Re: [Qgis-developer] Autocad DXF and Microstation DGN Save As

2011-02-22 Thread Maurício de Paulo
IMHO svg, dxf and dgn are pretty much the same. They are all graphics based formats. Of course dxf and dgn also have 3D drawings, but information is stored in style, colour and thickness. This way I think that it's more representative to have a dxf with the styled data (as svg) than a dxf with just

Re: [Qgis-developer] Autocad DXF and Microstation DGN Save As

2011-02-22 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Maurício, On Tue, 22. Feb 2011 at 17:26:14 -0300, Maurício de Paulo wrote: >I think the Save Layer As option for dxf and dgn are a little bit >confusing for users. Well, that dialog just lists what OGR offers. And uses our OGR based vector file writer to export the data. As such it

[Qgis-developer] Autocad DXF and Microstation DGN Save As

2011-02-22 Thread Maurício de Paulo
Hi everyone, I think the Save Layer As option for dxf and dgn are a little bit confusing for users. Some users have asked me "Why does it complain that the dxf can't hold this field that I really need in the exported file?". I suppose it's because dxf don't hold fields at al. They should be transla