[Qgis-user] Dimensioning in QGIS

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi Chris,

Dimensions here are not annotations.  I believe the original post was 
referring to what AutoCad refers to as "Extrude" as seen here 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdysbeHHXo8.

Cheer!

Nicolas

On 2022-06-24 3:18 p.m., chris hermansen wrote:
> Nicolas, everyone,
>
> Sorry to top post here but I'm not sure where to start below.
>
> What about just using the various drawing tools on the print layout?  
> Arrows can be added, annotation, polylines, that sort of thing?  Of 
> course it's not in the original data / layers, but is that important?
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 9:27 AM Nicolas Cadieux via Qgis-user 
> <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Qgis is not a CAD as you are discovering.  Others have given you
>     good plugins and tools so I will not add to that.  You can still
>     do “3D” as 3D objects like lines, points and polygon are
>     supported.  You can use the 3D map windows to visualize the 3D
>     objects and a DEM  raster or mesh layers.  I too am an
>     archaeologist.  In the past, I have used simple 3D WKT format in a
>     text file to make 3D outlines of trenches and survey holes. Looks
>     like some plugins can now do that for you now.  QGIS is not quite
>     there as a full blown CAD but it’s as good as current Commercial
>     GIS I have worked with.  Progress has been slow but steady.
>
>     Nicolas Cadieux
>     https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>
>>     Le 24 juin 2022 à 08:03, Zoltán Siki via Qgis-user
>>     <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
>>
>>     
>>     you can solve it using Geometry Generator see:
>>     https://stuyts.xyz/2018/11/05/qgis-geometry-generator-examples-repository/
>>
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Zoltan
>>
>>
>>     IainS via Qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> ezt írta
>>     (időpont: 2022. jún. 23., Cs, 23:44):
>>
>>         Is there a tool for adding dimensions in QGIS. For those who
>>         are wondering what I am talking about, it is common in CAD
>>         drafting to add dimensions to what you have drawn and this is
>>         a whole part of a CAD program where you can format dimensions
>>         …etc.
>>
>>         I have been asked to add dimensions to an archaeological hole
>>         I am digging on a QGIS map and I was wondering whether there
>>         is a similar dimensioning tool in QGIS.
>>
>>         Cheers
>>
>>         *Dr Iain Stuart*
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