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Hello, Laurent
Is there a way to mirror an element?
For example. the symbol of an NPN/PNP transistor or with the open/closed contact on the left or right, which simply rotating it does not resolve.
For now I have solved it by creating clone in mirror but it increases the library at all...
Thank you.
Ah.., why don't you activate topics posts for (IT)?
Cordially.
Hi,
I will use these helpful tips.
I already made backups before trying the editor (and it worked)...
Now I follow your instructions.
Thanks Scorpio810
thank you plc-user
Hi,
ut obviously I agree with what you say, in fact as I said, it's a shame that the different systems don't find the same fonts but adapt in some way.
For example, Linux uses the character "NOTO" a lot, which makes it look like dozens of similar characters found in macOS or MS, and also translated into many different languages.
What I was asking was if anyone can give me information on the possibility of being able to "enlarge" the size of the font (be it MS, or anonymous Sans or something else in one go (e.g. a script) because it is unimaginable to go and make the change on each element, and then onto the projects...
As I did, with a simple text editor I succeeded but I don't know if I cause damage on other lines of the program, perhaps creating a bug... understand?
With the editor I can search in all the strings of the element (or the project), the combination "Sans Sherif,5"... or "MS Shell Dlg 2 ,5" and tell it to replace it with the string: Sans Sherif, 7 or "NOTO,7", or whatever. The important thing is to increase it from 5 to 7 or others bring them from 7 to 9!
The doubt remains whether by doing so I am NOT modifying a string which could then create a bug...
Here's where my question lies, "be able to enlarge a character" some font sizes without altering the element sizes (while still keeping the same dimensions as the original title block (columns/rows/pixes) and sheet (A4).
Then obviously how to update the elements already inserted in the sheet.
Thanks.
Best regards.
Hello everyone, and happy new year to all members.
Congratulations to the developer! The latest releases is very good!
Both when working with macOS (Catalina) and Linux (Debian 11) it no longer systematically crashes (very, very rarely)...
It's a shame that the same fonts are not found between the 2 OS and sometimes they have differences in size!
Some colleagues complain that the size of the labels in the symbols (Sans Sherif 7) and/or the contact numbers (Sans Sherif 5) are too small and they struggle to read on A4 paper, and ask me to increase the size of the characters.
Since there are over 20,000 elements in the library (5-600 of the most used obviously...) and modifying them all is quite a problem, how is it possible to change the font size all at the same time without causing damage?
....and then be able to upgrade the projects already done a year ago...?
I tried to modify them in the elements with a text editor that searches inside each element in the library: ..../QElectro/QE/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/
the type string (sans Sherif,5) and replaces it e.g. with (Arial, 7)
1)es:
Search: Microsoft Sans Serif,9
replace with: Arial,12
2) es..:
searh: Sans Sherif,5
replace with: Arial,7
(See detail below)
It worked and this way it changes them all quickly...
But I'm afraid of doing some damage on other lines...
Is there a way to do this without causing damage?
THEN,
I reloaded both the libraries and the sheets but the characters in the sheets don't change.
The element in the library that I insert as new instead has the characters with the correct modified dimensions.
So how do I update the sheets without having to change the elements one by one?
Can someone help me?
Thank you.
midgetyone,
As you can see it's already set to multiline (on all sheets), only in some it allows me to uncheck it and on others it doesn't (it's blurry and I don't understand why it's blurry on the sheet link too).
I do this too, especially with binding posts and connectors.
I remove the numbering from the wire and add texts which I then align to the connecting wire, so it also remains stable when you copy/paste.
Bat,
In this case instead I use to assign a label to the wire only because in assigning the link between a master/slave element or the previous/next sheet the link is visible and easy to identify, otherwise I get random numbers and I have to look for which one is the one Right...
At least this happens to me.
Anyway thanks guys.
Hi, all user
Why don't some conductors tick "text not visible"? That is, make the conductor reference invisible?
Each time I zoom them in to make the page as big as possible, but then it shrinks again.
Especially if the "Properties" view is activated.
Is there a way to lock the window size?
P.s.:
The reason to hide the conductor text is that sometimes it overlaps the text of element text causing confusion…
>In case the conductor text (+24E) overlaps the element text (+24E) and created a scribble.
And: the properties window, expanding, removes the view of the sheet one. Which often not performs the "zoom all" and does not align the sheet to the useful margin... So you have to move with the "little hand" if you want to see the whole sheet.
If the right window could fix, everything would be easier.
Thanks for help.
HI,
En fait je l'avais déjà fait il y a quelque temps, mais je ne me souviens plus comment...
Merci
Grazie.
Hi,
Sure, but it's annoying to have to redo if maybe you have more than one...
Do you happen to know how to automatically update items as "refresh" from the library?
For example, if you need to modify an element of the library with the edit, for example by adding a text or a line..., if you "reload element" it does not automatically update those already inserted in the schema.
Bye thank you.
Hi everyone,
I wonder if anyone knows how to restore the item "Element information" as originally for example in the page references.
Once you edit the element as "text user" you never go back to "Element information" and have to reload a new element to replace it.
Thank you.
I have already seen it...
it doesn't matter, thanks.
Hi Scorpio810,
This will be silly, but having never worked with databases, I'm having a hard time generating a complete nomenclature.
As long as I leave that base:
SELECT label, function, folio, position, designation, title, comment FROM element_nomenclature_view WHERE ( element_sub_type = 'commutator' OR element_sub_type = 'coil' OR element_sub_type = 'protection') ORDER BY label, function, folio, position, designation, title, comment
All ok, 2 pages in total.
However, "simple" items are not listed.
If I also activate the "simple" box, a huge amount of 'unwanted' elements are signaled... (10 pages)...
How can I "filter" simple components like switches, switching power supplies, displays... that don't have cross references (master-slave).
If I want them to be listed in the nomenclature how can I do without ALL being generated?
for example. set any field like unit, quantity, installation or other?.
Thank you.
Hello, Laurent (if I remember correctly this is your name..)
I'm sorry to bother you, but if you knew where to step in...
It is already like this and I had already posted it in the screens previously.
The settings are as you say and I've always used them like this, but the "%F" inserted in the setup does NOT take the label of the "Page" field, but always follows the position 1,2,3.. . whatever you enter in the "Page" field...
On the other hand, the references remain correct such as: the arrow, previous sheet, next sheet and coil contacts.
Hi,
The problem is in the %F flag not setting the sheet label, which could also be non-numeric as it could be in a supplementary sheet "appendix" explaining "a detail" of the previous sheet such as a cad drawing or PDF attachment. ..
The thing is, %f and %F can't find any substantial differences.
%F should take the label set in setup and not the position..
To explain better, watch the video...
If I move the sheet which for convenience I have called "0" but could also simply be "INDEX", which describes the type of project with description, logo, characteristics... everything realigns itself...
This indicates that %F does not follow what is set in "Page" of the setup but always follows the position in the project.
Cordial greetings,
Thank you.
Hi everyone,
I realized that in some diagrams developed some time ago I had wrong references (sheet) but only some (selector) and contacts 1 exchange...
As shown in the screenshots...slave contact takes the sheet number (9-G96) which is actually 8.
The master does the same by placing 6-A7 which is instead sheet 5...
Why?
The oddity is that everything else is correct! coil-contact, previous sheet-next sheet...
Thanks
hi, Laurent
Yes, Adobe can set the layout for each printed page (at least in the PRO version) and store it in the saved PDF file.
Other CADs, with the "adapt" menu to the print direction (vertical or horizontal), rotate it by 90° adapting it from A4(horizontal) to A4(vert).
In practice, it would be enough to "teach him" that he must print each page by printing the page in the correct direction of the tray.
The function in the menu works, but it doesn't apply to the "single" sheet but to all the sheets, obviously creating the error in the others...
It doesn't matter, it's okay...
HI,
Thank you.
Tiziano.
Of course, two different cartouches were made, one horizontal and one vertical.
For some drawings, for example the LAYOUT or a "vertical" wiring diagram (as in elevators), in some cases the vertical title block is more convenient.
Using the rotated horizontal title block does not give a good reading result, worse...
I had already hypothesized for two different exports and then merge them.
Too bad, thanks anyway.
HI, thanks
Tiziano.
Hello,
If I launch the drawing export command, where there is a vertical A4 sheet (for layout reasons), the PDF includes it in a part of the A4 landscape sheet.
Pagination error?
Do you have solutions or should I exclude that page and then print it separately? Too bad because then I lose the "merge page".
1) cart=portrait, no... portrait on page Landscape.
2,3) cart=Landscape, ok
Thank you.
keyboard is key short Mac...
obvious that they must work only in QE work..
ciao.
it can be done...
You who are good at tinkering with Linux, Laurente, how do I create keyboard shortcuts in Linux (kubuntu)?
in case:
alt+1= ctrl+ (zoom in)
alt+2= ctrl- (zoom out)
alt+3= ctrl8 (center)
Thanks
yes, but you need the hand and fingers of a... frog.
già, però servono la mano e le dita di una... rana.
Hi, Laurent
Great!
it is an option that gives a better touch to the project.
While you're at it .... I propose some interesting solutions:
1) If the file is "read only" it still allows you to work and only blocks saving, as happens in the element editor.
2) Adding i/I key as "zoom IN" command, o/O key as "zoom OUT" and c/C key as "zoom center", I think it's also easy to implement.
It helps a lot when you have the mouse busy holding an object or when you need to draw a line and you're off the screen...
A thank you.
HI.
Hi Laurent,
See Lorenzo, I work with both schematic design and PCB design.
The backup is NEVER performed on the same original file!
Backup is a VERY important feature if you use these cads.
Because you can hope to recover the work done in minutes (5-10min.) if a software, hardware or energy crash should happen...
You can NOT create an alias file every 5-10min., especially when routing a schematic or laying out traces in a PCB because this would lead to chaos in the archive.
After major changes, I already create copies!
Faster way, I take the file manager and ask for the duplicate so it creates me: Copy (1) filename.xxx, next will be Copy (2) filename.xxx etc...
But this is done when you are at a precise point and you save the work done up to there.
This has nothing to do with the concept of backup.
PCB CAD also does backups recursively. For example, if I schedule 3 backups 5 minutes apart, he runs backups .bk1, .bk2, .bk3 regularly every 5 minutes, after these, .bk3=.bk2, .bk2=.bk1, and .bk3 is the new backup.
I activated the backup out of necessity and with tight deadlines so as not to lose changes in the event of a crash and as there are, unfortunately, I lost important points several times in the project phase.
I have noticed that it doesn't always restore to the point before the crash but sometimes many steps before.
I repeat, what you suggest is correct and I do it systematically when I intend to save the project in key points, but that is something totally different from the important function of the backup.
HI,
Tiziano.
Hello,
Sometimes I wondered if I made intermediate saves without realizing it...
Instead I realized that having the backup scheduled (5min.), This overwrites the original one, losing it inexorably!
Does this also apply to any of you or am I the only one who has automatic backup turned on and this happens?
For designers:
The periodic backup must be performed by creating a file (bak) of the type: filename.bak or even better: filename.bak1, filename.bak2...
With current software there is the error that if you are working and take a break, or realize the change is incorrect, exiting the project is a big mistake because the original project has been overwritten by the backup! losing it!
The only option is to do several "undo" to go back to the original or intermediate point before exiting, and this is not always possible!
Second:
By protecting the file in "read only", any operation on the file is blocked, even the "copy lock" useful for copying to other projects...
Instead it should be possible to work and ONLY at the time of saving there is the overwrite block.
A bit like it happens in the elements!
or am I wrong?
best regards.
Hello people of QE.
Maybe it escapes me and I can't find answers in old posts, and I have a question to ask:
For example, by inserting a telemecanique contactor LC1D... it is possible to have two contacts 13/14 (NO) and 21/22 (NC), plus auxiliary blocks 53/54, 61/62...
Addition of contacts with ref. crossed out and then associating them with the contactor, the program connects them and displays them correctly in the cross at the bottom.
But by numbering them I could be wrong to create two in two different points on the project, is there the possibility of verifying that there are not two contacts (for example 13/14) used at the same time?
thanks for help.
hi,
Ça m'est arrivé au travail...
Scorpio810,
les plantages que je signale depuis un moment maintenant, pourraient-ils également être liés à la sauvegarde de backup ?
Je travaille dans Kubuntu VM sur macOS.
Plantage occasionnel pendant le travail, aucun lors de la sauver.
Mais il l'a aussi fait sous Win ou OS...
boh...
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