I'm trying to cut a polygon layer with a line I've created in part by copy-pasting lines from various source shapefiles and in part by hand-drawing segments to connect those.
For clarity, the end goal is to carve out a new polygon from a set of preexisting polygons, where the line I've drawn is part of the border and the shared outline of the original polygons is the other part of the border. I imagine once I cut the original polygons properly, I can simply join the cut bits I want fairly straightforwardly.
Some more info:
- The line I've drawn is in a MultiLine layer and isn't technically one line, though it could in theory be joined into a single continuous line if I knew how to do that; as it is there's a number of points of overlap and tails off the 'main' line that I'd be happy to do away with
- This hypothetical continuous line doesn't encircle a polygon (except in one point where the 'main' line I want is one part of the boundary of a polygon I converted to a line); I'd like to use it to cut the set of polygons it's drawn across
- I've tried the Digitiser Tools Plugin, which other answers claim has a 'cut polygon layer with lines from a line layer' tool; I don't seem to see this option
What sequence of manipulations do I need to do to cut my polygons with this line?
Best Answer
Using "Split with lines" Processing algorithm you can split the Polygon or Lines using another line layer.
It is located in Processing Toolbox > Vector overlay > Spilt with lines (search in the Processing Toolbox Ctrl+Alt+T).
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