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Topic: convert connecting lines, arcs, PLs to polylines

Posted By: germanbarry
Subject: convert connecting lines, arcs, PLs to polylines
Date Posted: 14.Apr.2011 at 14:22

Hi all

First post here. I want to know how I can convert a selection of lines, arcs, and/or polylines into ONE polyline with just a single click. I presume there’s a lsp command available somewhere out there that someone uses?

I am aware of the

PEDIT

> M(ultiple)

> select entities,

> type J for Join,

> select fuzz width,

> press enter,

...though that takes longer than I want it to. Ideally it would be a command like click the magical lisp icon or type LJ (line join/this magical lisp shortcut) > select entities > enter... hey presto!

If I create a lisp and associated keyboard shortcut for the command (eg 2PL) then that would be great. I’ve never created or know how to exactly use lisps, though I imagine it can’t be too difficult if someone sends me one and I just save the file somewhere in my CAD/windows directory, and I think all I need to do is drag it from there into my CAD window and she’s automatically uploaded/incorporated, yeah? If this is the case, does it remember the lisp for next time you restart CAD?

Any help appreciated!!!

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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 14.Apr.2011 at 16:12

Convpoly.zip

http://www.cadmonkey.com/lisp.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.cadmonkey.com/lisp.htm

There are at least three different ways to load lisp routines in AutoCAD. One way is to use the APPLOAD command.

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Posted By: germanbarry
Date Posted: 14.Apr.2011 at 16:32

Thanks for the quick response John

I tried loading in that CONVOPOLY.LSP and then typed CONVPOLY into the commandbar, and it asks me ...

Which layer to convert all to polylines <A---MW1BD------> :

not sure if i did it right, but i was hoping to get a command which let me select a bunch of lines/arcs/polylines, press enter, and have them joined for me...

cheers

PS: should the LSP file when opened in wordpad read total gobbledeegook or should it be english script? below is a copy/paste of what it reads:

....... then it continues as such. the only english words were the first 4 in the top row of what i justpasted above^

PPS: how do you know what the shortcut is for a lisp once you have downloaded and installed it? is it usually called the same as what the LSP filename is?

Posted By: jessierose215
Date Posted: 14.Apr.2011 at 22:05

I use PEDIT to convert my lines and arcs into polylines. Its more than a one mouseclick but it gets the job done

Posted By: germanbarry
Date Posted: 18.Apr.2011 at 16:15

found what i was after in another forum...

fyi:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2011/How-to-join-more-than-one-line-using-single-command/m-p/2737341/highlight/false" rel="nofollow - http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2011/How-to-join-more-than-one-line-using-single-command/m-p/2737341/highlight/false

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