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I’m encountering an issue when importing a DXF file (raw survey data) into QGIS using the "AnotherDXFImporter" tool and loading it as a Geopackage. The example I’m working with involves "water valve" data, and after import, I have two layers: one for points and one for lines.

The issue is that the points and the lines are not directly aligned in the QGIS display. The lines seem to match the position correctly as seen in AutoCAD, so I assume they represent the correct position. However, the points do not align with the lines — are these points the survey measurement points?

When I try to use the "Identify Features" tool, I can only retrieve the coordinates of the lines and points as "derived" values, and these values do not match. This discrepancy is quite confusing, as I would expect the points to lie exactly on the lines.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue or have any insight into why the points and lines do not align properly? Could it be related to the way the DXF file was created or transformed during import?

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It’s possible that the misaligned "points" you're seeing in QGIS are actually label texts from AutoCAD that were converted into point geometries during the DXF import process.

AutoCAD stores text labels (like annotations or block attributes) as entities with insertion points. When importing a DXF into QGIS, especially using tools like 'AnotherDXFImporter' these text entities can be interpreted as point features, with their geometry corresponding to the insertion point of the text rather than any meaningful survey location.

Inspect the attribute table of the point layer for fields like TEXT, LABEL, or similar. You can filter out these label points or move them to a separate layer for annotation purposes.

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