Does anybody know if there is a tool in Autocad or Carlson Civil/Survey that would allow you to add to a polyline without having to issue the join command separately? I'm thinking you would select the polyline near the end, then start drawing the portion you wanted to add.
Well you can simply draw a new polyline on the exact same layer and then fillet the two. I would say that is almost the same number of keystrokes, so how lazy are you?
All the polyline edit routines I use work within the ends of the current polyline. You could also extend a polyline by distance or to an entity.
Paul in PA
If you need to just add one or 2 points, you can edit polyline, edit vertices, insert. Any more then just a couple it is tedious.
I know in Carlson in intellicad one option when you do a polyline is c for continue then you select the line to add on to
imaudigger, post: 387133, member: 7286 wrote: I'm thinking you would select the polyline near the end, then start drawing the portion you wanted to add.
I don't know of any built in function that would do that but it wouldn't be real hard to program in LISP. Perhaps if you fish around in "Hot Tip Harry" you might find something.
In AutoCAD, if you select a polyline (left click) it will show the grips at the vertices and mid-point between vertices. Then if you hover the cursor over a grip a small dialogue box will pop up with 3 options, including adding vertices.
In Carlson
for 2d polyline, use the 2dp command and type c to continue the line. same in 3dp command
VA LS 2867, post: 387163, member: 1444 wrote: In Carlson
for 2d polyline, use the 2dp command and type c to continue the line. same in 3dp command
Does not work in Carlson Survey 2004.
Paul in PA
PEDIT will do the trick. If you're just looking to extend the line a certain distance or to another line, either LENGTHEN or EXTEND will work.
Mark Mayer, post: 387141, member: 424 wrote: ... it wouldn't be real hard to program ...
Actually, to make it feel like you are truly continuing a polyline (with the ability to begin arcing at tangent) it was harder than we initially thought.
Thanks guys. The "continue" option found under the Carlson 2DP command seems to do exactly what I was envisioning.
Paul - just because your an old codger doesn't mean you have to go around calling people lazy 😉
I have found instances where a command may have an equal number of keystrokes, but it fits better into the workflow, maybe due to thought processes or simply where the keys are located in relation to the space bar.
I like the fillet command, but I have found that the radius variable sometimes changes for no apparent reason.
imaudigger, post: 387133, member: 7286 wrote: Does anybody know if there is a tool in Autocad or Carlson Civil/Survey that would allow you to add to a polyline without having to issue the join command separately? I'm thinking you would select the polyline near the end, then start drawing the portion you wanted to add.
hover over the end point "grip" and you should see the add vertex option come up.
