On 04/22/2013 12:52 PM, Bernhard Ströbl wrote: > Hi Diego, > > some of my users with more complex editing tasks (and familiar with CAD > software) are complaining about not having similar possibilities in QGIS > and I admit that our CAD has much more to offer in that respect > (snapping, construction), so thanks for the move. > IMHO the best would be to have CAD-like functions in QGIS (strategy #1) > because > 1) many people missing these functions already might use some CAD or > another to get their work done and are exchanging data between the two > systems (with all problems), so strategy #2 would simply exchange their > CAD software (if they are willing to change) > 2) and more important: many things that work in CAD do not work in GIS > and vice versa, e.g. CAD: line color, hatching, dimensioning...., GIS: > attributes. Splines could be resolved into polylines, resembling the > original spline, though. In short words: CAD is about drawing, GIS is > about data modelling. So if you have the functions in QGIS you can more > easily prevent users from doing silly things. > > my 2 ct > > Bernhard >
I totally agree with Bernhard. Extending his CAD tools is the best solution. -- Ivan Mincik _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
