[Qgis-user] printing scale of fill patterns to great

[Wolf-E. Altmann]

Am 24.05.2011 11:20, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi Wolf,
>
> We need to know a bit more details to help you.
>
> In QGIS there are two types of patterns: SVG patterns or predefined
> patterns. They behave different. Which patterns are you using?
>
> Patterns are unfortunately still problematic. The predefined patterns
> don't print well, in fact the predefined patterns should be removed
> from QGIS in a future version. The SVG patterns print fine if you
> print to raster or to postscript. They don't print well if you export
> to PDF. This is a known bug in QT.
>
> As to scaling of SVG patterns: you can define the patterns in map
> units (in which case they scale with zooming) or in mm in which they
> stay in constant size, regardless of the zoom factor.
>
> Hope this helps?
>
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 24 May 2011 11:02:28 +0200, Wolf-E. Altmann wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i am using Qgis 1.6. I want to print a map using fill patterns. On
>> the screen it looks ok, when i change the map scale, the scale of the
>> fill patterns looks all the time the same. But when i print it, the
>> fill pattern is very big. When i change the map scale, also the
>> printed pattern changes. But nevertheless using the scales 1 : 5000 or
>> 1 : 10000 the pattern is very big.
>> I tried it with various fill patterns, and the effect is the same.
>>
>> Can someone help me?
>>
>> Wolf
>>
>> (Sorry for my English)
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Hi Andreas,

first I thank for the quick answer and your help.

Really I used the predefined patterns. But then also I tried the 
SVG-pattern and the result was not very sharp. But I controlled it only 
by PDF. So I will print it.

Wolf