topic Re: move multiple pline segments in Modeling

move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:54:27 GMT

is it possible to move segments of a polyline in one go whilst keeping everything connected, rather than move one node at a time?

attached pic shows what i mean - i'd like to move selected points to a new location.

thanks

Re: move multiple pline segments

Dwight — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:12:01 GMT

MARQUEE and DRAG to relocate as a group.

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:28:04 GMT

played with everything except that!

thanks Dwight.

note: for anyone that wants to know, i had to convert the polyline to line for the 'adjust' command to trim all selected lines and then unify again. (AC10)

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:38:03 GMT

Derek wrote:
note: for anyone that wants to know, i had to convert the polyline to line for the 'adjust' command to trim all selected lines and then unify again. (AC10)

Why?

Re: move multiple pline segments

Dwight — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:41:15 GMT

Try it and see. Big mess.

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:17:30 GMT

i didn't get a big mess but of the segments selected, only one was being adjusted. i had a quick read of the manual when it wasn't working and of the items in the list of things that can be adjusted, polyline isn't one of them

Re: move multiple pline segments

Dwight — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:24:49 GMT

My experience adjusting a polyline is that when passing the slicing vector through the polyline array that it cuts the most recent segment and deletes prior segments entirely. Remaining are following segments.

This could be necromancy.

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:37:20 GMT

it could well be...

i had to make the adjustment in the middle of the pline and, like i said, only 1 segment was deleted.

strange that we're discussing the different ways that a tool doesn't work

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:47:39 GMT

If you have the polyline selected AND a marquee around the nodes then only the node you select to stretch will adjust. If the polyline is NOT selected, but the nodes are within the marquee all nodes within marquee will adjust.

Re: move multiple pline segments

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:50:00 GMT

s2art wrote:
Derek wrote:
note: for anyone that wants to know, i had to convert the polyline to line for the 'adjust' command to trim all selected lines and then unify again. (AC10)
Why?

Sorry, didn't read that thoroughly.