Paper size problem with "-recompute-dim"

[martblek]

Hello,
I have problem if i want export drawings into PDF or only print.
I'm using "-recompute-dim" in start QCad because i have a lot of garbled drawings. This solves my problems.
But if i change paper size to another paper format because drawings is not A4 these errors appears again.
Drawings changes to default / like opened without -recompute-dim /.

Any workaround ?
Thanks

Win10 and QCadCam 2.25.2

[andrew]

We'll look into this and possible workarounds. The problem should also be fixed for the next release.

[martblek]

ok, thanks

[andrew]

An immediate workaround is (if you are comfortable using scripts):
Misc > Development > Script Shell

Enter this in the script shell at the bottom and press enter after each line:

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doc=getDocument();
doc.setVariable("PageSettings/PaperWidth", 210, true);
doc.setVariable("PageSettings/PaperHeight", 297, true);

Then switch to print preview.

Replace the height / width with the desired paper size.

[martblek]

thanks, this works.
Is possible to make option that automatically set paper size to match drawing after loading ?

[andrew]

It's possible through scripting, yes.

You might also want to look at the command line tools which have various options to automatically generate PDF files from DXF/DWG drawings:
https://qcad.org/products/qcad-command-line-tools

In particular dwg2pdf and bbox might be interesting.