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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: MSTG007 on October 05, 2015, 08:48:03 AM

Title: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: MSTG007 on October 05, 2015, 08:48:03 AM
Just curious here, is there a faster way to convert a polyline segment to a curve?

I don't know what peoples workflow for that is, but I usually click the polyline segment; Click on the Middle vertex and wait a second or two for the popup to show up; click  Convert to Arc; then use the nearest command and boom.

Again just asking around.
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: Jeff_M on October 05, 2015, 09:33:50 AM
That is my workflow as well. Although I don't click the middle, I just hover over it. Then I don't "wait a second or two", as the context menu displays immediately. Before this grip edit function was available I used a small lisp I wrote that would add a Bulge factor of 0.25 to selected segments, which I would then go back and edit using the 'near osnap...so very similar steps for as far back as I can recall.
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: mjfarrell on October 05, 2015, 10:32:14 AM
Quote from: MSTG007 on October 05, 2015, 08:48:03 AM
Just curious here, is there a faster way to convert a polyline segment to a curve?

I don't know what peoples workflow for that is, but I usually click the polyline segment; Click on the Middle vertex and wait a second or two for the popup to show up; click  Convert to Arc; then use the nearest command and boom.

Again just asking around.
fillet
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: ronjonp on October 05, 2015, 10:39:09 AM
Quote from: mjfarrell on October 05, 2015, 10:32:14 AM
Quote from: MSTG007 on October 05, 2015, 08:48:03 AM
Just curious here, is there a faster way to convert a polyline segment to a curve?

I don't know what peoples workflow for that is, but I usually click the polyline segment; Click on the Middle vertex and wait a second or two for the popup to show up; click  Convert to Arc; then use the nearest command and boom.

Again just asking around.
fillet
You can't fillet a single segment.


Quote
Select first object or [Undo/Polyline/Radius/Trim/Multiple]:
Select second object or shift-select to apply corner or [Radius]:
Cannot fillet an entity with itself.
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: Lee Mac on October 05, 2015, 10:53:45 AM
There is also this (http://elpanov.com/index.php?id=35#LW_ARC) by ElpanovEvgeniy.
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: ribarm on October 05, 2015, 01:09:57 PM
Quote from: Lee Mac on October 05, 2015, 10:53:45 AM
There is also this (http://elpanov.com/index.php?id=35#LW_ARC) by ElpanovEvgeniy.

I've improved those to be applicable to all Views/Ucs in 3d space...
Look here (http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/convert-polyline-line-segments-to-arc-segments/m-p/5814922/highlight/true#M335051)...

Regards, M.R.
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: MSTG007 on October 06, 2015, 07:09:41 AM
Lee I think you nailed it, specially when you add that to a right click mouse menu popup. ALOT faster. Thanks guys for the brainstorming!
Title: Re: Converting Polyline Segment to Curve
Post by: Lee Mac on October 06, 2015, 07:39:05 AM
Quote from: MSTG007 on October 06, 2015, 07:09:41 AM
Lee I think you nailed it, specially when you add that to a right click mouse menu popup. ALOT faster. Thanks guys for the brainstorming!

All credit to Evgeniy!  :-)