[Qgis-user] Dimensioning in QGIS

[Alexandru Munteanu]

Hi,
A workaround I use I in my work is to actually use autocad for drawing the
dimensions (or anything else) and then import a dxf file in qgis, either as
shapes or as a vector layer.
What I do is export a polygon in dxf, draw the dimensions  in autocad and
import it back into qgis. With a little styling, the dimensions will look
exactly the same as in autocad. A tip is to use different layers in autocad
as it's easier to apply styles in qgis afterwards.

Hope this helps,
Alexandru



On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 23:20 Nicolas Cadieux via Qgis-user <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Dimensions here are not annotations.  I believe the original post was
> referring to what AutoCad refers to as "Extrude" as seen here
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdysbeHHXo8.
>
> Cheer!
>
> Nicolas
> On 2022-06-24 3:18 p.m., chris hermansen wrote:
>
> Nicolas, everyone,
>
> Sorry to top post here but I'm not sure where to start below.
>
> What about just using the various drawing tools on the print layout?
> Arrows can be added, annotation, polylines, that sort of thing?  Of course
> it's not in the original data / layers, but is that important?
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 9:27 AM Nicolas Cadieux via Qgis-user <
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Qgis is not a CAD as you are discovering.  Others have given you good
>> plugins and tools so I will not add to that.  You can still do “3D” as 3D
>> objects like lines, points and polygon are supported.  You can use the 3D
>> map windows to visualize the 3D objects and a DEM  raster or mesh layers.
>> I too am an archaeologist.  In the past, I have used simple 3D WKT format
>> in a text file to make 3D outlines of trenches and survey holes. Looks like
>> some plugins can now do that for you now.  QGIS is not quite there as a
>> full blown CAD but it’s as good as current Commercial GIS I have worked
>> with.  Progress has been slow but steady.
>>
>> Nicolas Cadieux
>> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>>
>> Le 24 juin 2022 à 08:03, Zoltán Siki via Qgis-user <
>> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
>>
>> 
>> you can solve it using Geometry Generator see:
>> https://stuyts.xyz/2018/11/05/qgis-geometry-generator-examples-repository/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>> IainS via Qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2022.
>> jún. 23., Cs, 23:44):
>>
>>> Is there a tool for adding dimensions in QGIS. For those who are
>>> wondering what I am talking about, it is common in CAD drafting to add
>>> dimensions to what you have drawn and this is a whole part of a CAD program
>>> where you can format dimensions …etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been asked to add dimensions to an archaeological hole I am
>>> digging on a QGIS map and I was wondering whether there is a similar
>>> dimensioning tool in QGIS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
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