From the [polygonsplitter plugin][1], I adapted the essential part of the code for QGIS 3.*x* : <!-- language: lang-py --> class EqSplitPolygon: #def __init__(self,iface): def __init__(self): self.debug=True pass def splitSelected(self,targetArea,granulFactor,method="h",splitEven=True): global recurs recurs=0; layer = iface.mapCanvas().currentLayer() if layer: #Gets layer CRS for new layer crs=layer.crs().description() if self.debug: print("Starting, Layer crs: " + crs) # Create a new memory layer and add an area attribute polyLayer = QgsVectorLayer("MultiPolygon?crs="+crs, "split_poly", "memory") polyLayer.dataProvider().addAttributes( [ QgsField("area", QVariant.Double) ] ) #QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(polyLayer) allFeatures=False if not layer.selectedFeatures(): layer.invertSelection(); allFeatures=True #save original target area origTargetArea=targetArea # Loop though all the selected features for feature in layer.selectedFeatures(): geom = feature.geometry() if self.debug: print("Starting Number of original geoms: ", str(len(geom.asGeometryCollection()))) if self.debug: print("Starting Number of part to split into: ", str(geom.area()/targetArea)) div=round(geom.area()/origTargetArea) if div<1: div=1 if splitEven: targetArea=geom.area()/div if self.debug: print("Spliteven selected. modifying target area to:", targetArea) if div>1: granularity=round(granulFactor*geom.area()/targetArea) if self.debug: print("Granularity: ", granularity) #Figure out direction to start with from cutting method #If alternating, start horizontally if method=="a": firstDirection="h" else: firstDirection=method self.alternatingSlice(geom,polyLayer,targetArea,granularity,firstDirection,method) else: self.addGeomToLayer(geom,polyLayer) polyLayer.updateExtents() #if self.debug: print recurs QgsProject.instance().addMapLayer(polyLayer) if allFeatures: layer.invertSelection(); def alternatingSlice(self,geom,polyLayer,targetArea,granularity,direction,method): """ Slice a poly in alternating directions """ global recurs recurs+=1 if self.debug: print("******************************") if self.debug: print("Slicing, No of part: ", str(recurs)) if self.debug: print("Slicing, Granularity remaining: ", str(granularity)) bbox=[ geom.boundingBox().xMinimum(), geom.boundingBox().yMinimum(), geom.boundingBox().xMaximum(), geom.boundingBox().yMaximum() ] if direction=="h": step=(bbox[2]-bbox[0])/granularity pointer=bbox[0] else: step=(bbox[3]-bbox[1])/granularity pointer=bbox[1] totalArea=0 slices=0 #save the original geom tempGeom=QgsGeometry(geom) #start slicing until targetArea is reached while totalArea<targetArea*0.999: pointer+=step if direction=="h": startPt=QgsPointXY(pointer,bbox[1]) endPt=QgsPointXY(pointer,bbox[3]) (multiGeom,tempGeom)=self.cutPoly(tempGeom,startPt,endPt) else: startPt=QgsPointXY(bbox[0],pointer) endPt=QgsPointXY(bbox[2],pointer) (tempGeom,multiGeom)=self.cutPoly(tempGeom,startPt,endPt) if multiGeom!=None: totalArea+=multiGeom.area(); slices+=1 if self.debug: print("Slicing, Slices: ", str(slices)) #do the real cutting when reached targetArea and add "left" feature to layer if self.debug: print("Cutting with line, Cutline:", startPt,",",endPt) if direction=="h": (multiGeom,geom)=self.cutPoly(geom,startPt,endPt,True) if multiGeom: if self.debug: print("After split, Parts to the left:", str(len(multiGeom.asGeometryCollection()))) if geom: if self.debug: print("After split, Parts to the right:", str(len(geom.asGeometryCollection()))) else: (geom,multiGeom)=self.cutPoly(geom,startPt,endPt,True) if geom: if self.debug: print("After split, Parts above:", str(len(geom.asGeometryCollection()))) if multiGeom: if self.debug: print("After split, Parts under:", str(len(multiGeom.asGeometryCollection()))) self.addGeomToLayer(multiGeom,polyLayer) #self.addGeomToLayer(QgsGeometry.fromPolyline([startPt,endPt]),lineLayer) if geom: if geom.area()>targetArea: if (method=="v") or ((method=="a") and (direction=="h")): self.alternatingSlice(geom,polyLayer,targetArea,granularity-slices,"v",method) else: self.alternatingSlice(geom,polyLayer,targetArea,granularity-slices,"h",method) else: self.addGeomToLayer(geom,polyLayer) def cutPoly(self,geom,startPt,endPt,debug=False): """ Cut a geometry by a 2 point line return geoms left of line and right of line """ #if we have disjoint Multi geometry as geom to split we need to iterate over its parts splittedGeoms=[] leftFragments=[] rightFragments=[] #if self.debug: print "Number of geoms when slicing: ",str(len(geom.asGeometryCollection())) for geomPart in geom.asGeometryCollection(): #split the actual part by cut line defined by startPt,endPt (res,splittedGeomsPart,topo)=geomPart.splitGeometry([startPt,endPt],False) splittedGeoms+=splittedGeomsPart #Add the remaining geomPart to the rightFragments or letfFragments #depending on distance d=self.signedDistCentroidFromLine(geomPart,startPt,endPt) if d>0: rightFragments.append(geomPart) else: leftFragments.append(geomPart) #if self.debug: print j,splittedGeoms for fragment in splittedGeoms: """ calculate signed distance of centroid of fragment and the splitline if signed distance is below zero, the point is to the left of the line if above zero the point is to the right of the line """ d=self.signedDistCentroidFromLine(fragment,startPt,endPt) #if debug==True: #if self.debug: print d if d > 0: rightFragments.append(fragment) else: leftFragments.append(fragment) #if self.debug: print "Left frags:",len(leftFragments),"Right frags:",len(rightFragments) leftGeom=self.buildMultiPolygon(leftFragments) rightGeom=self.buildMultiPolygon(rightFragments) return leftGeom,rightGeom def buildMultiPolygon(self,polygonList): """ Build multi polygon feature from a list of polygons """ geomlist=[] for geom in polygonList: # Cut 'MULTIPOLYGON(*) if we got one' if geom.asWkt()[:12]=="MULTIPOLYGON": geomWkt=geom.asWkt()[13:len(geom.asWkt())-1] else: # Cut 'POLYGON' if we got one geomWkt=geom.asWkt()[7:] geomlist.append(str(geomWkt)) multiGeomWKT="MULTIPOLYGON(" multiGeomWKT +=",".join(geomlist) multiGeomWKT+=")" #if self.debug: print multiGeomWKT multiGeom=QgsGeometry.fromWkt(multiGeomWKT) return multiGeom def addGeomToLayer(self,geom,layer): """ Add a geometry to a layer as a new feature No attributes are set """ fet = QgsFeature() fet.setGeometry(geom) area=geom.area()#/1000000 if self.debug: print("Area of geom added to layer:", str(area)) layer.dataProvider().addFeatures([fet]) layer.dataProvider().changeAttributeValues({fet.id(): { 0: area}}); layer.updateExtents() def signedDistCentroidFromLine(self,geom,startPt,endPt): #calculate signed distance of centroid of fragment and the splitline v1=endPt[0]-startPt[0] v2=endPt[1]-startPt[1] A=v2 B=-v1 C=-v2*startPt[0]+v1*startPt[1] centr=geom.centroid().boundingBox() return (A*centr.xMinimum()+B*centr.yMinimum()+C)/math.sqrt(A**2+B**2) For use this class, copy the code above in a tab in the [QGIS Python Code Editor][2], execute it with the `Run script` [![run script][3]][3]. Add a tab with the green **+**, copy the code below, select your layer to cut in the layer tree under QGIS, modify the `targetArea`, `granulFactor` and execute the following code again with `Run script` [![run script][3]][3] : <!-- language: lang-py --> eqsplit_inst = EqSplitPolygon() eqsplit_inst.splitSelected( targetArea= 123.456, # area of the polygon / 3 granulFactor=10, # higher the number is, more precise is the cut method="h", # h for vertical, v for horizontal splitEven=True ) The result isn't exact but works for simple cuts. [1]: https://github.com/csandor/polygonsplitter [2]: https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/python_console.html#the-code-editor [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/vHkKx.png