Join Them Up
Our last tip for this month is from Andrzeg Gumula. Intelligent Join (Tip #2017) is used to join lines, arcs and polyline objects into a single polyline. This variation of the Pedit Join command greatly simplifies the work involved, especially when dealing with drawings where overlapping objects can interfere with a less-intelligent join utility. To use this powerful tool, load the LSP file, then type Intellijoin to start the command. Select an initial object so the utility knows which layer the source objects are to be retrieved from. You can add other layers by selecting more objects. Note that the prompts are somewhat confusing at first, but that's because Andrzeg went to great effort to translate them to English for us. If you find this utility useful, you might be tempted to dig into the code and change the prompts to something that make more sense for your specific application. When you are finished selecting the layers for the join operation, the function takes off and zooms around the screen connecting the objects. An excellent tool if you need to work with polylines!