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    Question Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    There was a great little post about changing splines to poly lines earlier - and I could use some more help in similar areas.

    #1) Can Elipses / Elipse Arcs be converted to poly lines as well?

    #2) Is there a way to convert all of the lines in a drawing to poly lines at once - even if they're not connected? (This, unfortunately, is not a situation where I can just use PEDIT, JOIN, and select everything with a crossing window).

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    Quote Originally Posted by luke.ottinger
    There was a great little post about changing splines to poly lines earlier - and I could use some more help in similar areas.

    #1) Can Elipses / Elipse Arcs be converted to poly lines as well?

    #2) Is there a way to convert all of the lines in a drawing to poly lines at once - even if they're not connected? (This, unfortunately, is not a situation where I can just use PEDIT, JOIN, and select everything with a crossing window).
    I know this doesn't answer your question, just wanted to throw it out there...
    set PEDITACCEPT to 1 to avoid that annoying 'this isn't a pline, would you like to turn it into one?' prompt (I believe this was added in 05? but, I could be wrong, it could have been there since r12 for all I know)
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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    You're right, doesn't answer the questions, but it is still a valuable little time saver. Thanks for the tip!

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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    Quote Originally Posted by mes0945
    I know this doesn't answer your question, just wanted to throw it out there...
    set PEDITACCEPT to 1 to avoid that annoying 'this isn't a pline, would you like to turn it into one?' prompt (I believe this was added in 05? but, I could be wrong, it could have been there since r12 for all I know)
    Not in A2k2...

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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    Quote Originally Posted by luke.ottinger
    There was a great little post about changing splines to poly lines earlier - and I could use some more help in similar areas.

    #1) Can Elipses / Elipse Arcs be converted to poly lines as well?

    #2) Is there a way to convert all of the lines in a drawing to poly lines at once - even if they're not connected? (This, unfortunately, is not a situation where I can just use PEDIT, JOIN, and select everything with a crossing window).
    You can use the pedit command and then type "M" for multiple lines/arcs. Within that same routine, you can join all of the previously selected entities to join and then use a fuzz factor from 0.0 to whatever to join your lines/arc that are not connected at end points.
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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    That certainly helped with turning all of the lines into polies - but - my eliptical arcs aren't converting.

    Alright, I've attached the file I'm working on for everyone's amusement. I'm attempting to take these pieces, make the entire piece 1/16" thick. This will all be cut from a metal lam and applied to a panel. Anyone have any ideas or at least feel my pain?
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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    Quote Originally Posted by luke.ottinger
    There was a great little post about changing splines to poly lines earlier - and I could use some more help in similar areas.

    #1) Can Elipses / Elipse Arcs be converted to poly lines as well?
    AFAIK existing ellipses cannot be converted to plines. If "Pellipse" is set to "On", all subsequent ellipses with be created as polyline approximations to ellipses.

    #2) Is there a way to convert all of the lines in a drawing to poly lines at once - even if they're not connected? (This, unfortunately, is not a situation where I can just use PEDIT, JOIN, and select everything with a crossing window).
    The Mpedit command - depends or your acad version and, for some versions, if you have Express Tools installed.

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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    Thank you Danger Mouse!

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    Default Re: Convert Ellipse to Polyline / Convert multiple Lines into Polylines

    Quote Originally Posted by luke.ottinger
    #1) Can Elipses / Elipse Arcs be converted to poly lines as well?
    Hi

    Check out the following Technical Document on the Autodesk web site under the Knowledge Base section -

    ID: TS59474 - Change true ellipse into polyline

    Have a good one, Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Perry
    Hi

    Check out the following Technical Document on the Autodesk web site under the Knowledge Base section -

    ID: TS59474 - Change true ellipse into polyline

    Have a good one, Mike
    really complicated set of instructions to accomplish something so seemingly simple don't you think?
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