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I have 2 lines in 2 layer and I want to make a split where it is crossing each other/intersection point in Qgis 2.16
I want to make one line from the 2 line in the crossing point. I want the new line to be constant. I need the blue line in the pics after splitting. DONT know how to split it in the crossing point…
I have a good picture to see what I really want to do.
Multi-part lines constructed with tools like Dissolve or Merge do not necessarily order the parts that touch at branches in a sequential order that would keep the parts together. So the line parts on the same physical side of a branch can be on opposite sides of the part sequence internal to the line. Parts are always traversed sequentially by tools. This makes sense for such complex multi-part lines, since once it reaches an end point of a part that touches no other line how can it know which line part to put next? It has no idea what branches may split and which won't, of if one part will have to split into two or more parts when points occur inside a line part, so there is no way to do that organization in advance. Anyway, the polyline parts are never organized in advance by "sides" of an infinite set of unknowable points that could split the line up, and the tool makes no attempt to do tracings while the splits are occurring. Therefore all branches break apart with this tool.
To get branches organized into parts you would need to write your own tool. The easiest process I can think of is to do the splits as usual, that way you will be working with the full set of lines, including new segments that split at places other than the branches. Then buffer the split points by a small distance (say a centimeter or one-half foot). Next calculate the ObjectID of the original lines after the split into a new long field and then make a copy of the split lines. Erase the portions of all copied split lines that fall inside of the split point buffers. Now buffer the copied and trimmed lines by an even smaller distance (say 1/2 centimeter or 1/4 foot). Dissolve the line buffers into single part polygons. Next spatial join the trimmed lines to the single-part dissolved buffers keeping the line shapes. This will associate the buffer ObjectID to the line set that falls within it and they will not cross the split points. Now you can select each line set by that buffer FID, relate them back to the original lines that were not trimmed and Merge/Dissolve each set of lines. Python could do the iterations more elegantly than ModelBuilder, so learn Python.
The rule of geoprocessing is always make complex items the last things you work with. Always work with the simplest items (single line parts) first and then add complexity at each stage of your script in an order that each stage is handled efficiently. Also each additional level of complexity should only be introduced into the process when the simpler objects cannot help move the process forward to the ultimate goal.
In QGIS Processing Toolbox, there is a GRASS command v.clean (GRASS | Vector | v.clean) which, with break tool, can add vertex (node) to lines at each intersection.
When we have T-intersection, it does not create node unless the intersecting point is located exactly on the line. (An example is shown at the right hand side of the picture).
To make sure these lines meet at the intersection, v.clean snap tool can be helpful. This snap tool is usually used before break tool.
As a negative side, this operation can bend lines, trying to snap them together... please use it carefully.
Best Answer
Try to do the following:
Split lines with linestwo times. The first time use Line 1 as input and Line 2 as split line, and save the output file (output_1.shp)