Flatpak / hatch issue

QCAD Professional QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
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Versions
QCAD Professional version: 3.32.9.0
Date: May 6 2026
Qt version: 6.11.0
Compiler version: gcc 11.4.0
Build date: May 6 2026
Revision: 65655b986adef2d302e80e226b64a885fc7601a7

Architecture: x86_64
Device pixel ratio: 2
Configuration file: /home/USERNAME/.var/app/org.qcad.QCAD/config/QCAD/QCAD3.conf
Data directory: /home/USERNAME/.var/app/org.qcad.QCAD/data/QCAD/QCAD Professional
OS: Linux
OS version: 25.08

System:
Kernel: 7.0.0-30-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

I proceed like this:

I added hatches to the folder “/home/username/.local/share/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/metric” and restartet QCAD but no hatches appear.

This is what I expect to happen:

The hatches should appear in the context menu.

This is what happens instead:

No new hatches appear.

I found out that I used the flatpak installation of QCAD and the default paths were not correct for that type of installation.

The path “Data directory: /home/USERNAME/.var/app/org.qcad.QCAD/data/QCAD/QCAD Professional” did not exist.

I had to manually create “/home/USERNAME/.var/app/org.qcad.QCAD/data/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/metric”

After that all hatches have been shown as expected.

Is anywhere documented where the default paths are?

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You should see the data path QCAD uses under:

Help > About QCAD… > System > Data directory

as posted above.

In there you can add subfolders “scripts”, “patterns”, “linetypes” for your customization. This is all a bit different when using flatpaks.

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Okay so you need to manually check if the folders exist based on that info?

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These folders can be created by the user if needed. QCAD does not create them automatically at all.