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■ Fit. Creates a smooth curve consisting of arcs joining each pair of vertices.
The curve passes through all vertices of the polyline and uses any tangent
direction you specify.
■ Spline. Uses the vertices of the selected polyline as the control points, or
frame, of a spline-fit polyline. The curve passes through the first and last
control points unless the original polyline was closed.
■ Decurve. Removes extra vertices inserted by an arc-fit or spline-fit
polyline and straightens all segments of the polyline.
■ Ltype Gen. Generates the linetype in a continuous pattern through the
vertices of the polyline. When this option is turned off, AutoCAD gener-
ates the linetype starting and ending with a dash at each vertex.
See Also
“Trim or Extend Objects” on page 390
To modify a polyline
1 On the Modify menu, click Object ➤ Polyline.
2 Select the polyline to modify.
If the selected object is a line or an arc, AutoCAD prompts:
Object selected is not a polyline.
Do you want it to turn into one? <Y>: Enter y or n, or press
ENTER
If you enter y, the object is converted into a single-segment 2D polyline
that you can edit. You can use this operation to join lines and arcs into a
polyline. When the
PEDITACCEPT system variable is set to 1, this prompt
is suppressed, and the selected object is automatically converted to a
polyline.
polyline
splined polyline