Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 1 - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 102

several lines and arcs can be converted into a single polyline as long as the end-
points of the various segments terminate in exactly the same location.
1. With AutoCAD running, choose Application Menu ➢ Open ➢ Drawing.
The Select File dialog box opens, where you can navigate to the
03A-FPLAY2.dwg you saved at the end of Chapter 3. Click Open to
display the cabin drawing as shown in Figure 4.3.
FiGuRE 4.3 The cabin as you left it in Chapter 3
2. Click the Grid Display and Snap Mode icons found on the status bar
to turn them off (they'll change to a gray background). Alternatively,
you can press F7 to turn off Grid Display and F9 to turn off Snap Mode.
3. Expand the Modify Ribbon panel found on the Home tab, and click
Edit Polyline as shown in Figure 4.4. Command-line users can enter
PE ↵ to start the PEDIT command.
FiGuRE 4.4 Starting the Edit Polyline command
4. Select one of the exterior wall lines.