[Qgis-developer] Make QGIS interact with LibreCAD.

[Ziegler Stefan]

Hi 

I actually wanted to dig into C++ and rewrite the CadTools for QGIS 2.x and also change the UI handling a bit.

Not sure how fast I will progress though.

Regards
Stefan 

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> Von: qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-developer-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im Auftrag von Bernhard Ströbl
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. April 2013 14:08
> An: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-developer] Make QGIS interact with LibreCAD.
> 
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> 
> Am 22.04.2013 14:01, schrieb Ivan Mincik:
> > On 04/22/2013 12:52 PM, Bernhard Ströbl wrote:
> >> Hi Diego,
> >>
> >> some of my users with more complex editing tasks (and familiar with
> >> CAD
> >> software) are complaining about not having similar possibilities in
> >> QGIS and I admit that our CAD has much more to offer in that respect
> >> (snapping, construction), so thanks for the move.
> >> IMHO the best would be to have CAD-like functions in QGIS (strategy
> >> #1) because
> >> 1) many people missing these functions already might use some CAD or
> >> another to get their work done and are exchanging data between the
> >> two systems (with all problems), so strategy #2 would simply exchange
> >> their CAD software (if they are willing to change)
> >> 2) and more important: many things that work in CAD do not work in
> >> GIS and vice versa, e.g. CAD: line color, hatching, dimensioning...., GIS:
> >> attributes. Splines could be resolved into polylines, resembling the
> >> original spline, though. In short words: CAD is about drawing, GIS is
> >> about data modelling. So if you have the functions in QGIS you can
> >> more easily prevent users from doing silly things.
> >>
> >> my 2 ct
> >>
> >> Bernhard
> >>
> >
> > I totally agree with Bernhard. Extending his CAD tools is the best solution.
> >
> 
> No, no, CAD tools is Stefan Ziegler's extension, see [1]
> 
> Bernhard
> 
> [1] http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/cadtools/
> 
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