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Autocad Chapter 15

The document discusses polylines in AutoCAD and provides instructions on how to: 1. Create polylines using the PLINE command and add both straight and arc segments. 2. Edit existing polylines using the PEDIT command to perform actions like changing widths, joining lines, and editing vertices. 3. Explode polylines into their individual segments using the EXPLODE command. 4. Convert existing lines into polylines using the PEDIT command.

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Autocad Chapter 15

The document discusses polylines in AutoCAD and provides instructions on how to: 1. Create polylines using the PLINE command and add both straight and arc segments. 2. Edit existing polylines using the PEDIT command to perform actions like changing widths, joining lines, and editing vertices. 3. Explode polylines into their individual segments using the EXPLODE command. 4. Convert existing lines into polylines using the PEDIT command.

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

Chapter 15 Polylines

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial Pline Command 15.1


A polyline is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object. You can create straight line segments, arc segments, or a combination of the two. 1. Choose Draw, Polyline. or 2. 3. Pick Type the Pline icon. PLINE at the command prompt Command : PLINE or PL 4. Pick A point on the drawing to start the polyline From point:(select) 5. Type One of the following options Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint of line>: or 6. Pick A point to continue drawing Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint of line>: (pick point)

Polyline as one segment

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

PLINE options:
Arc Toggles to arc mode and you receive the follow ing:Angle/CEnter/CLose/Direction/Halfwidth/ Line/ Radius /Second Pt/Undo/Width/<endpt of arc>: Close Halfwidth Length Undo Width Closes a polyline as it does in the line command. Specifies the halfwidth of the next polyline seg ments. Can be tapered. Specifies the length to be added to the polyline in the current direction. Undoes the previous pline segment as with the line command. Specifies the width of the next polyline segments. Can be tapered.

Polyline with arcs

Polyline with width .125

Tapered width polyline

Tapered width arc polyline

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial Editing Polylines 15.2


1. Choose Modify, Polyline. or 2. 3. Pick Type the Pedit icon from the Modify II toolbar. PEDIT at the command prompt Command: PEDIT 4. Pick Pick a polyline to edit Select Polyline: (pick) 5. Type One of the following options:Close/Join/ Width/Edit vertex/Fit Curve/Spline/Curve/ Decurve/Undo/eXit

Close Join Width Fit curve Spline Curve Decurve Edit Vertex

Closes open polyline segments Connects polylines, lines, and arcs to existing polylines. Changes the width for all polyline segments. Creates curved arc segments around pline vertices at the direction you specify. Creates a curve through control points on a polyline. Straightens curved segments. Displays the following Edit Vertex Options:

Polyline width change Polyline

Splined

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial Editing Multiple Polylines


1. Type the PEDIT at the command prompt. Command: PEDIT Select polyline or [Multiple]: M Pick multiple polylines to edit.

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

Editing Vertex Options 3.3


1. Type One of the following vertexoptions: Next/Previous/Break/Insert/Move/Regen/Straighten/ Tan gent/Width/eXit<N>: Moves the X to the next vertex Moves the X to the previous vertex Remembers the currently marked vertex and allows you to move to another vertex. You can then remove the segments between these vertices. Closed plines will open. Adds a new vertex after the currently marked vertex. Moves the location of the currently marked vertex. Regenerates the pline. Used with the width option. Remembers the currently marked vertex and allows you to move to another vertex. You can then replace the segments between these vertices with a straight one. Attaches a tangent direction to the current vertex for later use in curve fitting. Changes starting and ending widths for the segment following the marked vertex. Exits from editing vertices.

Next Previous Break

Insert Move Regen Straighten

Tangent Width eXit

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial Explode Command 15.4


1. Choose Modify, Explode. or 2. 3. Pick Type the Explode icon. EXPLODE at the command prompt. Command: EXPLODE or 4. Pick The object to explode. Select objects: (pick)

Polyline before explode

Polyline (line) after explode

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial Turning Lines into Polylines 15.5


Use the PEDIT command to pick lines. AutoCAD will ask if you want to turn these lines into polylines. You can then use the JOIN option under PEDIT to join additional lines to the polyline. 1. Command: pedit Select polyline or [Multiple]: pick line Object selected is not a polyline Do you want to turn it into one? <Y> Enter an option [Close/Join/Width/Edit vertex/Fit/Spline/Decurve/Ltype gen/Undo]: j

TIP:
Lines and Arcs must have a common endpoint to join them together.

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