can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline

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Emiel Bosch
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can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline

Post by Emiel Bosch » Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:39 pm

Hello Illustrators,

I want to be able to change line widths, but I can only do that in Qcad when a drawing has been made with the polyline tools.
I myself am not very good with the polyline part of Qcad, I am better with the loose buttons such as line, arc and circle.

My question is: can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline so that I can set the line thickness afterwards?!?!.
Thank you.

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Re: can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline

Post by petevick » Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:47 pm

Easy, select the line entities that you want to create a polyline from, then select the menu item Draw>Polyline>Polyline from Selection, or use the shortcut OC
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Re: can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline

Post by andrew » Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:09 pm

Line widths can be controlled for any entity, typically through layers:
https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-working-with-layers

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Re: can you convert a number of contiguous line segments into a polyline

Post by Emiel Bosch » Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:24 pm

Thank you for the reply's.

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