Hi,
So I have a file with polylines and want to covert the wide lines to polygons. Is this possible to do in AutoCAD?
My goal is route the outlines with an engraver. There are third party tools out there, freeware and paid, but I'd like to do this in AutoCAD if possible to simplify my workflow.
Example:
With line width (left). Zero line widths (right)
Regards,
Sagar
Hi,
not the full solution, but maybe a workflow you can go:
Start command _WMFOUT, select the objects you like to export the outlines of the wide polylines.
Then start command _WMFIN and import the file created with the above step.
Two steps to be done now:
HTH, - alfred -
Yes you can... i usually use it by apploading attached lisp.
Command: POLYOUTLINE
Select objects:
Delete Original? [Yes/No] <Yes>:
Good Luck..
Imad Habash
@Anonymous wrote:
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So I have a file with polylines and want to covert the wide lines to polygons. Is this possible to do in AutoCAD?
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Here's another one. The potential advantage it has over the one in imadhabash's post is that it will work on Polylines that include arc segments, though that may not be something you need for this kind of work. It doesn't do non-constant width [even for straight segments] as it looks like the one imadhabash posted will, but that also doesn't look like something you need here.
If the rounded ends in your left image, that become Circles in the right one, are also originally Polylines with width [such as those made with DONUT and a zero inside radius], here is a routine that will turn those into Circles, and for Polylines with constant width like those, it offers the option whether to make the resulting Circle along the center or the inside or outside [what you would use in this case] edge.
WOW. Great!
Can you modify this LISP that will overshape every segment of non-continous line type?
@jrogulski wrote:
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Can you modify this LISP that will overshape every segment of non-continous line type?
You could try BreakUp.lsp, >here<, and then apply an outlining routine to the resulting pieces.
