topic Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! in Modeling https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39036#M19450 the only thing we use polylines for is calculating egress distances. The element information pallette reads the TOTAL length of all the segments of your polyline, making it very easy to get a distance for a path of travel that has to go around things.<BR /> <BR /> there were a few bugs with PM reading arcs in polylines properly - don't know if those are worked out yet... anybody?<BR /> <BR /> HTH Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:31:10 GMT Anonymous 2004-04-28T17:31:10Z what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39035#M19449 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I still can't understand what the use of the polyline tool is - it's just lines and acrs together, but we already have groups in Archicad! Are there any new features thet I don't get? Pease, tell me, I've looked in the Help and Giude but didn't learn anything.</T></DIV> Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:23:06 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39035#M19449 Anonymous 2004-04-28T13:23:06Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39036#M19450 the only thing we use polylines for is calculating egress distances. The element information pallette reads the TOTAL length of all the segments of your polyline, making it very easy to get a distance for a path of travel that has to go around things.<BR /> <BR /> there were a few bugs with PM reading arcs in polylines properly - don't know if those are worked out yet... anybody?<BR /> <BR /> HTH Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:31:10 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39036#M19450 Anonymous 2004-04-28T17:31:10Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39037#M19451 Polyline is different from multiple connected lines most importantly when drawing rectangles and other closed forms, because polylines behave likes elements when edited.<BR /> <BR /> Make a rectangle with lines. Make a rectagle with polylines. Stretch or edit an edge -- see the difference.<BR /> <BR /> You can edit the polyline as if it was a fill...<BR /> <BR /> Attached is a polyline and four lines drawn as a rectangle. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:35:56 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39037#M19451 Dwight 2004-04-28T18:35:56Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39038#M19452 I have also found them usefull for the simple fact that you can simply select a chain of segments in one click rather than shift-clicking multiple elements and risking selecting the wrong one. Thu, 29 Apr 2004 01:46:45 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39038#M19452 Anonymous 2004-04-29T01:46:45Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39039#M19453 I find groups annoying- Have you ever noticed they are off when you want them and on when you dont.<BR /> <BR /> Also I read that a lot of groups ( particulary nested) will slow archicad down Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:57:03 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39039#M19453 Aussie John 2004-04-29T05:57:03Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39040#M19454 But not this group. This group speeds ArchiCAD up!<BR /> <BR /> It is going to be a long night. Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:04:23 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39040#M19454 Dwight 2004-04-29T06:04:23Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39041#M19455 IMHO, GS should merge the fill and polyline tools with the following options that behave like POLY2_B:<BR /> 1). able to hide edges.<BR /> 2). able to show fill.<BR /> 3). automatic area and perimeter calculation.<BR /> <BR /> It's a WISH! <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:46:18 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39041#M19455 LiHigh 2004-04-29T06:46:18Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39042#M19456 Thanks, guys!<BR /> When I first saw Polyline tool I fancied that at last we had lines in 3D.<BR /> Alas! Perhaps I expected too much <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_sad.gif" style="display : inline;" />( <BR /> I keep wishing though... Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:53:38 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39042#M19456 Anonymous 2004-04-29T14:53:38Z Re: what's the use of the polyline tool?! https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39043#M19457 <BLOCKQUOTE>kliment wrote:<BR />When I first saw Polyline tool I fancied that at last we had lines in 3D.</BLOCKQUOTE> You do ... in ArchiForma. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:44:49 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/what-s-the-use-of-the-polyline-tool/m-p/39043#M19457 Djordje 2004-04-30T06:44:49Z