Combine objects to get just the perimeter

[jalkaz]

Hello everyone,

I need to draw the outline/perimeter of several objects with a specific distance. Like this for example:

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

At the moment I use OFFSET, then EXPLODE, then FILLET/ROUND and then I JOIN the lines because I need it to be one polyline. After that I delete whatever lines are left over. Is there a faster way?

Thanks in advance!

[pendean · Accepted solution]

REGION command: use it to convert your closed plines into region-type objects.
Then use UNION command to merge/join the outer Plines (not the "holes") into one shape.
Then use SUBTRACT command to remove the "holes" from your outer now-a-single-object shape.

That's what you want.

Nope, Plines can't have "holes", they are just magic lines, not filled-in shapes.

HTH

[jalkaz]

This is it. Thank you!