[Qgis-developer] Re: Export to DXF

[Maurício de Paulo]

Hi kate,
You can try writing to developper's list. I'm copying this dialog there.
I don't know how hard it is to develop a dxf exporter. IMHO it shouldn't be
so hard as gdal has a dxf writer.
It should probably be just a
    Read every layer
        Create a level for each layer
        Read every feature in that layer
             write the feature in the output layer

Best regards,
Mauricio de Paulo


2011/5/9 Kate Beard <kate.e.beard at gmail.com>

> That's a real shame.  Is there a way to strip out the attributes, just
> leaving the linework?  From what I can see, QGIS needs at least one
> attribute to make a new table, so you can't create a new table with no
> attributes and copy the linework across.  Is that right?
>
> Is there a place I can request this as a feature?
>
> Thanks,
> Kate
>
>
> 2011/5/9 Maurício de Paulo <mauricio.dev at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Kate,
>> QGIS doesn't export to DXF at the moment. The problem is that dxf doesn't
>> handle attributes as the other GIS formats do.
>> As far as I know there isn't any working tool to handle this situation.
>> Best regards,
>> Mauricio de Paulo
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:28 PM, <kate.e.beard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Wondering if you can help me - I've been trying to understand why I can't
>>> get QGIS to export to DXF.  I found this thread and thought you might be
>>> able to help me:-
>>>
>>>
>>> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Autocad-DXF-and-Microstation-DGN-Save-As-td6053944.html
>>>
>>> I'm guessing it has something to do with DXF not being able to read the
>>> attribute fields, but I'm confused as to why the basic linework won't
>>> export.
>>>
>>> I must confess to not understanding a whole lot of the post -  I'm just
>>> an end user, not a software developer.  All I really want to be able to do
>>> is export a shapefile (or selection from a shapefile) to dxf.
>>>
>>> Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kate
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mauricio de Paulo
>> Engenheiro Cartografo
>> MapeandoOBrasil <http://mapeandoobrasil.blogspot.com>
>>
>>
>


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Mauricio de Paulo
Engenheiro Cartografo
MapeandoOBrasil <http://mapeandoobrasil.blogspot.com>
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