[GRASSLIST:7075] Re: DXF to Grass dataset

[Hamish]

> WHY USE AUTOCAD AND WHY NOT DO THE ENTIRE THING IN
> GRASS??

why indeed.


> FOSS software 'Qcad', can be used instead of AUTOCAD,
> and the CAD Draftsmen with limited knowledge can make
> the vector of a geological map after scanning, with
> inscribed text in each geological unit represented as
> a polygon.
> 
> If GRASS then can import the resultant DXF file from
> Qcad, and make the inscribed text as its attribute, it
> can speedup the process of making digital datasets.
>
> Hope the GRASS program builders can give a solution,
> like this.

You can use existing tools for the job. i.e. QGis's grass vector 
digitizer or 'v.digit bgcmd=d.rast ..'.



Hamish