Digitise a circle around a point in QGIS 3?












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In previous versions of QGIS I used the Intersect It plugin for drawing circles around a point with a specified radius.



However, I cannot see a way to digitise a circle around a point in QGIS 3. I have tried using the new shape digitising tools, but these do not allow to centre the circle on a point (at least, not that I can see).



I have seen suggestions about buffering the points by a certain distance, but this seems quite a long-winded way of merely drawing a shape.



Any suggestions?










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    I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

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In previous versions of QGIS I used the Intersect It plugin for drawing circles around a point with a specified radius.



However, I cannot see a way to digitise a circle around a point in QGIS 3. I have tried using the new shape digitising tools, but these do not allow to centre the circle on a point (at least, not that I can see).



I have seen suggestions about buffering the points by a certain distance, but this seems quite a long-winded way of merely drawing a shape.



Any suggestions?










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    I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

    – Aaron
    13 hours ago














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In previous versions of QGIS I used the Intersect It plugin for drawing circles around a point with a specified radius.



However, I cannot see a way to digitise a circle around a point in QGIS 3. I have tried using the new shape digitising tools, but these do not allow to centre the circle on a point (at least, not that I can see).



I have seen suggestions about buffering the points by a certain distance, but this seems quite a long-winded way of merely drawing a shape.



Any suggestions?










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In previous versions of QGIS I used the Intersect It plugin for drawing circles around a point with a specified radius.



However, I cannot see a way to digitise a circle around a point in QGIS 3. I have tried using the new shape digitising tools, but these do not allow to centre the circle on a point (at least, not that I can see).



I have seen suggestions about buffering the points by a certain distance, but this seems quite a long-winded way of merely drawing a shape.



Any suggestions?







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  • 5





    I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

    – Aaron
    13 hours ago














  • 5





    I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

    – Aaron
    13 hours ago








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I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

– Aaron
13 hours ago





I would argue that running the buffer tool is easier than manually digitizing a circle around a point.

– Aaron
13 hours ago










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You can use the Shape Digitizing Toolbar's "Add Circle by a Centre Point and Another Point" tool combined with the Advanced Digitizing tool's distance option.



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But to be honest I don't find buffering to be long winded at all and I usually go with that method.






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    I would enable snapping too

    – AWGIS
    13 hours ago






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    I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

    – Jochen Schwarze
    13 hours ago






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    @JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

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    13 hours ago













  • Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

    – Thunder Fly
    13 hours ago











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You can use the Shape Digitizing Toolbar's "Add Circle by a Centre Point and Another Point" tool combined with the Advanced Digitizing tool's distance option.



enter image description here



But to be honest I don't find buffering to be long winded at all and I usually go with that method.






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  • 2





    I would enable snapping too

    – AWGIS
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

    – Jochen Schwarze
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    @JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

    – TeddyTedTed
    13 hours ago













  • Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

    – Thunder Fly
    13 hours ago
















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You can use the Shape Digitizing Toolbar's "Add Circle by a Centre Point and Another Point" tool combined with the Advanced Digitizing tool's distance option.



enter image description here



But to be honest I don't find buffering to be long winded at all and I usually go with that method.






share|improve this answer



















  • 2





    I would enable snapping too

    – AWGIS
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

    – Jochen Schwarze
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    @JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

    – TeddyTedTed
    13 hours ago













  • Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

    – Thunder Fly
    13 hours ago














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You can use the Shape Digitizing Toolbar's "Add Circle by a Centre Point and Another Point" tool combined with the Advanced Digitizing tool's distance option.



enter image description here



But to be honest I don't find buffering to be long winded at all and I usually go with that method.






share|improve this answer













You can use the Shape Digitizing Toolbar's "Add Circle by a Centre Point and Another Point" tool combined with the Advanced Digitizing tool's distance option.



enter image description here



But to be honest I don't find buffering to be long winded at all and I usually go with that method.







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  • 2





    I would enable snapping too

    – AWGIS
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

    – Jochen Schwarze
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    @JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

    – TeddyTedTed
    13 hours ago













  • Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

    – Thunder Fly
    13 hours ago














  • 2





    I would enable snapping too

    – AWGIS
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

    – Jochen Schwarze
    13 hours ago






  • 2





    @JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

    – TeddyTedTed
    13 hours ago













  • Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

    – Thunder Fly
    13 hours ago








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I would enable snapping too

– AWGIS
13 hours ago





I would enable snapping too

– AWGIS
13 hours ago




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I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

– Jochen Schwarze
13 hours ago





I would strongly advise against that issues.qgis.org/issues/21144 ;-)

– Jochen Schwarze
13 hours ago




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2





@JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

– TeddyTedTed
13 hours ago







@JochenSchwarze good catch. I'm glad to see there's an issue posted about this, it's been killing me. Been meaning to report it. EDIT: Although it works fine with tooltips turned off.

– TeddyTedTed
13 hours ago















Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

– Thunder Fly
13 hours ago





Thanks for the answers folks, that's a lot clearer now :)

– Thunder Fly
13 hours ago










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