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Closed CAD polylines, slabs and roof planes
are examples of closed polyline-based If Connect CAD Segments is disabled,
objects. clicking on a polyline edge selects the
individual edge rather than the entire poly-
Some objects, notably walls, have closed line. See “Disconnect Edges” on page 214.
polyline-based editing behavior only when
they are selected on certain surfaces in 3D Using the Edit Handles
views. See “Editing Walls” on page 367.
A polyline can be composed of many
For information about editing open polyline- segments. See “Polylines” on page 312.
based objects, see “Editing Open Polyline
Based Objects” on page 226. When selected, a closed polyline-based
object displays a Move handle, a Rotate
handle, and a Reshape handle at the
intersection of each segment.
Each straight, line-based segment has a
Move edit handle along its length.

Each curved, arc-based segment has its own
Move handle at the center of its chord, a
Resize handle and, if it has an unlocked
center, a Reshape handle. See “Editing Arc
Based Objects” on page 221.
When a polyline is selected, the edge that
you click nearest is called the selected edge,
and certain operations affect only this edge.
The Move handle of the selected edge is
larger than that of other edges. It displays
along the length of a line segment, or at the
center of the chord on an arc segment. See
“Selected Edge” on page 214.
Other objects, such as connected road
segments, have additional edit handles that Any action performed using the edit handles
allow you to concentrically adjust the width can be cancelled by pressing the Esc key or
of all segments of the object. any two mouse buttons at the same time.

The behavior of the edit handles may
depend on the currently active Edit
Behavior. See “Defaults, Preferences, and
Edit Behaviors” on page 208.

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