Polyline

A polyline is a composite object consisting of lines and/or arcs.

When creating (drawing) a polyline, different types of segments, such as arcs and straight lines, can be combined.

To draw a polyline:

1. Click or tap the Polyline button.
2. The command window will display ‘Polyline/Spline: Startpoint’. Select the start point of the polyline with the keyboard, mouse, tap, or by measuring with Flexijet.
3. The command window displays: ‘Next point or Arc(a) / Close(cl) / Undo(u).’ You can choose different options: To set the next point or to draw an arc (a), to close the polyline (cl) or to undo the last action (u). In order to choose an option, simply enter the letter that is shown in brackets (), such as “a“ for arc.
4. When you enter a new point, “Next point” is automatically chosen in the command window. A line element is drawn between the previous point and the current one:
5. Continue to follow the prompts in the command window. You may click ‘Confirm’ or ‘Cancel’ to end or close the polyline by inputting ‘cl’ in the command window.

Other functions in the polyline drop-down menu.

• Maximum Tolerance
• Snap points to polyline
• Polylines with corner detection
• Multi Polyline

To convert existing elements to polyline:

See this topic: Single Elements to Polyline