[Qgis-developer] Fill and point patterns

[Martin Dobias]

Hi Marco

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Marco Hugentobler
<marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
> Hi devs
>
> Some time ago, I added two new symbol layers for line patterns and point
> patterns. Like this, it is easier and more flexible to create hatches. For
> lines, it is possible to choose color, angle and distance between lines. For
> point patterns, there are options to select a marker type and displacement in
> x- and y- directions.
> Technically, those symbol layers are similar to the svg fill in that they
> create an image in the appropriate resolution and set it as a texture to
> QBrush.
> The code for it is in the branch 'fill_patterns' in my github clone
> git at github.com:mhugent/Quantum-GIS.git

I have just tried it (from master) and it adds very useful
functionality to new symbology!

Martin