[Qgis-user] Snap parallel

[Richard Greenwood]

Make sure that your layer is in a projected coordinate system (not
lat/long).
In the Processing Toolbox > Vector geometry > Offset Lines
   Positive distances will offset lines to the left, and negative distances
will offset to the right of lines.
   Setting that I have found useful:
      Segments: 1
      Join Style: Miter
      Miter Limit: ~100+
This produces something like a CAD offset line.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM Josh Hull via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> I am running QGIS 3.16.14
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> I have a shape file layer with a multi segmented line and would like to
> snap a parallel line on one side at a fixed distance. I tried the parallel
> line plugin but it wouldn’t make another line in any visible layer. There
> was an error that showed briefly that my map was not in metric unit of
> measure. We are running basemaps in ft, miles, and acres.
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is a process we use
> regularly for both line segments and polygons.
>
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> Josh Hull
>
> Hull Forest Products LLC
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> 218-349-9266
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> www.forest.solutions
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> www.northernminnesotamulching.com
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Richard W. Greenwood
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