Chapter 9. Drawing and Editing Complex Objects
Chapter Objectives
• Draw polylines with straight line segments
• Draw polyline arcs
• Create rectangles using two points
• Make multisided polygons
• Create solid and hollow donuts
• Draw revision clouds
• Edit polylines as a unit
• Explode complex objects
Introduction
AutoCAD provides a number of complex line objects that consist of multiple segments but are treated as a single line with multiple points:
• Polyline
• Rectangle
• Polygon
• Donut
• Revision cloud
Complex line objects serve many different purposes and needs. Polylines allow you to define a closed boundary that can be used to calculate an enclosed area. Polylines are also used extensively to create contour lines on civil engineering ...
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