Migration from QCad 1
This chapter lists known problems when migrating from QCad 1 to QCad 2
and should be a help to those who convert drawings from QCad 1 to
QCad 2.
DXF Compatibility
When opening DXF drawings made with QCad 1, you might experience problems
with dimensions, hatches and texts. This is because the DXF format produced
by QCad 1 is not 100% standard compliant. You can import DXF drawings from
QCad 1 by changing the format in the File Open dialog to
'QCad 1.x file (*.dxf *.DXF)' as shown in Figure 151.

Figure 151:
Opening QCad 1 drawings.
Rounded texts are no longer supported in QCad 2 for better compatibility
with other programs. You can import rounded texts by splitting them up
into single elements in QCad 1.
Layer Handling
Changeing layer attributes in QCad 1 had no effect on already
constructed entities.
In QCad 2, changing layer attributes can also change the attributes of all
entities that are on that layer and have attributes that are set to
"ByLayer".
When migrating from QCad 1 to QCad 2, tou might find that the attributes
of the entities in old drawings are no longer appropriate. Usually it's
recommendable to set all attributes to "ByLayer". To do that, choose
Attributes from the Modify menu. Then select
all entities and click the 'Continue' button. In the dialog, change all
attributes to 'By Layer' as shown in Figure 152.

Figure 152:
Changing all attributes to 'By Layer'.
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