Contour lines

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Richard L.
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Contour lines

Post by Richard L. » Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:48 pm

If possible, how can I automatically trace contour lines from points (x;Y;Z;DESCRIPTION) I have imported from a file ?
If not possible now, will it be in a near-future version?

Windows 10 64 bit
QCAD Pro version 3.26.4.0

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andrew
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Re: Contour lines

Post by andrew » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:15 pm

Yes, this should be possible:
https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-reusin ... -positions

For step 3, use
Draw > Line > Line from 2 Points

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Re: Contour lines

Post by CVH » Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:20 am

Richard,

The question remains what you want to do with the Z value and the description.

QCAD is 2D and only has a minimum support for Z values.
What serves the description for of each line piece in a contour?
That could be stored in a custom property.
Then again, the description is rather linked to the position then to the lines between them.

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CVH

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