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Converting the 2D AutoCAD objects to AutoCAD regions, with Boolean functions

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Converting the 2D AutoCAD objects to AutoCAD regions, with Boolean functions

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- We're staying in our metalplate.dwg file, and I've left it in the same state as it was at the end of the last video in our little metal plate project that we're working on in this chapter. In the previous video, what we did was we edited our polyline, added some circles and created the outline and the holes that we've got now. Now the outline itself, if you hover over it, you'll notice is now separate poly lights. So we need to tidy this up now, convert it into regions and then use the solid editing tool, the Boolean algebra tool, which is subtract so that we can subtract one region from another. But we must have a closed boundary for the outline first. Now because we've used trim, that's broken up our polyline. Can you see that? So it's all separate pieces. We've got arcs and bits and pieces everywhere. So we're going to use a bit of polyline edit first, good old PE, type PE like that, polyline edit, and press Enter.…

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