2D Fillet joining two polylines

[ReMark]

My problem is for some reason I occassionally do not see images others post here at CT yet on my home system I don't. Perhaps that is why we seem to be going in circles here. I am not messing with you. If I were I'd post that I solved it myself and then not share the solution with you. That's not the way I operate.

 

Rereading your posts does not make it (the problem) any clearer at the moment. Sorry.

 

Note: Normally if an image or a drawing has been made part of a thread a Paperclip symbol will be present on the thread listing page next to the Replies column. I don't see one for this thread but I do for three others.

 

My company blocks links to/from imageshack.

[ReMark]

Update:

 

I closed down CT and shut off my computer then reveresed the process. There is a Paperclip next to replies but the only image I see is the No_Trim.jpg I posted. I click on the link you provided and get nothing. So I tried it on a second computer and got the same results.

 

I suggest you upload the jpg directly to CT as I did. It should then be viewable by all.

[jukkoo]

[jukkoo]

http://i47.tinypic.com/t9wolz.jpg

[ReMark]

http://i47.tinypic.com/t9wolz.jpg

 

Nada. Blank.

 

Just upload the jpg here. Please. Thank you.

[jukkoo]

I DID upload it here... TWICE

[ReMark]

No, you upload a link. There's a difference. Image files and dwg files can be uploaded to CT directly.

[H'Angus]

No, you upload a link. There's a difference. Image files and dwg files can be uploaded to CT directly.

 

I've attached Jukkoos file.

 

I understand what he is asking and will try to explain it clearer if possible.

 

You have two polylines not connected to each other, when you use the fillet command on them they become joined as a single polyline, Jukkoo wanted to know if there was a setting to use the fillet command on the separate polylines so that the geometry joins together but stays as two separate plines.

[ReMark]

Thank you H'Angus!

 

Not via the Fillet command because even using the Shift+select option to supply a corner results in a single polyline as jukkoo probably already knows.

 

Sounds like we need an Extend/trim lisp routine.

[jukkoo]

Hallelujah!!!

 

Yes, it was obviously impossible to understand...

 

No, you upload a link. There's a difference. Image files and dwg files can be uploaded to CT directly.

I did upload the link twice, but I also uploaded the image twice, it is you that cannot see it.

[ReMark]

"...it is you that cannot see it."

 

Hmmm....I think I said that already. What I forgot to mention is I'm blind and have to do everything by touch. It's difficult with CAD but not entirely impossible if you have the right equipment.

[H'Angus]

Jukkoo, as you have already ascertained there is no setting within the fillet command to achieve what you want, so yes a join/no-join option would be a nice future addition.

 

There have been a few suggestions of using the break command/explode/Polyline Edit and I understand that they are a bit long winded work arounds.

 

Another method which you may or may not be aware of would be to use the grips to manually join the polyline geometry together retaining the two individual objects, by using osnaps and otrack settings (with extension and intersection osnaps).

 

That might also be a bit too much hassle but I use grips all the time and it seems just as quick to me.

 

Oh well just a suggestion.

[jwkilgore]

[Edit:] Whatdaya know, the first reply I make here is one where I read the first page and didn't read the other three pages, so my reply doesn't make sense. Anyway, in this situation I'd use extend/trim.

[H'Angus]

So.... you want to fillet a pair of plines with r=0, but not have them joined together? The only reason I ever use the r=0 option with fillet is to trim to a point. Why not just use the trim command? You'll have two extra clicks, but that's it. Well, unless it's a complex pline with many crossings; then you'll have to delete the extra stuff.

 

You can't trim if the plines are not crossing, which in Jukkoos case, they are not.

[jwkilgore]

You can't trim if the plines are not crossing' date=' which in Jukkoos case, they are not.[/quote']Yep, and I edited my post after realizing my mistake... looks like I didn't edit it fast enough.

 

I'm one of those old farts who sets the right mouse button to "Enter", not a menu. I draft with one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. In this case:

 

ex [right click] [right click] [left click on short line]

ESCAPE

tr [right click] [right click] [left click on long line]

ESCAPE

 

Total time, about 3 seconds. There might be quicker ways.

[alanjt]

but I did post the image ?!?!

I dont get it, what's your problem? Are you messing with me? I explained it the best I can. Try and read all of my posts once more, I really cannot be any clearer.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ARC, I WANT IT TO WORK WITH THE R=0!!!

look at the image I posted. once again...

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4804/2dfilletnotjoiningtwopo.jpg

that is how I would wanted it to work, instead if I fillet it the two plines join into one

 

"...it is you that cannot see it."

 

Hmmm....I think I said that already. What I forgot to mention is I'm blind and have to do everything by touch. It's difficult with CAD but not entirely impossible if you have the right equipment.

All the images display on my computer, but the objects within the image are too light to make out.

[ReMark]

I gave it one more attempt and took a look at this thread using a friend's laptop. I now see that yes indeed the images were there. I honestly could not see them on my display (21" CRT monitor) at work. On the laptop most of the gray (?) lines are so faint I can barely make them out. My apologies for any confusion I may have caused. It was not intentional.

 

No one has offered up a custom lisp routine to solve the problem I see. Oh well.

[arhic]

BINGO! there is a solution. in the EXTEND command there is a EDGE option, default value is NO EXTEND. but if you change it to EXTEND and then select two polylines they will meet and their crossing point.

maybe i didn't explained it very well but try it and you will see that it works.

 

i must say that this was not my idea. jukkoo's girlfriend came up with it today while we were drinking second beer...

[jukkoo]

i must say that this was not my idea. jukkoo's girlfriend came up with it today while we were drinking second beer...

 

some may think that this was some kind of an ironic remark or just a joke, but I assure you, it was really my girlfriend who came up with this approach :-)

Me and arhic are friends outside of this internet world.

Anyway thanks to everyone who tried to help me with this, it turned out to be quite a thread :-) ReMark's and mine dialogues must have been quite funny to some

[ReMark]

The moral of the story then is the next time a person is having a problem go drink some beer with your girlfriend. She will tell you how to solve the problem.

 

That's a very novel approach. She should change careers. I need to start drinking more beer.

 

Thanks for the update jukkoo.