

I accidently discovered that holding shift will reverse your ortho setting as well. That's been around for quite some time, but I know what you mean. However when i began using auto cad 2002 the fillet command joins the two lines with a curve. rather handy if you ask me.Īnyway, thank for the little fillet tip - take it easy. When i used the fillet command in auto cad 2009 it would join two lines at a point. when executing either of the two you can hold the shift key and switch to the other mid command. Else, if the 2D polylines only have straight segments the result is a 3D polyline. The result of joining two 2D polylines is a 2D polyline if they are coplanar. Select one or more polylines, splines, lines, or arcs that are located end to end. If you selected a spline, line, or arc, press Enter to convert the selected object into a polyline. Circular and elliptical arcs are joined in a counterclockwise direction starting from the source arc. Find Select a polyline, spline, line, or arc to edit. in case you didn't know - they work very similar. The same rules apply - about the counter-clockwise direction of joining. but a very cool trick nonetheless.Įvery now and then I find out that AutoDesk has actually added something simple yet helpful and useful like this - I also recently discovered the same trick with the trim/ extend commands. Loss of associativity in surfaces can be a problem if you need to rely on the construction elements (lines, arcs, etc) for further development but if you have completed development of the objects that you are converting then associativity can usually be disregarded. I tried it with the set radius at zero and it did just that - regardless of the shift key.

Be sure it snaps to the end of the correct line. Then reselect it and drop the end point back on the intersection. Move that end of the line to an open spot in the drawing and drop it. On AutoCAD Map 3D and Civil 3D, a dedicated. Grab one of the line that has a straight segment leading up to the intersection. Currently, there is no dedicated command in AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT to simplify such complex polylines. In the example below, the object on the right contains a large number of vertices, while the one on the left has fewer while maintaining the same shape.

I did not know that, but - your post is missing a word in order to actually be accurate. This article describes how to simplify polylines with a large number of vertices in AutoCAD.
