hjsolf Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Hello! I would like to know if there's a way to give a polyline a width that its not centered in the middle of the line. For example, in the image below (red square line) instead of drawing a polyline and then do a offset, close the line and do a hatch, i would like to draw a polyline in the outer limits, change its width to the size i want. The only problem is that the widht is centered in the line, but i want it in right, or left. Edited March 12, 2014 by hjsolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 This is no option for displaying the width on one side or the other; it's centered or nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADgirl Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I think you can only change the justification if you are using multiline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoltremari Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 You could just use polar tracking and start your polyline at the halfway distance to begin width, then it would already be "centered". P.S. I don't think Osnaps work very well with multiline or dline, but I'm not sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 You seem to be making it all very complicated Why not draw the outer rectangle. Then offset it inwards, and then offset it inwards again. Then hatch the outer space with a solid hatch, and hatch the inner space with the other hatch. That way, all lines are centered. In your picture, the inner rectangle does not appear to be centered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjsolf Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 You seem to be making it all very complicated Why not draw the outer rectangle. Then offset it inwards, and then offset it inwards again. Then hatch the outer space with a solid hatch, and hatch the inner space with the other hatch. That way, all lines are centered. In your picture, the inner rectangle does not appear to be centered. Ok, but this picture its only an example. I have an architecture project with lots of walls of different thickness and i have to overlay a 10cm wall over all of them. What i am doing is drawing a polyline, offset that polyline, close the extremities, unit the polyline, and hatch the object. Now, i have do that more than 1000 times. It would be a lot simpler do just do a polyline, put the thickness to 10 cm and instead of center in the middle of the line, put it right or left extremity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It might be a lot simpler to do what you want, but you were not there when they were writing AutoCAD. You could try a lisp solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Maybe Lee Mac's Dynamic Offset lisp would be a good substitute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Draw the polyline as you normally would with the desired width. Offset it by 1/2 the width with the erase option activated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjsolf Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Draw the polyline as you normally would with the desired width. Offset it by 1/2 the width with the erase option activated. Thankts. Its a good idea! Maybe in the next version, they put the functionality i want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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