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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to split a line feature using the “split features” tool on the Editing toolbar in QGIS 10.4. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The manual advice on how to do this is as follows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'>To split line or polygon features:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'>Select the Split Features tool.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'>Draw a line across the feature(s) you want to split. If a selection is active, only selected features are split.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'>When set, default values or clauses are applied to corresponding fields and other attributes of the parent feature are by default copied to the new features.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'>You can then as usually modify any of the attributes of any resulting feature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The tool works sometimes but for the last few hours it is constantly crashing QGIS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What I am doing is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Selecting the line<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editing is on<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Left Click on the Tool<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I get a circular cross hair object<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I position that on one side of the line and left click<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I then drag the line across the line feature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I then right Click and get an error message – “No features were split if there are selected features the split tool only applies to those. If you would like to split all the features under the split line, clear the selection”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I left click the line is not finished and keeps drawing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I right click – nothing happens for a while, then QGIS crashes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have tried rebooting my computer. I have tried QGIS Noosa, I have tried screaming in frustration. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have looked at YouTube videos (most are using QGIS 2).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The property information is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:7.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Name</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>NSW Railway lines 2018</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Path</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="file:///Y:/Maps/Railway%20infrastructure/NSW/NSW%20Railways.gpkg"><span style='font-family:"arial,sans-serif",serif;color:#729FCF'>Y:\Maps\Railway infrastructure\NSW\NSW Railways.gpkg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Source</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Y:/Maps/Railway infrastructure/NSW/NSW Railways.gpkg|layername=NSW Railway lines 2018</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Storage</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>GPKG</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Comment</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Encoding</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>UTF-8</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Geometry</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Line (MultiLineStringZ)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>CRS</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 - Geographic</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Extent</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>141.0010000000000048,-37.2603000000000009 : 153.6129999999999995,-28.1656000000000013</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Unit</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>degrees</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Feature count</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>12,317</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am fairly new to QGIS so I am really looking for detailed blow by blow instructions or help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Dr Iain Stuart<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>JCIS Consultants <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>P.O. Box 2397<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Burwood North<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>NSW, 2134<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>(02) 9701 0191<br>(0413) 380116 (m)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>