Simplify polyline

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am current trying to work with contour dwg file I received, however the lines are jagged with thousands of points. I was wondering if it's possible to simplify the lines so that they have less points, and create more aesthetical smooth lines? I have looked into various commands but none have solved the issue.

Any help would be appreciated thanks!

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

What methods have you tried so far? Making Splines, Fit, manually editing vertices?

I am thinking you might want to check out the Customization forum or the Autodesk App store to see if there are any tools that can automate this for you.

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[Patchy]

Try this from Kent Cooper

http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/linear-objects/polyline-diet

[Kent1Cooper]

Thanks, @Patchy, for the reference.  I was about to post the same link.

For a slightly different approach, there's also PolylineEveryOther.lsp with its PLEO command, here.  It's more of a brute-force way of doing it, since it doesn't consider things like the distances between vertices or the degree of bend between segments, as PLDiet does, but just eliminates every other vertex, and also eliminates all arc segments rather than giving you a choice whether to do so.  But it may give you a result that works for you, and it's probably quicker.

[john.vellek]

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