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Donuts (DONUT) are solid-filled circles (CIRCLE) or filled rings. It is a closed polyline (PLINE)with width.     Related tutorial video:     Status bar related setting 00:23 Line command 00:33 Polar 00:39 Edit objects + grips 00:56 Grips... Read More

You may have noticed that when you go to the ARC mode within the PLINE command, the first and consecutive arcs are tangent to the previous segment. To create a tangent line off the last segment, first press L for Line mode, then press a second L for... Read More

To change the shape of polyline (PLINE) objects or to join separate polylines, you can access editing operations of PEDIT . Polylines can be edited by closing and opening them, or moving, adding and deleting vertices. Joined Polyline Segments If a... Read More

A joined sequence of arcs (ARC)and lines (LINE), treated as a single entity is called a polyline (PLINE). A polyline can be drawn with any LINETYPE and its width can be kept constant or tapered with over the length of any segment. You can modify the... Read More

A polyline (PLINE) is a single object with connected sequence of line segments or and arc segments. You can set the global width of polyline and the starting and ending width for each segments. When you draw a polyline, you can switch to arc by... Read More

In order to speed up performance, the display of certain kinds of objects can be simplified. If you display wide polylines (PLINE) and donuts (DONUT), solid-filled polygons, hatches (HATCH), gradient fills, and TEXT in a simplified form, the display... Read More

(Enhancement) The ANGLE (A) option in polyline command which its behavior is similar as the one in line command is also added in Polyline. There are still three choices for angle option, you can either input angle value which takes X Axis as... Read More

This function is used to modify text height, text width, text angle and text position. You can click or select characters by window selection. Menu : Express>Text Tools>Others>Change Text Height/Width/Angle/Position Command Entry : TXTHEI... Read More

This function can modify block linewidth quickly. Menu: Express>Blocks>Change Block Linewidth Command Entry: bChgWid Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Input a new line width value. 3.Select block objects, for which the line widths need... Read More

Function Description: The PSOLWIDTH system variable is used to control the default width of swept solid objects. Type : Real Saved in : Drawing Initial value : 0.2500(Imperial) or 5.0000(Metric) Read More