Report a problem

Help -> Report a problem.

Describe the trouble in your own words: what you did, what you expected, what came out instead. The program gathers the files into one folder and fills the form in advance — what is left is to drag the files in and send it.

What travels with it

tick what goes
the build and the machine version, system, graphics card, language — nothing personal
a picture of the window the whole window as it looks now
the last crash file the record of an earlier crash, if there was one
the project document your .qcad file, whole

The document is not attached by default. An issue in the tracker is open to everyone, for ever: attach the file and anyone will see the model. The tick is yours and the choice is yours. A report without the document is accepted too — a picture and a description are often enough.

Two buttons

  • Gather the files — puts everything into a folder and shows the path. The button beside it copies the path.
  • Open the form — opens the page in a browser with the description already filled in. Drag the files into it from the gathered folder: a link cannot carry them.

Either order works, but gathering first is easier — the folder is then already at hand.

If the program closed by itself

The next start says so and shows where the record is. That record is the "last crash file" from the table above: switch the tick on and it goes with the report. The message is shown once, but the file stays where it is.

What to write so it is understood the first time

  • What you did — step by step: what you opened, what you selected, what you pressed.
  • What you expected — one line. "The fillet should have taken."
  • What came out — one line too. "Nothing happened, the part stayed as it was."

The Build line from the About window goes on its own; there is no need to copy it by hand.

If the buttons do nothing

The buttons stay unavailable until "what happened" is filled in. If the form did not open, check that the system has a browser set; the text is not lost either way — it is in report.md in the gathered folder, and can be pasted into the form by hand.