cannot enter @ sign in command line on German keyboard

New in QCad 3.16.2 (Dec 23, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1514 - Block attributes: association with block reference lost on copy / paste

New in QCad 3.15.4 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1436 - Block > Create Library Item: item does not have same unit as source document
  • FS#1438 - MText with vertical alignment base saved with alignment top (dxflib)
  • FS#1441 - Modify > Lengthen: unexpected behavior with polylines
  • FS#1442 - Imported and saved dimensions reference empty blocks

New in QCad 3.12.3 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1293 - Crash when snapping to intersection points between 3d lines and splines
  • FS#1294 - Hatches scale differently now from earlier releases
  • FS#1300 - User defined hatch patterns not saved properly with hatch entities
  • FS#1304 - View > Auto zoom: empty blocks not ignored
  • FS#1308 - Simple text: x-scale not saved
  • FS#1309 - Draw > Hatch: cannot create hatch from boundary in block reference
  • FS#1310 - View > Screen-based linetypes: no patterns for circular entities

New in QCad 3.11.0 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • QCAD Pro:
  • Modify
  • Break Out Segment
  • Support polylines and splines
  • Break out Manual
  • Support polylines and splines
  • Auto Trim
  • Support polylines and splines
  • Detect duplicates
  • Add option to ignore direction
  • Block attributes
  • Add support for 'invisible' flag
  • Variable polyline widths per segment
  • Draw > Ring
  • Draw ring (donut) from given inner and outer radius
  • Command line tools
  • dwg2bmp
  • Add switch -c / -colorcorrection to enable auto color correction to avoid white on white / black on black painting
  • Allow for transparent background (e.g. -b "#ff000000")
  • dwg2maptiles
  • New tool to create map tiles from drawing files, for example for use with leafletjs
  • File > Bitmap Export
  • Remember last used settings (width, height, resolution, file type, etc.)
  • Modify
  • Keep drawing order of existing entities
  • Explode
  • Explode solids into polylines
  • Explode polylines with individual segment widths to outline
  • Edit > Application Preferences
  • Graphics View > Navigation
  • Reverse mouse wheel direction for zoom
  • Mouse wheel zoom factor
  • Graphics View > Text Rendering
  • Add experimental preference to render texts as texts instead of paths (affects display, PDF export, prints)
  • Layer > Compatibility
  • Add layer 0 compatibility mode (entities on layer 0 in blocks inherit attributes from block reference)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1253 - Snap > Intersection Manual: no result between line and spline
  • FS#1265 - File > Print / PDF Export: crop marks, page tags
  • FS#1268 - DXF/DWG import: cannot open file with custom linetypes
  • FS#1269 - DXF/DWG import: layers with trailing / leading spaces dropped
  • FS#1271 - Modify > Offset: Crash on polyline offset with very large coordinates
  • FS#1272 - Modify > Auto Trim: not undoable when used on spline

New in QCad 3.9.8 (Aug 2, 2015)

  • Performance:
  • Improved performance for Modify > Detect Duplicates
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1246 - Saving MText with linefeeds in escaped text causes corruption of DXF file
  • FS#1247 - File > Print / PDF Export: problem with offset
  • FS#1248 - Edit > Duplicate: only duplicate selected entities

New in QCad 3.9.6 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • QCAD Pro:
  • Modify > Align Reference Points: align two reference points of the selection with two target points in the drawing
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1236 - Arrow heads on leaders are missing every time files are opened
  • FS#1238 - Explode: zero length lines from closed polyline
  • FS#1239 - Draw > Polyline > Create from Segments: fails with arc segments

New in QCad 3.9.5 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • QCAD Pro:
  • View > Selection Filter:
  • Add property 'Displayed Color' to select entities by color if color is 'By Layer'
  • Add fade (transparency) property for bitmap images
  • Modify:
  • Move / Copy:
  • Dialog optional
  • Translations:
  • Slovak user interface translation
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1222 - Selection Filter / Line / Angle in radians
  • FS#1221 - dwg2pdf: Cannot create a QWidget
  • FS#1219 - File > Print Current View: error with multiple pages set up
  • FS#1205 - Phantom period printed on PDF when attribute is empty

New in QCad 3.9.4 (May 26, 2015)

  • Add size properties (width,height) to selection filter
  • Disable changing of values with mouse wheel for all combo boxes on OS X
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1215 - Linetype combo box: linetypes not sorted
  • FS#1216 - DXF/DWG writing: block name mixup with anonymous blocks
  • FS#1217 - Modify > Explode: crash for non-explodable entities

New in QCad 3.9.2 (May 11, 2015)

  • QCAD Pro:
  • Draw > Polyline > Create from Segments
  • Extend polylines with connected segments
  • Join connected polylines
  • File > Print Current View:
  • Prints the current view from model space
  • File > Revert:
  • Reloads the current drawing from disk
  • Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Display and Performance > Timeout for hatch rendering
  • Preference for hatch rendering timeout
  • Block > Insert Block:
  • Insert array of blocks with N columns, M rows
  • Modify > Explode:
  • Explode splines piecewise to retain sharp (clamped) corners
  • Preferences:
  • Use alternating colors for layer list rows, block list rows
  • Various performance and memory usage fixes
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1196 - Radius dimension: arrow head is used even in arch tick mode
  • FS#1202 - Defaults - New drawing - Printing colors setting shows no effect

New in QCad 3.9.1 (Mar 15, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1189 - Modify > Offset (through Point): no result for whole polylines
  • FS#1190 - Complex linetypes not shown in line type choice

New in QCad 3.8.1 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1179 - Crash when opening empty file

New in QCad 3.8.0 (Feb 5, 2015)

  • Performance:
  • Improve responsiveness when using auto snap or snap to intersections
  • Improve loading time for large files
  • ECMAScript:
  • Add simple API to easily operate on the current document (scripts/simple.js)
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1174 - Modify > Divide: exception when used on circle or ellipse

New in QCad 3.7.7 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1166 - Dimension > Radius/Diameter: scale option has no effect
  • FS#1167 - Aligned dimensions not displayed

New in QCad 3.7.6.0 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • QCAD Pro:
  • Edit
  • Paste multiple items along an entity (line, arc, spline, polyline)
  • Draw:
  • Rectangle with Size
  • Add angle
  • Add hotkeys to change reference point [1-9]
  • Ellipse
  • with Radii, Angle
  • with Diameters, Angle
  • Circle
  • with Diameter
  • Modify:
  • Flip Horizontal
  • Flip Vertical
  • Offset
  • Offset ellipses
  • Info:
  • Arc/Circle/Ellipse Area
  • Snap:
  • Snap to center of selection
  • Translations:
  • Finnish translation
  • Bug fixes:
  • FS#1140 - Auto trim: not working on rays, xlines
  • FS#1147 - View > Zoom to selection with only vertical / horizontal line
  • FS#1150 - Snap to dimension reference points
  • FS#1160 - Persistent 'Saving' feedback after 'Save' command is used

New in QCad 3.7.5.0 (Jan 4, 2015)

  • Add XLine, Ray options to Draw > Line > Parallel and Draw > Line > Parallel through point (FS#1138)
  • Add XLine / Ray support for dxflib and the QCAD Community Edition
  • Bug fixes:
  • Copy / paste: copy linetypes together with layers of copied entities
  • Fix crash with dashed polylines, leaders, ellipses under Mac OS X
  • Fix slow response when choosing tools from the CAD tool bar
  • Fix slow switching between tabs if both tabs are in print preview mode
  • QCAD Pro:
  • FS#1136 - Selection filter: property list not translated
  • QCAD Community Edition:
  • FS#1137 - segfault creating dashed spline (without addons)

New in QCad 3.4.6 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • International characters are now also supported in layer names and block names.
  • A new, extended line drawing tool has been added.
  • This release also contains various bug fixes and smaller improvements.

New in QCad 3.4.5 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • This release introduces bugfixes, a new snap and construction tools.

New in QCad 3.4.4 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • This version offers an application preference to remove any restrictions when zooming and panning.
  • Support for rendering leaders without arrow head has been added.

New in QCad 3.4.3 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • This version fixes issues with trimming and reversing splines, and improves SVG import.

New in QCad 3.4.1 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • A potential crash under Windows with zero length lines has been fixed as well as coordinate entry over the command line.
  • File size of exported PDF files has been reduced significantly in some cases.
  • This release also supports Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).

New in QCad 3.4.0 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • This version adds a new display mode that uses screen based line patterns instead of drawing unit based line patterns.

New in QCad 3.3.4 (Oct 15, 2013)

  • This version features a new line tool for drawing lines that are orthogonal to a line and tangential to an arc, circle, or ellipse.
  • DXF compatibility with other products has been improved.
  • Some bugs related to the print menu and the print dialog under Linux have been fixed.

New in QCad 3.3.3 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • This version fixes some bugs with proportional scaling, block attributes, and a potential crash when projecting complex entities.

New in QCad 3.3.2 (Sep 27, 2013)

  • The scale tool has been improved to support non-uniform scaling of arcs, circles, and ellipses.
  • The info tools can now also be used to add the measured results to the drawing directly.
  • Various bugs were fixed.

New in QCad 3.2.2 (Aug 23, 2013)

  • This version features improved SVG importation with support for transformations and colors and a bugfix related to text entities.

New in QCad 3.2.1 (Aug 17, 2013)

  • This version features a new construction tool for ellipses inscribed in quadrilaterals and a new tool for clipping the current selection to a rectangular area or clearing rectangular areas.

New in QCad 3.2.0 (Aug 8, 2013)

  • This version adds four new circle construction tools for circles that are tangential to one, two, or three other entities (a solution for Apollonius's problem).

New in QCad 3.1.5 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • This version adds support for applying an individual linear factor to dimensions (creating detailed views at a different scale), updates translations, and adds various smaller improvements and bugfixes.

New in QCad 3.1.3 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • This version features a Japanese user interface translation and a Japanese user reference manual.
  • Minor bugfixes have been added.

New in QCad 3.1.2 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • This version fixed rendering and saving/loading problems with international (non-ASCII) characters.

New in QCad 3.1.0 (Jun 18, 2013)

  • This is the first major update of the free version of QCAD since version 2.
  • QCAD 3.1 features a very powerful and complete ECMAScript (JavaScript) interface, support for texts in TrueType fonts, a completely-redesigned property editor, a new part library browser with search functionality, an option for an isometric grid, and many other new features and tools.
  • The user interface has been modernized and polished, and the CAD engine underneath is now equipped with a spatial index for increased performance.