demin,
I forgot to change my handle. 🙂
FaJarley wrote:
> you are wacked yo.
>
> paul wrote:
>> Polylines are better, and so are blocks
>>
>> I find it easier to use those rules and alter as neeed, as opposed to
>> vice versa
>>
>> Polylines are simply better and create more responsible geometry, IMO
>>
>> Nothing beats blocks to micro manange your drawings, either refedit
>> for global changes or copy block and assign to create a new block for
>> another set of circumstances
>>
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>>
>> wrote in message news:5106394@discussion.autodesk.com...
>> We've got a couple of drafters (both with less than 2 years CAD
>> experience) who seem to think that everything should be drafted with
>> polylines (they also seem to think that everything that can possibly
>> be a block, should be). I think I tried it some years ago trying to
>> determine for myself if this made sense, and found it didn't. That
>> was some time ago, but I still have this intuitive sense that it
>> doesn't and can't imagine how it would or why they think it does.
>> IMO, polylines have their uses, but in general drafters should be
>> using lines if there's no need for a polyline; it's more efficient to
>> draft this way and a *lot* more efficient to edit.
>> I'm thinking I should find some time to ask one of these drafters to
>> show me how they work to see why they do it this way, but haven't
>> found the time yet. I've seen discussions on this in the past, but
>> can't find anything offhand.
>> Can someone explain this to me, and maybe tell me the pros & cons?
>> Thanks.