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polyline global width issue

srijon — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:07:50 GMT

I draw a rectangle with polyline. when global width applied on this rectangle, the rectangle going cracked. Please see attached image to better understand. Please help me on this point.

Re: polyline global width issue

imadHabash — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:41:06 GMT

Hi,

would you please attache here this CAD drawing?

Re: polyline global width issue

srijon — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:59:26 GMT

Thanks for replay. Actuality I think this problem not assigned with any specific autocad file. I tried it in to a new file but I got same result. I think this is a option or parameter problem. I hope you may give me a good solution. Thanks in advance.

Re: polyline global width issue

imadHabash — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 09:10:27 GMT

this kind of problems usually happened because of the way of drafting and how those lines or polylines rearranged.nothing of this weird shapes will appear if you draw in proper way.also Global Width will not do these things for that i ask for the CAD file.

In general .... as good as you draw your lines,weird shapes will not appear.

Re: polyline global width issue

srijon — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 11:02:35 GMT

May be you are right. Please check attached file. I am trying to give global width on red color columns. but that wired shape appeared.

Re: polyline global width issue

imadHabash — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 11:49:31 GMT

Now it's clear and thanks for you CAD post..

First of all you have to know that your Global width value is thicker than the shape itself and that is why this happened.also you have to make your FILL value command ON.then type Regen (R) to see the thickness effect.

Command: FILL Enter mode [ON/OFF] <ON>:

so you have to enter proper global width value and turn on Fill value.

Note:

try to make LWDISPLAY = off .

Good Luck..

Re: polyline global width issue

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 17:05:10 GMT

Hi,

welcome @Anonymous.autodesk.com!

The file you have uploaded is different to that what you showed in the screenshot, in the screenshot the polyline is not closed:

And that can make the difference on the 4th vertex!

In case the polyline is closed a rectangle has 4 vertices and the closing segment/vertex would be drawn in the same way as the other 3 corners.

In case the polyline is not closed a rectangle has 5 vertices and so 2 vertices are at the same XY-position. That makes the difference for how the corner is represented.

- alfred -

Re: polyline global width issue

srijon — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:50:16 GMT

check this file, this time I set global width to 12" but same result. I have checked on Autocad 2017 about this matter, there is no such problem even If I set the global thicker than object.

Re: polyline global width issue

imadHabash — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 06:33:33 GMT

Hi,

as i told previously this shape appear for you because your FILL mode is OFF. turn it ON then type Regen in command line.

Command: FILL Enter mode [ON/OFF] <OFF>: on
Command: RE REGEN Regenerating model.

if you do this right you will get the result as attached image.

Re: polyline global width issue

suratsm9 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 07:04:55 GMT

I have suddenly got this problem of global width for my rectangle command, and I have done all the commands shown here. But the global width is same, when I add a new rectangle. How do I edit it???

I have kept the FILL command off, done REGEN but nothing is working.

Re: polyline global width issue

imadHabash — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 07:21:11 GMT

Hi,

Would you please make a NEW post message with full information here AutoCAD Architecture Forum, and try to attache a CAD dwg sample to give a direct help to solve your issue?

Re: polyline global width issue

suratsm9 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 07:25:08 GMT

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/forum-user-guides/how-to-edit-global-width-for-rectangle-command/td-p/11547629#

refer this

Re: polyline global width issue

Kent1Cooper — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 13:59:07 GMT

@suratsm9 wrote:

I have suddenly got this problem of global width for my rectangle command....

The RECTANG command in newer versions has a Width option, which you can use to set the global width of rectangle Polylines. It stores that independent of the PLINEWID System Variable that determines the width of Polylines drawn with the PLINE command.