[Qgis-user] export as vector graphic

[Andreas Neumann]

 After further tests I have to say that my statement below or in my 
 previous email was wrong. It used to be like I explained, but now with 
 the current OsGeo trunk version everything is exported as raster in the 
 PDF. The export to SVG works better, of course, still with the 
 clipping/masking issue. And it seems like some stroke-widths of basic 
 symbols (cross, circle, etc.) is too thick.

 Andreas

 On Tue, 31 May 2011 07:52:55 +0200, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> 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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