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    AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009 DWG Format

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    *Terry W. Dotson

    Re: Has Autocad figured out how to explode ellipses?

    03-18-2009 06:03 PM in reply to: JeroldL
    JeroldL wrote:

    > Where can I get the ToolPac's Convert software?

    http://www.dotsoft.com/toolpac.htm

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    rkmcswain
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    Registered: ‎11-13-2006

    Re: Has Autocad figured out how to explode ellipses?

    01-02-2013 07:38 AM in reply to: JeroldL

    JeroldL wrote:
    ....has Autocad ever figured out how to explode an ellipse

    FWIW.... there is a brute force method for which the result is a single 2D polyline.

     

    Use WMFOUT and WMFIN (UL corner of viewport is insertion point, and scale = 2 when using WMFIN)

    It will be a block. Explode that and it's a 2D polyline.

     

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