How to convert DWG file to Shape file using QGIS

hello and welcome back to another qgis tutorial here i'll be importing autocad or dwg file in qgis and convert it to save file if you don't have qgis software you can easily download from qgis site it is completely free and easy to install as well first load the dwg file you want to import in qgis for this go to project navigate to import and select import layer from dwg dxf here this window will appear now browse for the target package by clicking over here find the destination folder give a name and save now choose the correct crs a coordinate reference system in which the cad file is in be careful in this part we should always use the exact same coordinate reference system the cad file is in in my case let me find the crs i can source from here so here this is my crs coordinate reference system in source drawing go to import and find the cad file you want to add in qgis window after you find out the file select the file and open the file it may take a while depending on the layer and the size of the dwg file you can give a group name also so after you give a group name click ok so here you can see the dwg file in qgis window now to work on vector file in future we can convert the dwg file to save file here this cad file contains different layers which you can see from here we can convert each individual layer is per our need for example suppose i want to save the major contours in save file for this first let me find the contours layer from here so after you find the contours layer click over here and right click and go to export and select save feature as in the format select the file type you want to save here in our case we are going to convert cad file to save file so i will be selecting es esri saf file you can convert to kml file also for that you can select keyhole markup language which is over here or any other format listed over here so now after you select the save file browse to destination folder give us your file name and save the file okay on crs select the correct one now leaving everything on default hit ok so friend we can see the contour save file over here you can find the backup file where you saved earlier like this you can save the all required layer of dwg file to save file that's all hope you enjoyed the video for any sort of problem you can comment in the comment box like and share the video subscribe the channel for best qgs tutorial and lectures in special analysis have a good time happy learning [Music]

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Length: 3min 30sec (210 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 16 2022