Resolved - Copy/Paste Scaling
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Resolved - Copy/Paste Scaling
'm having difficulty troubleshooting why QCAD will automatically scale down the size of the object I copy and paste onto the same page or even a new page. I must of toggled something on at some point and now I'm unable to discover what's causing this. Any suggestions on how to resolve this so QCAD will paste 1:1?
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Last edited by JBLDeere on Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
hi,
Welcome to the forum,
Welcome to the forum,
Have a look at the copy/paste options in the tool bar:I'm having difficulty troubleshooting why QCAD will automatically scale down the size of the object I copy and paste onto the same page or even a new page. I must of toggled something on at some point and now I'm unable to discover what's causing this. Any suggestions on how to resolve this so QCAD will paste 1:1?
JJ Win7 pro-64
Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
I'm a fairly new user to QCAD and was wondering if you could provide me a little more detail? My menu bar doesn't look anything like yours. In fact its the way it was when I purchased my subscription.
- petevick
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Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
Just after you selected Paste a toolbar would have appeared 'somewhere' at the top containing the following and as indicated by J-J...
....just make sure the scale is as shown or 1 1. The Paste options toolbar will always look like this.Pete Vickerstaff
Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, Qcad Pro 3.29.6
Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, Qcad Pro 3.29.6
Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
@Pete
Is your pasting scale really "0 0"?
I don't even see a decimal point so your scale would be <0><space><0>.
That would be an error and in red over here.
In my case the Paste Scale option is decimal or [1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/10, 2, 3, ...].
That is a fixed list incorporated in the Paste.ui widget.
@JBLDeere
About every tool in QCAD uses an Option Toolbar, so keep an eye open on the options of the tool.
I would set the Scale value to "1" or whatever suits you at the instance of pasting.
Regards,
CVH
Is your pasting scale really "0 0"?
I don't even see a decimal point so your scale would be <0><space><0>.
That would be an error and in red over here.
I would understand "1:1" but "1 1" is again an error.
In my case the Paste Scale option is decimal or [1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/10, 2, 3, ...].
That is a fixed list incorporated in the Paste.ui widget.
@JBLDeere
About every tool in QCAD uses an Option Toolbar, so keep an eye open on the options of the tool.
I would set the Scale value to "1" or whatever suits you at the instance of pasting.
Regards,
CVH
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Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
I can't say that I'd noticed that before as I very rarely use copy/paste, 0 0 certainly is not in the list of options...
Pete Vickerstaff
Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, Qcad Pro 3.29.6
Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, Qcad Pro 3.29.6
Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
If you "ask" persistent enough it will work as it is supposed to work. Maybe some kind of lubricant will help ...
Anyway - 0 0 is ignored and treated as 1.
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Re: Copy/Paste Scaling
Toolbars and many other things in QCAD are customisable.
Most option setting are persistent, meaning that they remember the prior used options or settings.
If it is a default installation I would presume the Paste options reset themselves on a new use.
Go to menu Edit .. Application Preferences .. Edit .. Paste and activate "Reset to defaults every time tool is used".
If you are more acquainted with the look and feel of QCAD then you could deactivate this.
Regards,
CVH
Last edited by CVH on Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- petevick
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Re: Resolved - Copy/Paste Scaling
I appreciate all of your support! Thank you.