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Ok. Thanks Husky.

Is there a way to select an existing entity and use the properties of that entity (eg line type colour weight etc) as the properties for future entities to be drawn?

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I am working on some architectural drawings that I can't share. The file is all 2D. It has 9 Layouts for cover hheet, plans, elevations, sections and images of survey and perspectives. There are many hatches also. The file size is small. The file is still workable, just slowing down. Am I better of ...

seasdes, Like all dimensions and in final stage one can always Explode (XP) them and apply your own theme ... :wink: Regards, CVH Thanks CVH. I suppose that I could apply the leader without an arrow & then apply a block with the required theme (arrow). Other CAD packages give me an option to apply ...

Thanks Husky

Is there a way to use custom arrows for leaders? In some software this is possible.
Just wondering.

CVH wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:43 am

seasdes wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:35 am

Aha. Thank you CVH.

Glad to help you out.
It only took me a while to retrieve the correct link to the manual ...

Regards,
CVH

Yeah I looked. Couldn't see the forest for the trees.

CVH wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:17 am

Also see:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/refere ... tionFilter
... Usage ... 6 ... last line

Regards,
CVH

Aha. Thank you CVH.

The highlighted line in the manual allows me to do what I want.

Sometimes I need to run a filter within selected objects only. The Selection Filter has 4 methods represented by icons: - Replace Current - Add - Subtract - Intersect To filter within an existing selection one can use the Intersect method. To filter out unwanted one uses the Subtract method. Regard...

Sometimes I need to run a filter within selected objects only. Is there a way to do this?
Currently when I run a filter command it operates on all of the entities displayed.

Thanks Husky
What got me stumped was that things weren't working out when Screen Based Linetypes were turned off.

Hi CVH

Thanks for your response

Is it possible to hide a segment of a polyline - not delete a segment?