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2016-12-08 0:56 GMT+01:00 G A Sansom <[email protected]>: > OK. I am new to QGIS, but not so new to GIS in general. > > Using 2.14.7 Essen and working through the QGIS-2.14-UserGuide-en.pdf > > and a tutorial that I found on the web (Treglia_QGIS_Tutorial_2_12.pdf) > > > > I have 3 problems (so far!) > > > > 1) When setting Relations (in the Project Properties) and creating a new > > Relation with a name but nothing else, QGIS throws a dump (30+ meg) > > and sometimes simply quits at that time. > > Getting past this, so far I haven’t been able to see anything useful with > > this feature. > > > Maybe should you read http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/attribute_table.html#creating-one-to-many-relations to see what the relations are designed for. > 2) Occasionally, when attempting to set symbology properties for a > > Polygon shape file, QGIS starts treating the shape file like a LINE shape. > > Even though it is a Polygon, only allowing line type symbology. It also > > does NOT display anything of the data while doing this. > > I am certain that it is a Polygon; for a while it did display the layer > and > > allowed me to set a fill color. > > Additionally, it allowed me to make a data column and fill it with $area, > > which I assume that it would not allow if it was an unclosed line. > > The only work-around that I can find is to remove the offending layer > > and to bring it back into the project. If you have already placed in into > > the Print Composer, this is more than a little inconvenient. > > > Weird! No idea > 3) Using the Print Composer, I built a map, then built an inset map to > > show the big picture. When I attempted to export the composition, as > > image, pdf or jpg it seems to refresh all of the maps on the page. This > > makes it impossible to create the composition a single page production > > map. > > I have not found any work-around for this. > You can fix the content of each map item by checking "Lock layers for map items" in its properties tab or creating a layer preset. See http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/composer_items/composer_map.html#main-properties HTH, Harrissou > > > This last item, with no work-around, is a show stopper. > > > > Alan > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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