Tip:
MS XMLNotepad is a good companion when working with QET.

https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad

You can open the .qet file directly (no need to change file ext to .xml)

Whenever you have saved from QET, XMLNotepad asks if you wish to reload the file.

Data can be edited in sort of a "table mode"

Works "side by side"

Tip if any one else has the same need:
Found a (quite obvious, when the brain is working) and quick / easy way to create empty folios - from a list - >> edit the QET file in a text editor.
Just copy and paste the <diagram> section until </diagram> and change the title or other metadata.

meesm,

To update revision of all Folios, you may use the "Search" function.

Ctrl + F, then choose symbol in far right corner > Choose "Folio" - and then change revision field, then OK/Replace all.
This updates the Revision field in all Folios.

Very handy

https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/m … _menu.html

Just sharing a discovery...

Been using Treesheets for years...
What is it; freeform text organizer - works for everything

http://strlen.com/treesheets/

TreeSheets exports to HTML
(you can choose to export to HTML each time you save a file)

HTML can be used directly in QElectrotech

Very good / efficient for creating e.g. tables in Folios

Cheers.

SCREENSHOT

Hi Joshua

TL;DR - SKIP HERE %%%

> looking for way to specify to team (who will be drawing schematics, which folios should be produced/drawn)

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TL section;

(I scrolled through most forum posts, I can see you've put quite some effort into QET, nice work...)

My background 10+ years working customer side in mid-sized company - operations/maintenance for large industrial sites (20 + sites, 250 meters of paper documentation in shelves, tens of thousands of electronic files), 500 + companies who deliver goods/services, thousands of people on contact list to get things done... Whennever something breaks, there is a rush to get it back in operation.

- There is an issue where subvendors / suppliers are delivering bad quality documentation and bad design for certain types of installations.

- To mitigate/address this issue, we are considering delivering a already pre-made, generic schematics for certain types of installations we want them to deliver (as part of request for quotation / asking for bid). I am looking into perhaps using QElectrotech to be the selected choice as E-CAD software to make such schematics. I am familiar with a handful of "large scale" softwares, such as EPLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, COMOS aso - as our "major suppliers" use these.

However, we are looking for something more lightweight / without all the hassle - and QElectrotech appears the most promising choice available.

- We work on two "scales"
Small scale; For the use intended for QElectrotech
Large scale; complete documentation of all installasions on-site < vendor/supplier specific software of choice, we are too small as customer to affect what the suppliers use


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I translated / made a generic HTML file showing what I mean regarding Folio creation based on import of list.

EDIT: Forum didn't like html format, could not upload - uploaded as images/screenshot instead

This would be used to specify to the one who is drawing which Folios need to be created.
Yellow would be the resulting Folios.
Blue > choices/different from site-to-site
Red > cannot be created by QElectrotech or has to be created manually - (or by plug-in)

I can survive having to create Folios manually, was just wondering if there was something I'd missed
(Yes, I've read the docs - cover to cover - and watched all the videos)

Thanks for a great piece of software!

Let's say you have a list (.csv - semicolon separated - or other format) of defined Plant (=) and Location (+) that are supposed to be unique pages / Folios -

Titles are specified in the list - is there a way to import this to created empty Folios in the Project - or do you have to Create New Folio (Ctrl + T) for all?

Thanks for any assistance. nomicons/smile

Hi,

Solution; see EDIT #2

QElectrotech is great!

Tnx to developers / volunteers for the great / flexible Summary function introduced in v 0.8 - which allows to edit/modify the layout of the Summary. (makes the output even more professional and gives the software more generic uses, than being locked to specific text / columns - previously; Folio | Title | Plants | Location | Rev | Author | Date)

Tried to register for Mantis bugtracker to report the following as a bug (still waiting for confirmation e-mail)...

However, I struggle with the sorting / order of folio numbers.

SCREENSHOT ATTACHED

Anyone figure out a fix / workaround for this?

EDIT:
Might give this one a try.
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1968

EDIT #2
Adding the '+ 0 ASC' after "folio" in SQL request also results in correct order:

         SELECT folio, author, date FROM project_summary_view ORDER BY folio + 0 ASC, author, date

Have a nice Easter, everybody.