[GRASSLIST:7105] Re: DXF to Grass dataset

[Nick Cahill]

I think v.in.dxf was set up this way in Grass 3 or 4, wasn't it? You  
would put a text object near a vector (contour line, etc.) and grass  
would make this text the attribute of the imported vector.

Nick Cahill

On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:32 PM, RAVI KUMAR wrote:

> Hi Hamish,
> Text drawn inside a polygon (inscribed text) in a DXF
> file
> Imported in GRASS should be taken as THE POLYGON'S
> ATTRIBUTE
>
> IS THIS POSSIBLE IN GRASS6 NOW?
> If, S, may be i need to know some commands prompted.
>
> Thanks in anticipation
> Ravi
> --- Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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