type PE for polyline edit then M to SELECT multiple lines, once you have selected all the lines press ENTER then you will get a set of options in the commandline, press J for the JOIN command.
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Hi there
I created many lines, and joined them together nicely
Now I have a closed complete 2D shape
I want to extrude the shape, but...
I think I need to join all the lines to become a single line first
I can't find this command![]()
Any one knows how can I unite all the lines together
type PE for polyline edit then M to SELECT multiple lines, once you have selected all the lines press ENTER then you will get a set of options in the commandline, press J for the JOIN command.
You can also use region, which makes the closed area a flat face so if you shade it the area will become solid. You can also use boundary and pick the middle of your (hopefully) closed line area. Pedit works too but I prefer region because I know when shaded what closed lines are solids and which are linework.
Thanks guys
Got it now
It is just that I am strugling to remember those main tools
3 years pass since i used Autocad last time.
Pure garbage, i have autocad 2011 and with this tool impossible to join lines, total waste of time...
jorge: Sounds like you don't know how to use the command or your geometry is messed up preventing it from working. Post the drawing. Someone here will take a look at it.
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Welcome to the forum.
Autocad 2011 is pretty good software, it hardly seems fair to blame the software for what will almost certainly turn out to be UIE (user induced error).
ReMark is right, no shortage of folks willing to help here on the forum.
Try using the FLATTEN command before trying to join them, perhaps that will help.
If you were having difficulty with JOIN in the PEDIT command, make sure that when you see the FUZZ DISTANCE prompt you hit ENTER, so that the command will complete.
If you ignore that and ESCAPE, they will not be joined.
Last edited by Dadgad; 6th May 2012 at 08:09 am.
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Of course all of this joining of lines to extrude is unnecessary since r2007.Pure garbage, i have autocad 2011 and with this tool impossible to join lines, total waste of time...
You are right - it is a waste of time since it isn't needed.
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jorge seems to have been necromantically moved for sure, though he doesn't specifically state that he yearns to go 'full-figure'.![]()
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