Modify or Join Polylines

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Modify or Join Polylines

 

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Modify or Join Polylines

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To modify a polyline

1. Click Modify menu Object Polyline.At the Command prompt, enter pedit.
2. Select the polyline to modify.

   If the selected object is a line or an arc, the following prompt is displayed:

   Object selected is not a polyline.

   Do you want it to turn into one? <Y>: Enter y or n, or press ENTER

   If you enter y, the object is converted into a single-segment 2D polyline that you can edit. You can use this operation to join lines and arcs into a polyline. When the PEDITACCEPT system variable is set to 1, this prompt is suppressed, and the selected object is automatically converted to a polyline.

3. Edit the polyline by entering one or more of the following options:
   • Enter c (Close) to create a closed polyline.
   • Enter j (Join) to join contiguous lines, arcs, or polylines.
   • Enter w (Width) to specify a new uniform width for the entire polyline.
   • Enter e (Edit Vertex) to edit a vertex.
   • Enter f (Fit) to create a series of arcs joining each pair of vertices.
   • Enter s (Spline) to create an approximation of a spline.
   • Enter d (Decurve) to remove extra vertices inserted by a fit or spline curve and to straighten all segments of the polyline.
   • Enter L (Ltype Gen) to generate the linetype in a continuous pattern through the vertices of the polyline.
   • Enter u (Undo) to reverse actions back to the start of PEDIT.
4. Enter x (Exit) to end a command option. Press ENTER to exit the PEDIT command.

 Toolbar: Modify II 

 Command entry: PEDIT