How to split or break out polylines?

[lalebarde]

Hi,

Is there a way to split or break out polylines without having to explode them first ? Say I have a complexe polyline comming from an external DXF file I want to modify while it is already integrated in a complex design in the same layer. If I explode it, it will be quite impossible to make it again as a polyline.

Is the only solution to 1) move the polyline in a dedicated new layer, 2) explode it, 3) do some stuff, 4) hide other layers, 5) select all, 6) make polyline from selected segments, 4) revert layers visibility ?

Is there a better way please ?


QCAD Professional for Linux 64 bits on Debian Jessie
Version: 3.10.0.0 (3.10.0)
Build Date: Aug 24 2015
Qt Version: 4.8.4
Compiler: gcc 4.4.3

[andrew]

If your polyline has many small segments, you might want to use the polyline tool to remove all segments between two given nodes:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... desBetween

The remaining overlaps can usually be corrected by dragging the end node to the desired (intersection) point.

[andrew]

Just a quick update: The next release will support breaking out segments of polylines using Modify > Break Out.

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[Husky]

Just a quick update: The next release will support breaking out segments of polylines using Modify > Break Out.

breakoutpoly.gif

Very nice - that will save a lot of time. Thanks Andrew!