[solved] Can't join polylines

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cniemira
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[solved] Can't join polylines

Post by cniemira » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:21 am

I'm fairly new to QCAD, and so far quite happy. Alas, I've run across an issue that's left me scratching my head. I can't seem to join two polylines that look like they should connect.

Here's a sample from a larger file where I can't join the two entities. The DXF is attached.

I've tried to research this issue here in the forums, but I wasn't able to find anything that pointed me in the right direction. I did find this issue, where the OP described a similar issue, but I don't think it's the same root cause.

Mostly I'm at a loss for how to troubleshoot this kind of thing. When I try to join the entities (for example, by selecting both and doing [Draw] > [PolyLine] > [Create From Selected Entities] ), I get command line output that says:

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Command: polylinemenu
Command: polylinefromselection
0 polylines created
...but no indication as to why my selected entities couldn't be joined.

Can anyone offer any guidance?
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QCAD version: 3.21.3.0
Date: Sep 17 2018
Qt version: 5.10.0
Compiler version: Clang 8.0.0
Build Date: Sep 17 2018
Revision: 4b91c8ccc5397a316ecbcf4db0becd097eda536d

Architecture: x86_64
OS: macOS
OS version: macOS 10.13
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Re: Can't join polylines

Post by Husky » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:36 am

That is what I would call a folded polyline and you are trying to join them at a corner which has 4 end lines.

Screenshot from an EXTREM :shock: zoom!

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A simple comparison between a roughly done dimensioning and the real lengths shows the folded effect.

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If you clean up the polylines QCAD will be easily able to connect them.
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Re: Can't join polylines

Post by cniemira » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:57 am

Ah... fascinating! Looking into the properties and setting "closed" to "No" revealed it visually as well.

Each line was effectively doubled up by the process that built the SVG I imported, and my attempts to turn what looked like two different lines into two closed loops.

Thanks so much for the pointers!
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