Sep 19, 2011

A second beta for QCAD 3 just arrived

Ribbonsoft announced the availability of a second beta version of QCAD 3. This version comes with many bug fixes and some new features. You can download QCAD 3 beta 2 from here.
This release changed my plans of a detailed view on QCAD 3, a post that was almost ready, but now I have to   test for a while the new beta 2 and re-write the post after that, in order to include the latest changes.

Sep 3, 2011

Adding custom hatches on ARES CE, Bricscad and DraftSight

Adding a custom hatch on ARES CE, Bricscad and DraftSight is quite different than on AutoCAD. You cannot link a folder that contains the custom hatches in program's settings. However adding one or more custom hatches isn't difficult.