While we are much more focusing on AutoCAD basics here, it is necessary to learn how you can convert LINE to Polyline and vice versa.
- Convert 3d Polyline To Polyline Autocad 2018
- Convert 3d Polyline To Polyline Autocad 2016
- Autocad Convert Lines To Polyline
May 24, 2012 Convert 3D Polyline to 2D Polyline There are various polyline types in AutoCAD®, the most common of which is usually the LWPolyline (lightweight polyline). It can be confusing because the LWPolyline and the old Polyline entity used way back in the early days of AutoCAD® are both shown as a “Polyline” in the Properties window.
This might not make sense to you now now, but will surely come in handy when you will come to a point where you need to convert a line to a polyline. An example where this will be needed is when you are working on a project where you need to join a series of line to make it a single object and use the resulting polyline as a PATH.
- Use the Convert 2D To 3D Polylines command to convert 2D to 3D polylines. Use this utility if you need to modify the elevations of individual vertices of a 2D polyline. 2D polylines are coplanar objects. You can assign elevations to 3D polylines with the feature line elevation commands.
- A 3D Polyline is a specialized version of a polyline that can have different elevation at every vertex. The 3D Polyline command is available from the Draw pulldown menu, from the Draw toolbar or at the Command: line (3DP).Unless disabled, the Polyline 3D Options dialog box will appear after starting Carlson's 3D Polyline command.
A concrete example:
Let’s say we need to create an ARRAYPATH in AutoCAD, if we create our path using the LINE command, the path will be made of many line segments, To use this command you need to have all lines converted to a single object. You will then need to convert Line to Polyline.
What is a Polyline (PLINE command)?
In AutoCAD, a Polyline is a single object that is composed of lines and/or arc segments.
How is a LINE different from a Polyline?
A Polyline is made of LINEs. It is not possible to select a segment of a Polyline without selecting the whole.
How to Convert Polyline to LINE
- Polyline: 1
- Lines: 2
Converting a Polyline to a line is a very easy task. it goes like this:
![Polyline Polyline](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r88uAPc3qhU/maxresdefault.jpg)
- Select the Polyline
- Click on the Explode icon
and that is it.
Convert 3d Polyline To Polyline Autocad 2018
How to convert LINE to Polyline
To convert LINE to Polyline, you need to use the PEDIT command, which makes it more complicated than doing the opposite operation.
Here is how to do it:
- Type PEDIT and Press ENTER
- Type M and Press Enter
- Select objects and Press Enter
- Press Enter
- Type J and Press Enter
- Press Enter
- Press Esc (Escape)
Convert 3d Polyline To Polyline Autocad 2016
Here is how the command window looks at each step
Step 2
Type M and Press Enter
Step 3
Select objects and Press Enter
Step 4
Press Enter
Autocad Convert Lines To Polyline
Step 5
Type J and Press Enter
Step 6
Press Enter
Step 7
Press Esc
Hope it helped you. You might also be interested in learning how to convert SPLINE to Polyline.