[GRASSLIST:4663] RE: Categories in v.in.dxf

[Antonio Uriarte]

I think that there is an option "category=", isn't there? Try with
category=Layer or category=Elevation.
Antonio Uriarte.

----- Original Message -----
From: Miha STAUT <mihastaut at hotmail.com>
To: <grasslist at baylor.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: [GRASSLIST:4659] Categories in v.in.dxf


> Hello,
>
> I still did not unterstand how does  v.in.dxf work. Whenever I import .dxf
> files into Grass5.0.0, I get a Grass vector file with cataegories of "no
> data". Then I run v.support followed by v.digit where I choose to bulk
label
> all the lines in the file (e.g. 1). This seems to append 1 to labels as
well
> as categories (or not?). The described procedure seems fine if you want to
> rasterize the lines but if you want to measure the cumulative length of
all
> the vectors with v.report you still get no result.
>
> category                       meters
>    1...........................0.0000
>
> The "label=" in v.in.dxf command seems only for appending suffixes to
> different layers of the .dxf file.
>
> I also tried the v.cadlabel command but appearently with no success.
>
> The question remains. How can I measure the length of all the lines in an
> imported .dxf file?
>
> Miha Staut
>
>
>
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