making areas objects

Hello,

I would appreciate any help.

I have been fine tuning my 3d skills lately and I routinely fall into the same situation. After I draw something and want to add hatches and gradients to certain areas of the dwg it will not let me because the area is not closed. Someone told me there is a way to select individual lines and make them a closed object. I cant figure out how to do it. I either draw lines over lines or right next to them to make the area enclosed but it looks awful sometimes. Any help would be splendid.

Thanks

"I either draw lines over lines or right next to them to make the area enclosed but it looks awful sometimes."

10 lashes with a lightweight polyline!

Normal "lines" can be combined using the PEDIT command with the Join option or the JOIN command (depending on the version of AutoCAD one is using).

sry i use 09. normal lines? Does that mean no curves?

I meant to differeniate between lines, construction lines and polylines. Maybe I should have said plain lines. Yes, arcs can be joined as well.