Convert Lines to Polylines

[how do i do this?]

Hi all, was just wondering how to convert a bunch of lines into one continuous polyline?

[Jack_O'neill]

Check the help files on how to use the "pedit" command. It will convert a line into a polyline, and then you can join other segments, edit the width, etc.

[SLW210]

PEDIT and use the Multiple option or there is MPEDIT in the Express Tools.

[CyberAngel]

There's also a Join command.

[Jack_O'neill]

There's also a Join command.

Join will take line segments that are collinear and turn them into one selectable object but it doesn't turn lines into polylines. Arcs have to lie on the same imaginary circle, and it won't join a line to an arc.

[rkent]

... Arcs have to lie on the same imaginary circle, and it won't join a line to an arc.

FWIW: 2012 will join an arc to a line, creating a pline in the process.

[Jack_O'neill]

FWIW: 2012 will join an arc to a line, creating a pline in the process.

The join option of Pedit does this, but i'd have to look into the future for your version. I'm stuck in 2010!

[yekom]

There are two ways to do this:

1- I always find this procedure the easiest: use MPEDIT, select the lines, convert to polylines (YES), select JOIN and when it ask you to enter a fuzz distance just press ENTER and then press ESC to complete the process.

2- If you have an enclosed area that consist of lines, use the BOUNDARY (BO) command to convert those lines into polylines.

[Joseph Marquez]

So I type in MPEDIT in the command line and I select the lines, what do I do after that? It keeps asking me all these different questions.

[rkent]

So I type in MPEDIT in the command line and I select the lines, what do I do after that? It keeps asking me all these different questions.

You answer Yes, enter, enter. Done.