AutoCAD Explained - Creating Polylines
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This video demonstrates the use of the PLINE command to create polylines. Polylines have unique characteristics in that they create continuous lines that are made of many line segments, but act as one line. They also can be given a specific width as part of their properties. In the video it show polylines being used in in mechanical and electrical drawings. Understanding polylines is important in drawing 3-D objects.
Table of Contents:
00:00 Activate the Pline command
00:30 View options for drawing polylines from the right-click menu
00:47 Using the Arc option and use the close option to create a closed area
01:19 Access the polyline GRIPS to edit the polyline
01:36 Using other modify tools with polylines
02:04 View Polyline Length & Area using the Properties Pallet
02:48 Setting the Polyline Width
03:38 Explore some applications for using polylines