Polyline - Draw

Create a single object with multiple segments, including lines and arcs

 

Home tab > Draw panel > Polyline

 

 

Specify start point

Continue to specify next points, click Close option on the command line to end it

Polyline and Arc

Start the command, specify start point

Input the distance for line, press Enter

Click Arc on the command line

Input the distance for arc

Continue with the arc option, input another distance for 2nd arc

Click Line option on the command line to change the arc to line

Input the distance of line

Press Enter twice to end the command

Polyline Width

You can control the width for polyline for each segment

Start the polyline command, specify start point

Current line-width is 0
Click Width on the command line

Specify starting width

Specify ending width, press Enter to use the same width

Input distance for the 1st segment the press Enter

Click width on the command line to change the width again

Input the different starting width for the 2nd segment

Input ending width

Input distance of the 2nd segment

Polyline Edit PEdit

You can move an individual vertex, change the width, convert polyline to arc, join polyline, line and arc into one object
You also can turn polyline into individual line or arc segment

Open option

Create polyline, use close option to close the polyline

 

Double-click on the polyline

 



Select Open

Open the last segment

Create polyline using object snap to close the polyline

Double-click on the polyline

You cannot open it

Join option

Draw a line to close the opening

There are 2 objects

Double-click on the polyline

Select Join

Select both line and polyline

The line convert to polyline and join into one object

Width option

Double-click on polyline for the edit mode

Select Width

Specify the new width

Double-click on the polyline

Select Width

Specify new width

The last point not closed

Convert Line and Arc to Polyline

This drawing form by 5 arcs and 3 linesThere is no polyline, so cannot double-click on it for polyline edit

Start the command PE

or
Home tab > Modify panel expand > Polyline Edit

Click Multiple on command line

Cross-select all objects

Press Enter

Convert Lines, Arcs and Splines to polylines:
Press Enter to accept the default <Y>
You must convert to polyline then can be join

Select Join

Enter fuzz distance
Press Enter for the default value <0>

Press Enter again to end the command
It join into a single object

Convert Polyline to Line or Arc - Explode

Sometime you need to convert polyline to individual object, so you can modify on it

Home tab > Modify panel > Explode

Select objects

Then press Enter

A single object become individual segments