Strange character on input numbers [SOLVED]

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oldsphere
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Strange character on input numbers [SOLVED]

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Hello folks!
I have a problem with my FreeCAD enviroment. On the menus, when an input number is requried, some strange characters appears instead. If the proper number are typed it works fine, but is annoying to have this characters and loose the reference of what value was before... I was wondering if any of you can help me to solve this thing. I've attached a capture of one menu so you can see the problem.

Thank you in advance!

FreeCAD information:
OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.15.4671 (Git)
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-15
Hash: 244b3aef360841646cbfe80a1b225c8b39c8380c
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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Hi!
I'd be curious to know, what are language settings on your Windows? Maybe it's trying to print something else than Arabic numbers...
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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Hi DeepSOIC!
The system language is Spanish. I've checked the FreeCAD settings and tried English and Spanish but the problem persists.
Any clue of what could be happening?
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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oldsphere wrote:Hi DeepSOIC!
The system language is Spanish. I've checked the FreeCAD settings and tried English and Spanish but the problem persists.
Any clue of what could be happening?
You could try updating to a 0.16 snapshot as 0.15 is very nearly obsolete, if the problem does not persist then it will no longer matter soon anyway, but if the problem does still persist then its probably relevant.
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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Good idea but the problem still persists...

FreeCAD info:
OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6348 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 5fbdd4ac6624e32ba3a3e5523a31d56fe3ba7ae6
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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oldsphere wrote:Good idea but the problem still persists...
OK, one thing you could try is renaming the config files, so that when FreeCAD starts it generates new ones all with default values....that would determine if it is something in the settings somewhere causing the issues.
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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Edit > Preferences > General > Editor

Is the value in "Family" a reasonable font name? (Arial, TimesNewRoman, etc)

wf
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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wandererfan wrote:Edit > Preferences > General > Editor

Is the value in "Family" a reasonable font name? (Arial, TimesNewRoman, etc)

wf
It was on Calibri. I've changed to Arial for trying and nothing changed, same problem.
jmaustpc wrote:OK, one thing you could try is renaming the config files, so that when FreeCAD starts it generates new ones all with default values....that would determine if it is something in the settings somewhere causing the issues.
The 0.16 version that I found was already compiled and I've executed it straightly without any installation process. I looked around on the folder for configuration files but threre wasn't any luck. Lots of DLLs but nothing I could identify as a config file. Where should I look for them?
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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All versions on your system share the same config files. Type %APPDATA%/FreeCAD into the address bar and you will see them. system.cfg and user.cfg
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Re: Strange character on input numbers

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Ok, now I've found them. Thank you! However, the problem is still there...
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