topic Re: why 1024 is maximum number in polygon ? in AutoCAD Forum

why 1024 is maximum number in polygon ?

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 06:33:51 GMT

Hello Everyone

I heard that maximum number of sides with which a polygon can be made in AutoCAD is 1024. Why 1024 ?

Thank you

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:41:45 GMT

Hi,

>> Why 1024 ?

Just guessing as I'm not the developer who decided that

Because a bigger value would need one bit more to be stored.
And from my point of view ... more than 1024 would make the object looking like a real circle.

When do you need a higher value?

As a workaround: use command _ARRAY.

- alfred -

pendean — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:48:05 GMT

Why not?

RobDraw — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 11:46:23 GMT

It might have something to do with the fact that it is the square of 32 (bits).

parkr4st — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:22:06 GMT

go back further to binary days 2 to the 10th power days of DOS limits or earlier most likely