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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks all, will try and do this as soon as I can get the Vector drop down list to actually drop down… is there a keyboard shortcut to get to the options? Ctrl+O isn’t working<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chiz Harward BA MCIfA he/him</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Archaeologist, Urban Archaeology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I work flexibly - so whilst it suits me to email now, I do not expect a response or action outside of your own working hours</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Urban Archaeology is a trading name of Chiz Harward BA MCIfA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Richard McDonnell <richard.mcdonnell@opw.ie>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chiz Harward <chiz@urban-archaeology.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Convert .shp to CAD, with attribute values as different layers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Hi Chiz,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">The only thing I can think of is
<b>Split Vector Layer</b> (<b>Vector</b> </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">ð</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">
<b>Data Management</b>) that will allow you to split your Layer by attribute, outputting a DXF for each layer.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">The only issue is that you will have a series of separate Layers which you will have to manually merge into a single dxf file.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">One other consideration would be, splitting the single layer by attribute in QGIS as separate Layers and then exporting the Project…..</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Sorry I can’t be of more help, there’s probably a way, using Python, to carry out the split and write out a single DXF, but I can’t help you there.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Kind Regards,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Richard</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chiz Harward via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 13 February 2024 10:04<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] Convert .shp to CAD, with attribute values as different layers</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hallo, I have a shapefile that has attributes and need to convert this to a CAD file. I can do this by export project to dxf, but it comes through with one CAD layer per shapefile. I need to have the shapefile come through as different
CAD layers according to one of the attribute fields. <span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Example: Shapefile contains many polygons, the attribute field ‘colour’ of each polygon can be red, blue, green etc. I need it to get it into CAD with a layer for the red polygons, one for the blue, one for green etc<span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Running QGIS 3.16.11 Hannover<span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any help appreciated<span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chiz Harward BA MCIfA he/him</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Archaeologist, Urban Archaeology</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I work flexibly - so whilst it suits me to email now, I do not expect a response or action outside of your own working hours</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://urban-archaeology.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://urban-archaeology.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Urban Archaeology</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stroud,<br>
Gloucestershire<br>
GL5 1LQ</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">07881 486837<br>
<a href="mailto:chiz@urban-archaeology.co.uk"><span style="color:blue">chiz@urban-archaeology.co.uk</span></a><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Urban Archaeology is a trading name of Chiz Harward BA MCIfA</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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