POLYLINE-

2D Polyline is a connected sequence of segments, it can be drawn like a line, but it has other properties too, like line segments, arc segments or a combination of two, it has width properties, we can change its line width also.

Besides this we can select polyline with a single click.  

Draw a Polyline


To draw a polyline, select polyline command from Draw ribbon menu or Type Polyline (Shortcut Key-PL) then press enter key to activate polyline command, after this it will ask to specify start point,

 

to specify start point simply click in drawing area from where you want to specify or type (x, y) Co-ordinates to specify start point, then specify second point by clicking or by typing co-ordinates, then third point, fourth point and so on.

For example: draw a rectangle by clicking or by co-ordinates method (see image-01 & image-02)

 By Click & Distance (Image -01)

  






By Co-ordinates (Image -02)






Draw Straight Polyline with Arc

To Draw a polyline with arc, first activate polyline command by typing or by choosing from draw ribbon menu, specify start point from where you want to draw then draw a straight line by typing length or by specifying (x, y) co-ordinate for arc click at arc from command bar 

 





or simply type Shortcut Key -A then press Enter after pressing enter key you will see there are three options to draw an arc (1). Angle (2). Center (3). Direction



We can use any of three option to draw an arc accordingly

For Example: (see Image-03, image-04 & Image-05)

Angle Method (Image-03)

 






Center Method (Image-04)

 







Direction Method (Image-05)

 






Example: Draw Given Shape Using Polyline Command

First activate polyline command by typing PL Command


Specify start point, then draw line 20 unit then for arc click on arc from command bar or type A from keyboard then press enter, then for center method click on Center from command bar or type C from keyboard then press enter

Type radius 5 unit then press enter & Then Click, for straight line click on Line from command bar or type L for line then press enter, then type 20 unit then press enter, for arc click on arc from command bar or type A from  keyboard then press enter, then for center method click on Center from command bar or type C from keyboard then press enter Type radius 5 unit then press enter & then Click on start point or click on close form command bar or type C to close it





Half Width & Width

For Halfwidth & Width, after activating Polyline command specify start point, then for Half width/Width click on Halfwidth/Width from Command bar or Type H/W then press enter key, after this specify starting Halfwidth/Width then press enter, then specify Ending Halfwidth/Width Then press enter




See Example: For Draw an Arrow by Halfwidth/Width

 







Note: Halfwidth Means Distance from center to one side edge & Width Means edge to edge distance