[Qgis-user] QGIS curve looking lines not viewable

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Vincent

A QEP about geometry refactoring is in work and the draft will be 
published very soon (today or tomorrow).

Regards,
Marco

On 03.11.2014 11:00, Vincent Picavet wrote:
> Hello Andreas,
>   
>> Curves (circular arcs) are not yet supported in QGIS.
>>
>> There is an ongoing development to implement curves for display and
>> editing, but in its first incarnation it will only support Postgis data
>> sources. There may also be support for GML/WFS (but I am not sure). The
>> plan is to release it in either 2.8 or 2.10.
> Would'nt this typically be the kind of change which would require a QEP ?
>
> It would be great to have one before the actual implementation, so that
> potential design problems or impacts on other parts of the code (or plugins)
> are detected.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vincent
>
>> If you have interest in curve support in other data formats (Oracle, SQL
>> server, dxf, etc.) you are very welcome to support/sponsor the effort.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On 31.10.2014 05:35, Explorer wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>      New to QGIS and trying to make it work with our Oracle data.
>>>      Currently
>>>
>>> using QGIS v2.4
>>> When viewing some polylines(Oracle datatype 2002) which are looking like
>>> curves, I don't see that displayed in QGIS.
>>> The rendering is like this and I did disable the "Simplify geometry" in
>>> layer properties' rendering menu.
>>>
>>> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5170519/QGIS_Missing_Curve1.pn
>>> g>
>>>
>>> *Curved line visible from the same Oracle data viewed in MapGuide Open
>>> Source*
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5170519/MGOS_PolyLine_As_Curve
>>> _Visible.png>
>>>
>>> Any suggestions or assistance in rendering?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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