Chief Architect Help Database - Article Number: 171
How to Change an Open Polyline to a Closed Polyline
The information in this article applies to:- Chief Architect X5
- Chief Architect X4
- Chief Architect X3
- Chief Architect X2
- Chief Architect X1
QUESTION
I created a polyline using the Draw Line and Draw Arc tools, but cannot get the edges that I drew to connect for a single object. Instead, the individual lines and arcs can only be selected separately. What am I doing wrong?
ANSWER
Individual CAD lines and arcs can be snapped together end-to-end to form a polyline, but only when Endpoint Object Snaps are turned on and Edit Object Parts is turned off.
To turn on Endpoint Object Snaps and turn off Edit Object Parts
- Select Edit> Snap Settings from the menu and make sure that Object Snaps
- and particularly, Endpoint
snaps - are enabled.
- Find Edit> Edit Behaviors> Edit Object Parts
from the menu. Make sure that Edit Object Parts does not have a check mark next to it.
- You can also toggle Edit Object Parts on and off on the CAD panel of the Preferences dialog:
- Select Edit> Preferences
from the menu and select CAD from the list of categories on the left.
- Click to uncheck the box beside Edit Polyline Parts.
- Click OK to close the dialog and apply your change.
- Select Edit> Preferences
MORE INFORMATION
Article Number 324: How to convert a polyline into a terrain perimeter
Article Number 387: How do I join two lines using the Fillet and Chamfer tools?
Last updated on: Mar 28, 2013
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