[Qgis-user] export as vector graphic

[Marco Hugentobler]

> It used to be like I explained, but now with
>  the current OsGeo trunk version everything is exported as raster in the
>  PDF

Oh, is this with the 'exportPDF' button (or pdfcreator). With 'exportPDF', it 
should be exported as vector, at least it does for me on Linux here.

With PDFCreator, we have no control at all in QGIS. Maybe it depends how Qt 
writes the GDI.

Regards,
Marco

Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2011, 10.21:20 schrieb Andreas Neumann:
>  After further tests I have to say that my statement below or in my
>  previous email was wrong. It used to be like I explained, but now with
>  the current OsGeo trunk version everything is exported as raster in the
>  PDF. The export to SVG works better, of course, still with the
>  clipping/masking issue. And it seems like some stroke-widths of basic
>  symbols (cross, circle, etc.) is too thick.
> 
>  Andreas
> 
>  On Tue, 31 May 2011 07:52:55 +0200, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> > Hi Alex or other Windows users who have problems with PDF export:
> > 
> > Have you tried printing to a PDF (e.g. with PDFCreator) instead of
> > using the export to PDF function? In my experience the results with
> > printing through PDFCreator are better and I am 100% sure that when
> > using the new symbology that vectors are preserved as vectors for
> > lines, polygons and SVG point symbols. SVG patterns don't work when
> > exportin to PDF. A bug on that is already filed and I think people
> > are
> > working on it.
> > 
> > Andreas
> > 
> > On Mon, 30 May 2011 20:21:49 -0700, Alex Mandel wrote:
> >> PDF Export on Windows (Works on Linux/Mac) is broken (more info
> >> https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3250). SVG does work but I
> >> recommend
> >> clipping all your data closer to the extent of the map composer
> >> before
> >> exporting.
> >> 
> >> I usually go to Inkscape as the next step from SVG or PDF and then
> >> output a final PDF from there.
> >> 
> >> Enjoy,
> >> Alex
> >> 
> >> On 05/30/2011 12:20 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> >>> Hi Christof,
> >>> 
> >>> Vector export from the print composer to SVG or PDF should work. I
> >>> recommend to use the new symbology engine. That way point symbols
> >>> are
> >>> kept as vectors in a PDF or SVG output. There are some problems
> >>> that
> >>> should be resolved in future versions, but in general it works.
> >>> 
> >>> Also make sure you have a recent version (1.7).
> >>> 
> >>> Andreas
> >>> 
> >>> On 05/30/2011 07:19 PM, Christof Kluß wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> 
> >>>> is it possible to convert shapefiles into a vector format like SVG
> >>>> or
> >>>> PDF? Print and PDF plugin seem to convert the vector data to
> >>>> raster
> >>>> graphics.
> >>>> 
> >>>> If not, is there another inexpensive tool that can? So we get
> >>>> scalable
> >>>> PDF files?
> >>>> 
> >>>> tia
> >>>> Christof
> >> 
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