[gdal-dev] Creating DXF with ogr2ogr

[Ralf Suhr]

Hi Verena,

I'm using gdal 1.8.1 for the same task. ArcGIS, "Free DWG Viewer" and DWG True 
View 2012 are able to open all gdal output without any error messages.


Gr
Ralf

On Freitag 27 Januar 2012 09:12:15 Verena Diewald wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
> 
> Am 26.01.2012 17:20, schrieb Ralf Suhr:
> > Hi Verena,
> > 
> > can you provide more information. What software version did you use
> > (gdal, postgis).
> 
> PostgreSQL 9.0.4
> PostGIS 1.5
> GDAL 1.9dev
> 
> > What kind of geometries is in the database.
> > 
> > psql -d mydb -c "SELECT DISTINCT GeometryType( geom_column ) FROM
> > my_data"
> 
> POLYGON
> 
> > What happend if you select only one geometrytype from database.
> > 
> > ogr2ogr -f "DXF" -sql "SELECT * FROM my_data WHERE GeometryType(
> > geom_column ) = 'POLYGON'" my_data.dxf PG:'host=localhost password=xxx
> > user=xxx dbname=MYDB'
> 
> Every dxf file I create only contains one single geometrytype.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Verena
> 
> > Gr
> > 
> > Ralf
> > 
> > On Donnerstag 26 Januar 2012 16:56:48 Verena Diewald wrote:
> > > Hi Darren,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I tried that option, but the error still remains.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have another idea?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Verena
> > > 
> > > Am 26.01.2012 16:00, schrieb Carman, Darren:
> > > > Try adding -nlt POLYGON (also has POINT and LINESTRING options).
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > We have this option on an older version that used the ODA libraries
> > > > 
> > > > directly, so can't guarantee it's still the same.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Darren
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > *From:*gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > > > 
> > > > [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Verena
> > 
> > Diewald
> > 
> > > > *Sent:* 26 January 2012 14:03
> > > > 
> > > > *To:* gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
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> > > > *Subject:* [gdal-dev] Creating DXF with ogr2ogr
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm trying to create DXF files from a PostgreSQL database using
> > 
> > ogr2ogr:
> > > > |ogr2ogr -nln my_data -a_srs EPSG:25832 -s_srs EPSG:25832 -t_srs
> > > > |
> > > > |EPSG:25832 -f "DXF" my_data.dxf PG:'host=localhost password=xxx
> > > > |
> > > > |user=xxx dbname=MYDB' -sql "SELECT * FROM my_data"|
> > > > 
> > > > It works fine with point data, but I get an invalid dxf file for
> > > > 
> > > > polygon data. Opening the polygon dxf file results in the following
> > > > 
> > > > error:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The following error was encountered while reading
> > > > 
> > > > in HATCH starting at line 1546:
> > > > 
> > > > Error: expected group code 10
> > > > 
> > > > Invalid or incomplete DXF input -- drawing discarded.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Do I have to pass any more options to ogr2ogr when creating a polygon
> > > > 
> > > > dxf? What did I do wrong?
> > > > 
> > > > Does anyone have an idea about that?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Greetings,
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Verena
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