I work for a cabinet shop, and I’ve manually been drawing approx 60 rectangles per kitchen. The sizes are generated from an Excel spreadsheet and are predefined based off the size of the cabinets. I’ve seen (but don’t yet understand) that you can import X,Y information into QCAD from a CSV. Does …

Hi, With scripting almost anything is possible … :wink: In my case it would be easy because it is a snippet of code I already use. There are two things missing in your definition. The where and the angle. That would look like: “Rectangle”, OffsetX, OffsetY, SizeX, SizeY, Angle (Closed polyli…

So I’ll be learning scripting in QCAD. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

I’m getting somewhere, but keep getting parse errors when I hit enter. From your text, what should the actual string look like? “Rectangle”, OffsetX, OffsetY, SizeX, SizeY, Angle (Closed polyline) ecma> “Rectangle”, Offset20, Offset20, Size15, Size19, Angle90 (Closed polyline) SyntaxError: Parse…

Don’t worry, I have my script almost ready and back in basic form. Point, Line, Arc, Circle, Triangle, Quad, Square and Rectangle are included. Give me a few hours to post it. I’ll keep you informed … :wink: Regards, CVH

Hi Kramerica, I posted the script in the QCAD Developers and Contributors Forum: [image] UPDATED 3.04: Import and draw entities from a CSV file QCAD Script Programming & Contributions Based on the same basic principle as these: http://forum.qcad.org/t/export-…

I work for a cabinet shop, and I’ve manually been drawing approx 60 rectangles per kitchen. The sizes are generated from an Excel spreadsheet and are predefined based off the size of the cabinets. I’ve seen (but don’t yet understand) that you can import X,Y information into QCAD from a CSV. Doe…

Husky, I thought I’d try copying some of your spreadsheet cells to follow along with what you were showing Kramerica. I typed the values in excel real quick then copied and pasted them into the CL. But I must be doing something wrong! I’m seeing a “command” for all of the lines in the CL rather tha…

ryancousins What is your "Cartesian coordinate separator? In this example it has to be a ; Change the ; to the separator used by your QCAD or change it below: Application Preferences “Coordinate Format”

This is a great forum! Discovering multiple ways to skin the cat. I’ll be busy for the next week with another priority, but I’ll dabble with these directions when I get a chance. I will keep the forum posted with my progress - or lack there of. lol

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CVH February 18, 2021, 2:47pm 6

Hi Kramerica,
I posted the script in the QCAD Developers and Contributors Forum:

Kind regards,
CVH