I need to reorder a large amount of entities. Can I do this automatically?
Reordering Entities
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Reordering Entities
From a QCAD user:
Re: Reordering Entities
This depends largely on the drawing in question and the expected outcome.
If you want to reorder a number of connected lines and arcs, you can first create a polyline from them:
- Right-click on a line or arc and choose "Auto Create Polyline".
- If you select the resulting polyline, you can see its start point marked in red. You can reverse the order of a polyline using
Modify > Reverse
If you have many loose entities which form many separate contours, you can proceed as follows:
- Explode all splines and ellipse arcs (if any):
- View > Selection Filter
- Entity Type: Spline / Ellipse
- Click "Replace the current selection" (button at the left)
- Modify > Explode
- All splines are converted to polyline with tangentially connected arc segments
- Select > Select All
- Draw > Polyline > Create from Selected Entities
- All closed contours are converted into closed polylines
If you want to reorder a number of connected lines and arcs, you can first create a polyline from them:
- Right-click on a line or arc and choose "Auto Create Polyline".
- If you select the resulting polyline, you can see its start point marked in red. You can reverse the order of a polyline using
Modify > Reverse
If you have many loose entities which form many separate contours, you can proceed as follows:
- Explode all splines and ellipse arcs (if any):
- View > Selection Filter
- Entity Type: Spline / Ellipse
- Click "Replace the current selection" (button at the left)
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- All splines are converted to polyline with tangentially connected arc segments
- Select > Select All
- Draw > Polyline > Create from Selected Entities
- All closed contours are converted into closed polylines