[GRASS-user] vector export to DXF in 3d ?

[Nick Cahill]

Dear Peter,

I've found that v.out.dxf exports a 2d dxf file, but v.out.ogr produces proper 3d vectors. I've done this with contour lines produced by v.surf.rst and then r.contour; it should work the same, shouldn't it?

Hope this helps.


Nick Cahill


On Oct 9, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Peter Löwe wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> how can a 3D vector in GRASS6.4  be exported into a DXF while preserving the 3D content ?
> 
> Example: Isohypses are created from the 10m DEM of the spearfish data set by r.contour.
> 
> v.info asserts that the newly created vector file is truly 3d. Also v.to.3d flatly refuses to work on the vector layer.
> 
> Alas, exporting the vector using v.to.dxf results in a perfectly "flat" DXF.
> 
> 
> Does anybody of a good workaround for this one ?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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> Dr. Peter Löwe
> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> 
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