topic Re: OVERKILL doesn't work in AutoCAD Forum

OVERKILL doesn't work

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:22:02 GMT

I've attached a drawing that has overlapping lines which are called out. I've tried OVERKILL and it won't reduce them to a single line. I adjusted the tolerance in stepwise increments from 0 all the way up to 2.0 and it still won't reduce the duplicate lines. Why?

Using AutoCAD 2016 on a PC.

Re: OVERKILL doesn't work

imadHabash — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:30:40 GMT

Hi,

OVERKILL removes duplicate or overlapping lines, arcs, and polylines. Also, combines partially overlapping or contiguous ones. and you don't have this case .

Regards,

Re: OVERKILL doesn't work

pendean — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:31:33 GMT

There is no overlap:

Did you convert a 3D into a 2D? Why not make this 'chair' into a block and not worry about it (IMHO of course)?

Re: OVERKILL doesn't work

dbroad — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:26 GMT

Overkill has a dimensional tolerance setting that might be of use but in order for lines to be considered within tolerance, they must be parallel. Many of your lines are not parallel and some of them are even ellipses. Here is a partial solution (though not recommended). 1)Eliminate the almost straight ellipses. 2)Select a window of what appears to be parallel lines and select autoconstrain (on parametric tab). Then delete the constraints. Then do overkill and check whatever ignore settings you can live with. Set the tolerance to something like 0.01 or 0.001 and then click OK.

Recommended approach to simplification(if this symbol will be used hundreds of times). 1)Add a layer with a different color and trace over your linework with single lines and arcs. Then delete the original objects and move the new objects to layer 0. Otherwise live with the slight problems as it will not likely affect any of your plots.

Re: OVERKILL doesn't work

pendean — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:40:41 GMT

.... or instead of "tracing" as @Anonymous suggests, you can use BOUNDARY command since it appears most segments of your chair are closed areas.