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I'm pretty new in QGIS and i'm searching a drawing tool like it is possible to find in microsoft word or excel. I search something very user friendly (for dummies!) to add circles, arrows, lines... with no need to create a new layer!!

Can you help me?

underdark
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eric
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  • QGIS is designed to edit layers - https://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_gui.html if you want a graphical application like inkscape. – Mapperz May 01 '14 at 18:17
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    in QGIS Layout view you can add arrows http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/making_a_map.html – Mapperz May 01 '14 at 18:19
  • But it doesn't exits an application or a toolbar like inkscape directly into QGIS? It's not necessary to be big like inscape! Thanks! – eric May 01 '14 at 18:32
  • Besides, everything you create will be in a layer. That is the basic data storage type (i.e. the shapefile), without it you can't create or save anything (cause it wont know where to store your information). – Martin May 01 '14 at 18:54
  • @eric this is interesting - could you comment on what you're trying to do? I've done stuff like this in ArcMap, but always ended up working with real features rather than graphics (ArcMap has a graphics toolbar that can draw in layout or data view...) – DPSSpatial_BoycottingGISSE May 01 '14 at 21:13
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    What are you hoping to achieve? Are you looking to geographical data? or do you just want to draw? – Ryan Garnett May 01 '14 at 22:23
  • If you want perfect circles create points and buffer around them – whatahitson May 02 '14 at 12:37
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    This seems like a neat feature, you should consider adding a feature request at QGIS Features – SaultDon May 02 '14 at 15:28

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NOTE the plugin referenced below is no longer maintained. The QGIS plugin site suggests using the CAD Digitize plugin instead (as of January 2018).

There's the Rectangles Ovals Digitizing plugin that does just that and the shapes you create are saved in a layer (start editing that layer first).

Rectangles Ovals Plugin screenshot

It allows you to draw Rectangles, Squares, Ovals and Circles.

But I'm not sure about a plugin for arrows and other diagram type object. Those can be added in the Print Composer Layout, there is a separate toolbar for that.

print composer toolbar for shapes

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In the plugins menu, search for Qdraw (in the not installed tab, or in the installed tab if you might already have it...). Will save to a memory layer, need to name the shapes you draw.

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  • For QGIS3, I've found QDraw to be a good reliable alternative to the old Rectangle, Circles plugin from QGIS 2.x. The added functionality of it creating the shapes on a virtual layer is really useful if you need to temporarily cut an area. – alanajones Jul 29 '19 at 10:31
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As for the arrows, you would probably need to create a shapefile layer in which you draw a line for the arrows you want.

You can either do this: Link

or you can just style the line as you wish and combine it with a 'symbol' line over it. You can set '>' as arrow ends, and select to only display one symbol at the end of the line.

Example: Circulation plan with simple arrows

First option is more for a a series of arrows, individual ones you could style using the second option.

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Draw grid in QGIS over a map using OSM overpass server, see my repository on github : https://github.com/waelhammoudeh/mk-grid It is not point and click, but I hope somebody will find it useful.

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