[Qgis-user] DXF import

[Brett Adams]

Found a solution.

The Dxf2Shp will work with 2D DXF's but not 3D DXF's.

Handy if you have the ability to generate 2D.


On 30/03/2010 3:26 PM, Stefan Kiefer wrote:
> Hi,
> without having a deeper view in the plugin I would expect that 
> importing dxf is quite difficult anyway. The main issue is that dxf 
> contains multiple geometric formats (polylines, lines, points, 
> annotations, splines ...) mixed in different layers! Whereas a shape 
> can contain only one single geometric format in one single layer! I 
> would belive that the plugin is not as sophisticated as the import 
> routines of programs with many years of experience with dxf.
> Anyway my sugestion is to use Grass to import dxf an convert to shape 
> or use Grass layers in Qgis. I had good experience this way. Otherwise 
> Grass can manage layers and can convert geometric formats. More over 
> it can clean and build the topology (maybe this is why your import fails).
>
> cheers
>
> Stefan
>
> Am Dienstag, den 30.03.2010, 14:54 +0800 schrieb Brett Adams:
>> Hi Folks,
>> Having some problems importing DXF's using the DXF2SHP plug-in.  Often
>> all I get is a centre point, not the rest of image. Occasionally it will
>> work properly. I'm having the most success importing them as Pollyline.
>>
>> Other programs load the DXF's fine. It's just QGIS that is giving me
>> trouble.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>      
>


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Brett Adams
Spinifex Geophysics
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