Modify or Join Polylines

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Modify or Join Polylines

 

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Modify or Join Polylines

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Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To modify a polyline

1. Click Home tabModify panelEdit Polyline.At the Command prompt, enter pedit.
2. Select the polyline to modify.
   NoteYou can select a single arc or line segment, also called a subobject, within a polyline by pressing the Ctrl key when you click it.

3. If the selected object is a spline, 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.

   Before the selected spline is converted to a polyline, the following prompt is displayed:

   Specify a precision <10>: Enter a new precision value or press Enter

   The PLINECONVERTMODE system variable determines whether the polylines are created with linear or arc segments. When the PEDITACCEPT system variable is set to 1, this prompt is suppressed, and the selected object is automatically converted to a polyline.

4. 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, splines, 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 r (Reverse) to reverse the order of vertices of the polyline.
   • Enter u (Undo) to reverse actions back to the start of PEDIT.
5. Enter x (Exit) to end a command option. Press Enter to exit the PEDIT command.

 Toolbar: Modify II 

 Command entry: PEDIT