Custom command

[tmccar]

A command that I am using frequently is "Pedit", to convert a line to a polyline. I have added it to a custom toolbar but it is just not completing the command. Here is the command macro I'm using:

^C^Cpedit \ j;

[rkmcswain]

Are you just trying to convert a single line to a polyline? You have a "J" at the end which starts the Join part of Pedit.

Also, you need to be mindful of the PEDITACCEPT sysvar, because it changes the prompts for PEDIT.

Please clarify exactly what you want this macro to do.

[steve216586]

Try this to join multiple lines and arc into a Pline in one selection operation:

^C^C-PEDIT;M;;Y;J;;;

[tmccar]

I want to be able to select a line and have it change into a polyline (with one click).

[steve216586 · Accepted solution]

Try this:

^C^C_PEDIT;\Y;;^P

[tmccar]

Thanks Steve, that works if I set PEDITACCEPT to 1. What does ^P do?

[Bob_Zurunkle]

You could always build PEDITACCEPT=1 into the macro...and you could probably shorten PEDIT to PE

[steve216586]

If echoes and prompts from item input are turned off, a ^P in the item turns them off.

[nestly2]

LeeMac's Polyline Join lisp is all I ever use.  With one click, it automatically converts anything in the selection that can be converted into a polyine into a polyline, an then joins together all segments that can be joined.  Works regardless of whether the selection is create first, or after starting the lisp.

[steve216586]

I used to use that same lisp but not by that guy. Then I stripped it down to this:

"_.pedit" "_M" ss "" "_J" "" ""

Then again to what I posted ealier as a macro. 

[tmccar]

I'm curious as to what the underscore and dot before the "pedit" command does - also the _M and _J. These are not recognised on my Autocad 2011.

[rkmcswain]

tmccar wrote:
I'm curious as to what the underscore and dot before the "pedit" command does - also the _M and _J. These are not recognised on my Autocad 2011.

See this post for an explanation.