Hi, It is very likely that better CAD functionality will hit QGIS soon. An approach based on the CadInput plugin [1] is being discussed [2] and parted to core [3]. Maybe this does already provide a lot of what you need?
Best regards, Matthias [1] http://vimeo.com/85052231 [2] https://github.com/3nids/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/cadtools/QEP-CAD-tools.rst [3] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1624 On 20.10.2014 16:56, G. Garibaldi wrote: > Bug report #9703 > > The line thickness is good. The endpoints could be improved. > Crossmarks would be better than dots. If dot endpoints are easiest to > program, then put a smaller white dot in the middle of the larger red > dot. This will help measurement accuracy. The most desirable quality > of the tool would be for the markers remain on screen until cleared by > the user. This includes remaining on screen while other commands are > selected and new data entered. This onscreen persistence should also > be applied to the angle measure tool. > > With robust CAD tools this would not be an issue because the operator > can quickly draw temporary measure lines on screen and erase them at > his leisure. With QGIS the CAD tool functionality is clumsy and > inefficient. Data point creation with other systems is fast and well > developed. Most CAD systems allow inputting a data point, then drawing > the next point using a relative angle and distance at the keyboard or > visually with onscreen angle and distance display controlled by snap > settings. Perhaps what I'm really asking for is better CAD tool > functionality. > > I have many *thousands* of points to calculate and enter by hand. > Months worth of work. If I were a programmer perhaps this would not be > necessary. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time to spend a > month or two getting up to speed programming in the QGIS environment, > not that I would not like to. I just spent 7 months learning a foreign > language to translate documents for my project. When the functionality > of the measure tool changed after QGIS 2.1(1.8, 2.1 something like > that), and the measure tool lost its persistence I despaired. > > I am pressing for this functionality because I need to finish my > project and put food on the table. > > Anyway, this is my project, analyzing ships navigation data: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWZzqHc8ow > > In this project QGIS is merely a tool to develop a better > understanding of historical events. What will really be significant is > when QGIS goes 3D and I am able to visualize aircraft and ships data > simultaneously in an animation using the animation plug-in. > > On 10/19/2014 4:48 PM, Tim Sutton wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:51 PM, G. Garibaldi <digitalm...@cox.net >> <mailto:digitalm...@cox.net>> wrote: >> >> The measure tool onscreen markers are not persistent and are >> therefore not useful. Why have tools that have no useful >> function? I've complained about this before, filed a ticket and >> was argued down by a developer. >> >> It is frustrating to try to contribute to a project when nobody >> wants to cooperate. >> >> >> >> I don't think it is fair to characterise QGIS as a project where >> nobody wants to cooperate. People are busy, may have differing >> opinions to you, may not have noticed your ticket etc. We are a >> community of people trying our best to cooperate and sometimes we >> fail, but it certainly isn't through a lack of desire to cooperate. >> My advice is keep trying (in a friendly way) to get your request >> noticed, and if others don't always agree with your ideas, don't take >> it personally. >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> <mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Tim Sutton >> Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open >> source: >> * Desktop GIS programming services >> * Geospatial web development >> * GIS Training >> * Consulting Services >> Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net >> <http://freenode.net/> >> Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Help getting QGIS to the next level of quality before November 15! http://blog.vitu.ch/10102014-1046/crowdfunding-initiative-automated-testing _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer