Probably the easiest thing for you to do is to right click on the layer
and go to "save as". That will save/export your current layer as a new
one and allow the edits you want to make. All you would need to do is
add it to you qgis session.
Hope that helps,
Randy
On 11/13/2014 11:38 AM, Adrian Beasley wrote:
I am new to QGIS, still very much learning how to use it.
What I wish to do is generate a number of similar vector layers, to be
able to generate slightly different maps from them. The obvious way
would seem to be to duplicate an existing layer, renaming the new
copy, and editing it. But this seems not to produce a new, distinct
layer, as making changes to either the original or the new layer
causes the same changes in both.
I can find no mention of this facility in the user guide nor in the
training documentation. Can anyone help?
Thanks in anticipation.
Adrian Beasley
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