[Qgis-user] 3D dxf files

[Siki Zoltan]

Dear Matt,


which operating system do you use?
May be you need dos2unix (d2u) to convert between dos and linux line end 
markers.
Please send me your file to check, or make it downloadable if it is huge.

Regards,
Zoltan


On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Matt Boyd wrote:

> I don't get anything more than
>
> gawk -f 3dface2csv tokaj.dxf
> id;layer;wkt
>
> there are 3DFACES in that file, wondering if it's a codepage thing?
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Matt,
>>
>> are there any 3DFACE entities in you dxf file?
>> You can check it opening the dxf file with a text editor program.
>> This gawk script works only with 3DFACEs, if no such entity in the input,
>> you get the header only.
>> You can download a smaple dxf file (a smaller one then yours) and the
>> result of the conversion from here:
>> http://www.agt.bme.hu/siki/tokaj.dxf
>> http://www.agt.bme.hu/siki/tokaj.csv
>>
>>
>> I used the following command:
>> gawk -f 3dface2csv.awk tokaj.dxf > tokaj.csv
>>
>> Load the csv file into QGIS as Delimited text layer, don't forget to
>>
>> change the delimiter character to semicolon and the wkt column.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Zoltan
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Matt Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Zoltan,
>>>> the script looks fine to me however, all I get in the output is
>>>>
>>>> id;layer;wkt
>>>>
>>>> any thoughts on what I'm not seeing?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Matt Boyd <mattslists at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Wow,
>>>>> thanks Zoltan, I just saw this email this morning and this is exactly
>>>>> what
>>>>> I was thinking I'd have to do myself.
>>>>> I did manage to get SAGA to load the dxf, however I'd only made it as
>>>>> far
>>>>> as being able to apply a value to each polygon, not each node.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll get onto this now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks and much appreciation.
>>>>> Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Dear Matt,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've written an awk script to convert 3DFACE-s form dxf to a delimited
>>>>>> text file. Please find attached.
>>>>>> If you use Linux, start it in the shell like:
>>>>>> gawk -f 3dface2csv.awk Otway_Basin_Granites-gravity.dxf > result.csv
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can load the result.csv into QGIS az a delimited text layer with
>>>>>> WKT
>>>>>> column.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Zoltan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Siki Zoltan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Dear Matt,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've tested your dxf files in QGIS 2.0
>>>>>>> Otway_Basin_curves.dxf loaded successfully (2D polylines)
>>>>>>> Otway_Basin_Faults-basin.dxf not loaded, 3D faces are not suported by
>>>>>>> GDAL DXF driver
>>>>>>> Otway_Basin_Faults-shallow.dxf not loaded 3D faces
>>>>>>> Otway_Basin_Granites-magnetics.dxf not loaded 3D faces
>>>>>>> Otway_Basin_Granites-gravity.dxf not loaded 3D faces
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should find another way to import 3D faces from a dxf file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Zoltan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Matt Boyd wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I'll give ogr2ogr a shot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> woops, sorry wrong link I meant this one
>>>>>>>> http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/download.pl?ID=3D_
>>>>>>>> models/t009_OtwayBasin_3D_dxf.zip
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Dear Matt,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> which version did you try?
>>>>>>>>> What type of entites your dxf file(s) contains? Are them supported
>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> ogr
>>>>>>>>> DXF driver? Check http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_dxf.html
>>>>>>>>> Try to check entities with ogrinfo.
>>>>>>>>> I had trouble with 1.8 (exspecially on Windows) to load dxf.
>>>>>>>>> I used ogr2ogr instead QGIS, because you can set more options.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I cannot find any DXf file in the zip file you specify.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>> Zoltan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013, Matt Boyd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Hi group,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  I'm trying to make sense of some DXF files.
>>>>>>>>>> these ones in particular
>>>>>>>>>> http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/download.pl?ID=3D_
>>>>>>>>>> models/3D_model_attributes.zip
>>>>>>>>>> there's also a 3D pdf model here..
>>>>>>>>>> http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/download.pl?ID=3D_
>>>>>>>>>> models/t009_OtwayBasin_3D.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> QGIS isn't able to open the dxf files, or it does but all I see is
>>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>> icon
>>>>>>>>>> called "entities" with no attributes. Ideally I'd be able to load
>>>>>>>>>> these as
>>>>>>>>>> rasters and make a few maps.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>>>> matt
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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