[Qgis-user] Line symbol behavior OR how to use chainage

[Nyall Dawson]

On 20 Jun 2015 20:46, "Thomas Schweser" <tschefski at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I'm using QGIS 2.6 on win 7.
> When editing a line element I used an Marker line with a Simple marker
> (vertical line). I can edit the interval i.g. 5000 mm. I thought this
> would be usefull for some kind of chainage - line element is an cable
> and it should have a chainage. But the problem is when zooming in the
> marker changes its geogrphical position. Position on monitor is somehow
> fix. Is there a way to change this behavior?

I can't remember if I added it in 2.8 or 2.10, but there's an option under
the advanced menu for disabling this automatic line clipping to the canvas
extent. That should do what you want.

You'll need to upgrade though!

Nyall
>
> For my cable-chainage I found a plugin - chainage. Works fine but I
> didn't find a way to adjust the markers to my line element (the cable).
> The markers should be vertical to the line but the lable I like to have
> horizontal.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Thomas
>
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