Intersecting Lines?
Intersecting Lines?
(OP)
Sometimes my job requires me to scale dxf files from a customer and use for production, for a laser cutting operation. It is important that all the lines in my drawings connect. The problem I keep running into is that the files I receive not all the lines connect, the only way I know how to check all the points is to select all the object line and check all the intersections one by one. Is there a quicker way to do this? You can imagine for the bigger parts this could take a while to check the whole drawing. Please help.





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search for PLJOINFUZZ.LSP
-> Joins lines, arcs and polylines using a fuzz distance
Lothar
ADT 2004
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I can't believe that ACAD doesn't have a command that checks all the contours for breaks and nonintersecting lines. Oh well.
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
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In my experience, the problem often originates with self- taught drafters who leave "near" on as a running osnap all the time, resulting in .003" gaps everywhere. IMHO, that particular osnap should trigger a red/yellow flashing warning flag in the status bar whenever it's on, and a dialog box explaining how badly it can mess up associative dimensioning and line joins whenever you attempt to turn it on.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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I agree with this statement 100%. My problem is that I have tried to talk to the engineers about some of these problems, but nothing seems to change. It seems to me that a big company like them doesn’t want to hear suggestions from a small town company. They have a team of drafters, I’m the only drafter that works here…I’m out numbered, haha. I don't know how you might feel about this but this company doesn't use AutoCAD like I do, they use something different (I forget the name of it) so possibly it's something to do with the options in their program or they way they draw with it. I don't know, I'm only speculating on that thought (I do know that they use a different program).
"Your problem is an indication that the ACAD drafters are inept."
I do not think that they are inept. I can safely say that just about all the drafters there have more experience then I do. Like I said above, maybe it is quarks in their program I’m not sure.
I don’t know, maybe one of these days I can get some results. Ultimately I accomplished what I needed to get done without losing more time that needed. Thank you all for your input.
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http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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The problem is, that if you clean up the file and run the laser cutting routine, will the result be acceptable? If not, who will be blamed for the poor result?
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If they hatch correctly, I would think
they are connected.
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http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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In fixing things, it may be simpler to turn lines into polylines. Using radius command with zero radius will make two lines meet, whether they did before or not, quicker than Extend on both lines.
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I wrote a lisp program some years ago that may be what you need. It works only for simple entities (lines and arcs) in 2D. It marks free endpoints, but does not automatically fix anything. If you are interested, send an email to support@rgmts.com and include "Majora" in the subject line. I will send you the program with a bit of instruction.
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