The only way I am aware of, is to load the .gdb file, select the layer(s) you want and then use the save-as option to save out as a shapefile.
On 1 February 2017 at 12:22, Tyler Veinot <tylerkvei...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can right click a layer and go to filter and enter an expression to > filter out unwanted objects. From there save as will save to a shapefile, > among other other formats, that will only be the items defined by the > filter. You can also use a select expression and in the save as dialog > select save only selected features > Does that help?. > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Armin Konrad <armin.kon...@email.de> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I have opend an ESRI .gdb database (directory) in an qgis project. The >> mayor .gdbtable-file has a size of about 3.5 GB and contains about 18.000 >> objects (polygons). It is rather awkward to work with such a database to say >> the least since I need only 2 to 3 objects at a time. >> I wonder, is there a way to select certain objects by filtering and >> convert them selectively to a shape file or to copy them to a new database? >> >> Thanks you for suggestions. >> Armin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user