+4Hi,
By default autocad_line gets writen in Autodesk DWG/DXF as line if it has 2 vertices or polyline if it has 2 or more vertices according to https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/acad/Lines.htm
Is there a way to treat and write lines as polylines regardless of number of vertices in Autodesk DWG/DXF.
Cheers,
Želimir.
Best answer by daveatsafe
Hi @zzupljanin,
Please create an attribute on the output features named autocad_original_entity_type, and set it to autocad_polyline. This will force the output to be a polyline, regardless of the number of vertices.
+15If you create a polyline in AutoCAD and check quickproperties it is indeed a polyline.If you now keep the begin and end vertex and remove all in between and check quick properties, autocad still says it is a polyline. Afaik, you cannot (over)write the autocad parameter to do so. I would argue that to call a line a polyline would be like realizing that you can identify a square as a heavily stroked circle. (even if it brakes some circle rules)
+19Hi @zzupljanin,
Please create an attribute on the output features named autocad_original_entity_type, and set it to autocad_polyline. This will force the output to be a polyline, regardless of the number of vertices.
+4Hi @zzupljanin,
Please create an attribute on the output features named autocad_original_entity_type, and set it to autocad_polyline. This will force the output to be a polyline, regardless of the number of vertices.
Yes, that's the one. Thank you
