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    Posted: 04.Nov.2013 at 22:55
Thanks, i will give that a look and see if I can do that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04.Nov.2013 at 22:51
Check this out:
You can use the MEA+ command in that to establish your curved edges.  I would recommend offsetting a temporary center-line-of-the-bricks-along-the-edge route, and using either a rectangular Block defined with its midpoint as the insertion, or if you don't want the double lines at the joints at small scale (see image), you can use just a Line with its midpoint as the reference location for placing them along the route.  Unlike regular Measure, MEA+ lets you place a User selection [the Line if that's what you choose] in addition to the Points and Blocks options, and lets you specify any angle Relative to the route, not just 0 or Aligned, so if you use a Block orthogonally defined, you would presumably use it at 0 or 90 degrees relative to the route, depending on how the Block's definition is oriented and whether you want a soldier-course or running-course edge.  MEA+ and its companion DIV+ command also have many other enhancements over ordinary Measure and Divide.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03.Nov.2013 at 13:22
I'm almost 100% positive the "path array" was added in 2012 not 2010.  However, you have a couple of other option and they are DIVIDE and MEASURE.  Each can be used with a block which would make creating your border of bricks (not the pathway itself) easier.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03.Nov.2013 at 12:04
I know it has an array option but I'm not talking about a polar or a rectangular array.  At some point AutoDesk added a "path" option where the user could array objects along a path (like a centerline for instance). 

Nevermind.  I'll find the answer myself and post it back here when I do.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02.Nov.2013 at 22:08
Yes it has array option. Im confused on how it is used.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02.Nov.2013 at 21:58
Well I did that using the method I described previously.  Which as involved as it is would probably be faster than your method.  You never told me if 2010 had the path array option.  Does it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02.Nov.2013 at 19:15
Yes the pattern remains straight, not curved
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Forget the border for a moment.  Is this how you run the brick around a curve?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Nov.2013 at 16:37
AutoCAD 2010?  Does that have a path array option?  If so then it might work for the border.  In the field of brick or pavers remain in a straight line I suppose you could hatch an area larger than your walkway, drop your walkway over it, explode the hatch and Extrim everything outside the edge of walk.  Exploding hatch patterns is not usually recommended though because it can balloon a drawing's file size but I suppose that would depend on how much hatching was involved.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Nov.2013 at 16:30
Hi John, The field of brick or pavers would remain in straight line. The Border is what I need to populate with side by side brick along a curved line.
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