La librería Símbolo¶

Grupos y grupos inteligentes¶

You can organize symbols into different categories. These categories, listed in the panel at the left, can be static (called Group) or dynamic (named Smart Group). A group is smart when its symbols are dynamically fetched according to conditions set. See figure_symbol_2:

To create a group, right click on an existing group or on the main Groups directory in the left of the dialog. You can also select a group and click the ^{Add Group} button. The new group will be a sub-group of the selected one.

Create Smart Group is similar to creating group, but instead select Smart Groups. The dialog box allows user to choose the expression to select symbols in order to appear in the smart group (contains some tags, member of a group, have a string in its name, etc.). Any symbol that satisfies the entered condition(s) is automatically added to the smart group.

Figure Symbol 2:

Creating a Smart Group

To remove a group or a smart group, right click on the group and select Remove Group or select it and push ^{Remove Group} button.

Unlike the smart groups that automatically fetch their belonged symbols, simple groups are filled by the user. To add a symbol into a group, you can either right click on a symbol, choose Apply Group and then the group name. There is a second way to add several symbols into a group: just select the group, click and choose Group Symbols. All symbols display a checkbox that allows you to add the symbol into the selected groups. When selection is finished, you can click the same button, and choose Finish Grouping.

All the symbols that are not placed under a custom group belong to a default group named Ungrouped.

Adicionar, Editar, Eliminar Símbolo¶

Selecting a group returns in the right panel, if applicable, the list of symbols of the group (including its subgroups). These symbols are organized in four different tabs:

• Marker for point symbols
• Line for linear symbols
• Fill for surface symbols

• y Rampa de color

To delete a symbol you no longer need, just select it and click ^{Remove item} (also available through right-click). The symbol will be deleted from the local symbols database.

The symbol list can be modified by adding new symbols with ^{Add item} button or modifying existing ones with ^{Edit item}. See `The Symbol Selector`_ for further information.

Compartir símbolos¶

The ^{Share item} tool, at the right bottom of the Style Library dialog, offers options to easily share symbols with others: users can indeed export their symbols and import symbols to their library.

Exportar símbolos

You can export the selected symbols to PNG, SVG or XML file formats. Exporting to PNG or SVG (both not available for color ramp symbols) creates a file for each selected symbol, and the SVG folder can be added to SVG Paths in Settings ‣ Options to e.g. share these symbols on a network. The XML format generates a single file containing all the selected symbols. This file can then be imported in another user’s style library.

Importar símbolos

You can extend your symbols library by importing new symbols. Just select Import from the drop-down list at the right bottom of the dialog. In the new dialog, you’ll need to :

• indicate the source of the symbols (it can be a .xml file on the disk or an url),
• give the name of the group under which the symbols will be put
• select the symbols you want to add to your library
• and press Import.

Note that import and export options are also available through right-click.

Figure Symbol 3:

Importar símbolos

Color Ramp¶

The Color ramp tab in the Style Manager presents different types of color ramps you can use to style layers.

To create a custom color ramp, activate the Color ramp tab and click the ^{Add item} button. The button reveals a drop-down list to choose the ramp type: Gradient, Random, colorBrewer, or cpt-city.

The first three have options for number of steps and/or multiple stops in the color ramp. You can use the Invert option while classifying the data with a color ramp. See figure_symbol_4 for an example of custom color ramp and figure_symbol_4a for the cpt-city dialog.

Figure Symbol 4:

Ejemplo de rampa de color gradiente personalizado con pasos múltiples

La opción cpt-city abre un nuevo diálogo con cientos de temas incluidos ‘fuera de la caja’.

Figure Symbol 4a:

cpt-city dialog with hundreds of color ramps

Símbolos de marcador¶

Símbolos de marcador tienen varios tipos de capas de símbolos:

• Marcador de elipse

• Marcador de fuente

• Marcador sencillo (por defecto)

• Marcador SVG

• Marcador campo vectorial

Para cada símbolo de marcador, puede definir las siguientes propiedades:

• Tipo de capa de símbolo: Se tiene la opción para utilizar marcadores de elipse, marcadores de fuente, marcadores sencillos, marcadores SVG y marcadores de campo vectorial.

• Colores

• Tamaño

• Estilo de línea exterior

• Anchura de línea exterior

• Ángulo

• Desplazamiento X, Y: Se puede cambiar el símbolo en la dirección x- o y-.

• Punto de anclaje

• Propiedades definidas por datos ...

Símbolos línea¶

Símbolos de línea de marcador tienen sólo dos tipos de símbolo:

• Línea de marcador

• Línea sencilla (por defecto)

The default symbol layer type draws a simple line whereas the other display a marker point regularly on the line. You can choose different location: vertex, last and first vertex, interval, central point or on every curve point. Marker line can have offset along the line or offset line. Finally, rotation allows you to change the orientation of the symbol.

La siguiente configuración está disponible:

• Color

• Anchura de plumilla

• Desplazamiento

• Estilo de plumilla

• Estilo de unión

• Estilo de mayusculas

• Usar patrón de guiones personalizado

• Unidad patrón de guiones

• Propiedades definidas por datos ...

Símbolos de polígono¶

Símbolos de marcador de polígonos también tienen varios tipos de capas de símbolo:

• Relleno de centroides

• Relleno de gradiente

• Patrón de relleno de línea

• Patrón de relleno de puntos

• Relleno de imagen ráster

• Relleno SVG

• Relleno shapeburst

• Relleno sencillo (por defecto)

• Línea exterior: línea de marcador (el mismo como marcador de línea)

• Línea exterior: línea sencilla (la misma como marcador de línea)

La siguiente configuración está disponible:

• Colores para el contorno y el relleno.

• Estilo de relleno

• Estilo de borde

• Ancho de borde

• Desplazamiento X, Y

• Propiedades definidas por datos ...

Using the color combo box, you can drag and drop color for one color button to another button, copy-paste color, pick color from somewhere, choose a color from the palette or from recent or standard color. The combo box allows you to fill in the feature with transparency. You can also just click the button to open the palette dialog. Note that you can import color from some external software like GIMP.

Con el relleno de imagen ráster’ se puede rellenar polígonos con una imagen de trama de azulejos. Las opciones incluyen (datos definidos) nombre de archivo, opacidad, anchura de imagen (en píxeles, mm o unidades de mapa), modo de coordenadas (objeto o área de visualización) y la rotación.

‘Gradient Fill’ Symbol layer type allows you to select between a Two color and Color ramp setting. You can use the Feature centroid as Referencepoint. All fills ‘Gradient Fill` Symbol layer type is also available through the Symbol menu of the Categorized and Graduated Renderer and through the Rule properties menu of the Rule-based renderer.

Other possibility is to choose a ‘shapeburst fill’ which is a buffered gradient fill, where a gradient is drawn from the boundary of a polygon towards the polygon’s centre. Configurable parameters include distance from the boundary to shade, use of color ramps or simple two color gradients, optional blurring of the fill and offsets.

Esto es posible solamente para dibujar los bordes del polígonos dentro del polígono. El uso de ‘Línea exterior: Línea sencilla’ seleccionar Dibujar línea sólo dentro del polígono.

Note: When geometry type is polygon, you can choose to disable the automatic clipping of lines/polygons to the canvas extent. In some cases this clipping results in unfavourable symbology (eg centroid fills where the centroid must always be the actual feature’s centroid).