efficient BO command for vertically long objects?

I want to use BO command for vertically long and thin objects. When i zoom in and the object is not completely visible in the screen and i click inside the object , AutoCAD says , valid hatch boundary not found. Is there a way to join polylines of such objects using BO command. I have to eventually resort to Pedit command which is bit tedious to do.

Pedit can be very fast with this macro I ran across.

^C^C_peditaccept;1;_select;_auto;\_Pedit;_m;_p;;_j;0.01;;

Add that to your cui and a few picks and you are ready to move on.

that's uber geeky advanced stuff mano:). please upload screenshots/video to exactly explain how to do this

I used to use some lisp expressions for similar problems while hatching. First I zoom in close enough and enter in the command line (setq a (getpoint)) . When AutoCAD prompts me I click inside the boundary. Doing that I picked a point and I named it A. Next I zoom out to see the shape on the screen and I start the Hatch (in your case: BOundary) command. When prompted for a point, I answer in the command line with !a

that's uber geeky advanced stuff mano:). please upload screenshots/video to exactly explain how to do this

Start CUI, it may open collapsed so be sure to hit the right pointing

arrow at the lower right in the circle.

Go to the lower left section, in the upper right quadrant you will

see two stars, one with a magnifying glass for search, another one

with an asterisk, pick that one to make a new command. This is for

2012, the new command may be different for your release. It will be

named Command1. Pick on that, then look to the lower right of the

CUI to see the details of that command. The first line is the name

so highlight that and type over it the name you want, like

PEDIT MACRO, now look below to the macro line it will show ^C^C

so over write that with the line of macro code in my post.

Now move to the upper right for a button image, find one that will

work for now, you can add one later. Pick on that one and it

will be assigned to your new command.

Now move to the upper left section. You can open Toolbars section

and go down to one of the tool bars you normally have on your screen.

Lets assume the modify toolbar. Expand that (pick on the + sign), now

go back to the lower left, find your new command and pick on it, hold

the mouse button down and drag the command up into the modify

section of the toolbar.

Pick OK to save and close the CUI. Now go to the Modify toolbar

and look for the icon you added, pick on that to start the macro, pick

all of your plines, hit enter.

:thumbsup:Whoa!!! Awesome man brilliant ..!! where did you learn this codey lang?

I am pretty much an amateur at the "codey lang" but I learn bits on forums like this one and I buy books and ebooks to learn from, and read the help file in AutoCAD.