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Fig 3

Pline command (Fig 4)
A polyline is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object. You can create straight line
segments, arc segments, or a combination of the two.
1 Choose Draw, polyline.
(or)

2 Pick The pline icon.
3 Type PLINE at the command prompt Command: PLINE or PL
4 Pick A point on the drawing to start the polyline
Form point: (select)

5 Type One of the following options Arc/Close/ Half width/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint of line>:
(or)
6 Pick A point to continue drawing Arc/Close/ Half width/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint of line>:
(pick point)

Fig 4

PLINE options (Fig 5)

Fig 5

Arc : Toggles to arc mode and you receive the following: Angle/CEnter/CLose/Direction/Half width/Line/Radius/
Second Pt/Undo/Width/<enter of arc>:
Close : Closes a polyline as it does in the line command.

Halfwidth : Specifies the half width of the next polyline segments. Can be tapered.

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CITS : Engineering Drawing (Mechanical) - Exercise 12