You can use this technique when labeling or defining areas of your drawing. Hit Enter when you are complete.įigure 5: Creating an Arrowhead with a trailing arrow After the arrowhead is created continue the command by typing 2 for the starting width and 5 for the ending width (we want the same size as the second width) and drag the polyline to your desired length as shown in Figure 5. Start the polyline the same way, a beginning width of 0 and ending width of 5. At the command prompt type polyline or select from the ribbon as shown in Figure 1. We will create a polyline making the starting width and ending width the same length with some width changes in the middle to depict an arrow. Hit enter to end the segment and type A to change to an arc and complete your polyline as shown in Figure 4.įigure 4: Continue the Polyline changing the width to a constant 2 AutoCAD will continue the polyline at the new width as shown in Figure 2. To continue a new segment of the polyline (the tail of the arrow) type w for width and change that to 2. Hit Enter when you have your desired size and the polyline segment will end. Turn on ortho (F8) as you move your cursor and see how you can adjust the length of the arrow as shown in Figure 3.įigure 3: Stretch the polyline to form an Arrowhead
Next you will be prompted for an ending width which we will enter the value of 5 (five) as shown below in Figure 2. This variable retains the most recent polyline width. Enter W for the width option, then enter 0 (zero) as the starting width value. Start the polyline command and select a start point. You can create straight line segments, arc segments, or a combination of the two. What if you wanted to create an arrow using one polyline by simply changing the width of the polyline as you create the arrow? From the Home tab, Draw panel on the ribbon select Polyline as shown in Figure 1 below.
Polylines in AutoCAD can be a very effective tool when trying to label or highlight areas of a drawing. A polyline is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object or line that can contain a width.
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