> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:qgis-user- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 6:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] annotation = new labeling > > On 05/20/2012 02:09 PM, Jake Maier wrote: > > I need some help with annotations > > > > I worked with annotations in ArcMap, so I'm a little familiar with > the > > concept and some of its workings in ArcMap. I tried to read up on it > > googling annotations and qgis. Now I seem stuck on creating a .ui in > a > > qt designer. Help!!! Where do I find the qt designer. I see it > mention > > in some places but tried in vain to locate a download or a place to > > load it as a python extension. > > > > I have a (soil) layer with lots of polygons and soil symbols. But the > > symbols are often outside the polygons. Now I need to move those > > labels and thought annotations would be the best way to accomplish > > this. But how do I do this. > > > > While at this topic, does qgis provide the possibiltiy to bend an > > annotation following a polyline? > > > > Thanks for any pointers > > > > Jake > > > > Yes, QGIS supports what you want. The key is that it works differently > (in my opinion better) than ArcMap. What you want is data driven label > placement offered by the "New" Labeling engine (ABC icon in your > menus). > This lets you set columns in your table for the X,Y, offset, rotation > etc for each record. You can start with no values in the fields, and > then use the move label tool to manually drag to a new spot and it will > save the change to the table. > > So the big key here, is unlike annotation the link between the data > source and the end label is never broken. Hence you won't find info on > it by googling for annotation. > > Similarly make sure to look at the label options when dealing with a > line to find the option to follow the line. > > Enjoy, > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user [JM] I thought I figured it out with your help Alex, but I can't seem to 'activate' nor move the rotate label button. They stay grayed out whatever I do. I played with the free placement or any of the other placements in thelayer labeling settings but to no avail. I still seem to miss something. Thanks for any help Jake
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