[Qgis-user] export as vector graphic

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi Alex or other Windows users who have problems with PDF export:

 Have you tried printing to a PDF (e.g. with PDFCreator) instead of 
 using the export to PDF function? In my experience the results with 
 printing through PDFCreator are better and I am 100% sure that when 
 using the new symbology that vectors are preserved as vectors for lines, 
 polygons and SVG point symbols. SVG patterns don't work when exportin to 
 PDF. A bug on that is already filed and I think people are working on 
 it.

 Andreas

 On Mon, 30 May 2011 20:21:49 -0700, Alex Mandel wrote:
> PDF Export on Windows (Works on Linux/Mac) is broken (more info
> https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3250). SVG does work but I 
> recommend
> clipping all your data closer to the extent of the map composer 
> before
> exporting.
>
> I usually go to Inkscape as the next step from SVG or PDF and then
> output a final PDF from there.
>
> Enjoy,
> Alex
>
> On 05/30/2011 12:20 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> Hi Christof,
>>
>> Vector export from the print composer to SVG or PDF should work. I
>> recommend to use the new symbology engine. That way point symbols 
>> are
>> kept as vectors in a PDF or SVG output. There are some problems that
>> should be resolved in future versions, but in general it works.
>>
>> Also make sure you have a recent version (1.7).
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On 05/30/2011 07:19 PM, Christof Kluß wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>
>>> is it possible to convert shapefiles into a vector format like SVG 
>>> or
>>> PDF? Print and PDF plugin seem to convert the vector data to raster
>>> graphics.
>>
>>> If not, is there another inexpensive tool that can? So we get 
>>> scalable
>>> PDF files?
>>
>>> tia
>>> Christof
>>
>
>
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