I think that sextante "cross sections" can do the trick but you do need a raster. To have one you can rasterize either your points or your line.
________________________________ Agustin On 21/04/2011, at 06:36, "Rahkonen Jukka" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would first have a try with another software and report on gvSIG list > if it had suitable tools for you. Kosmo GIS (www.opengis.es) has a CAD > tool extension and I have a feeling that those tool could give some help > for your. CAD tools extension is not activated by default but you can > turn them on through a menu. > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > triestem wrote: > >> Hello! I'm sorry if this question is hopelessly unchallenging. > >> I'm trying to create a new layer--I have two point locations, and I > need > them to be connected by a line that is exactly 180 degrees--but only so > that > I can then create lines going through those points at exactly 90 degrees > from the first line. Does that make sense? I need one line through > each > point, each line perfectly perpendicular to the axis that's created by > connecting the two points. I've been eyeballing this with the draw > tools, > but haven't been able to figure out how to make it more accurate, but I > figure there must be a way. > >> I have looked through the manual, and attempted to follow the > instructions > for entering commands, but nothing good came out of it. If anyone could > offer any tips or tricks, I'd really appreciate it. > >> Thanks! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Creating-new-layer-specific-lines > -tp6292196p6292196.html > Sent from the gvSIG users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
