qlyrx

This project enables using ArcGIS Pro symbology files (.lyrx) directly in QGIS.

Important note: Esri’s former symbology format (*.lyr) is not supported.
It is possible to generate a *.lyrx file by opening and saving your *.lyr file in ArcGIS Pro.

The plugin was built and tested on Windows using QGIS >= 3.4
Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 as well.

• Not all symbology types are currently supported, if something is missing please open an issue

Installation

You can install qlyrx directly through the QGIS plugin manager, simply open Plugins -> Manage and Install Plugins..

Then search for qlyrx and click on Install Plugin

You can also install the latest release if you download the qlyrx.zip file from GitHub and install the plugin using the install from zip method within the QGIS plugin manager.

Functionality

• The plugin currently supports lyrx files with:

  • Unique Values symbologies (1 or 2 fields classification) => QGIS Categorized
  • Simple renderers

• Esri/Qgis main conversions:

  • CIMSolidFill => QgsSymbol.defaultSymbol
  • CIMSolidStroke (=> QgsSimpleLineSymbolLayer or base symbol stroke)
  • CIMHatchFill => QgsLinePatternFillSymbolLayer
  • CIMCharacterMarker => QgsFontMarkerSymbolLayer w QgsPointPatternFillSymbolLayer or QgsMarkerLineSymbolLayer
  • CIMGeometricEffectDashes => setCustomDashVector
  • CIMPictureFill - creates svg from base64 image string
  • CIMVectorMarker
    • CIMCharacterMarker collection
      or
    • Use predefined shapes QgsSimpleMarkerSymbolLayer w QgsMarkerLineSymbolLayer
      [Esri predefined shapes uses 'paths' WIP]

• Known issues:

  • QGIS does not offer support for grouping categories
  • SVG base64 image fill is generated as black and white image
  • Converting CIMVectorMarker from shape paths arrays to QGIS shapes is a customized tweak
  • Some lyrx symbology uses Esri's or extrnal fonts, without it, QGIS will fall back to a default font
  • Problem in converting complex CIMVectorMarker properties
  • Symbol 'halo' is not supported in QGIS (our tweak is to duplicate and enlarge the bottom most symbol, problem when using with different symbol shapes)

• Next:

  • Graduated symbology support
  • Labels support

We recommend saving your styles, after creating the new symbology with the plugin as qgis native .sld/.qml formats

To use the plugin select a .lyrx file and the layer it should style.

Converting .lyr to .lyrx

You can find a python script that converts all .lyr files to .lyrx within a directory (and all of its subdirectories) here.
note that you need the computer this runs on to have ArcGIS Pro - arcpy pro installed.

This plugin is provided under the GPL2 License