[SOLVED] hatch preview

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[SOLVED] hatch preview

Post by petevick » Mon May 31, 2021 7:16 am

what would be causing the hatch preview to display either nothing or a small dot in the centre, I think the small dot could well be the preview but at a tiny scale. This happens with all metric and imperial hatches, none show a proper preview.
It's certainly a setting in the QCAD3.conf file, if I delete it the preview displays as expected, but I'd rather not have to go through setting up Qcad again if I can possibly help it.
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Re: hatch preview

Post by petevick » Mon May 31, 2021 7:28 am

I've narrowed it down to this section of the QCAD3.conf, but nothing obvious jumps out at me.

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[GraphicsView]
Antialiasing=true
ArcAngleLengthThreshold=0
AutoScaleGrid=true
AutoScaleLinetypePatterns=true
AutoScaleMetaGrid=true
AutoSwitchLinetypes=false
AutoZoomOnLoad=true
ColorCorrection=true
ColorCorrectionDisableForPrinting=false
ColorThreshold=10
DashThreshold=1000
DefaultLineweight=18
DoubleClickEditBlock=true
DoubleClickEditBlockInPlace=false
DoubleClickEditHatch=true
DoubleClickEditText=true
DoubleClickSelectContour=true
DoubleClickSelectContourTolerance=0.001
HideAttributeWithBlock=false
HighResolutionGraphicsView=false
HighlightEntity=true
Margin=100
MaxHatchTime=2500
MaxReferencePoints=100000
MinArcAngleStep=0.2
MinGridSpacing=10
Multithreading=true
PenCapStyle=
PersistentSelection=false
PickRange=5
PreviewEntities="100 "
ReferencePointSize=10
RightClickToDeselect=false
RightDoubleClickToReset=false
SelectBlockWithAttribute=false
ShowCrosshair=true
ShowLargeCrosshair=true
ShowLargeOriginAxis=false
ShowRulers=false
ShowScrollBars=false
SnapRange=5
SolidGridLines=false
SystemCursors=false
TextHeightThreshold=3
Threads=4
ZeroWeightWeight=5
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Re: hatch preview

Post by andrew » Mon May 31, 2021 7:40 am

It's the auto zoom margin:

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Margin=100

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Re: hatch preview

Post by petevick » Mon May 31, 2021 7:48 am

andrew wrote:
Mon May 31, 2021 7:40 am
It's the auto zoom margin:

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Margin=100
No wonder that didn't jump out :lol: :lol:
Where in Preferences might I find that Andrew, just so I can avoid setting it in the future ??
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Re: hatch preview

Post by andrew » Mon May 31, 2021 7:52 am

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Re: hatch preview

Post by petevick » Mon May 31, 2021 7:58 am

Thanks for that Andrew, and thanks for the quick response :wink:
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