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Transform/Replicate Object Dialog

The specification dialog appropriate to the symbol. See “Convert to Symbol” on page
newly converted object opens, allowing you 962.
to specify its height, material and other
information. Convert to Spline

Convert to Plain Polyline Click the Convert to Spline edit
button to convert some CAD-based
Click the Convert to Plain Polyline objects such as Custom Countertops or
edit button to convert a special splines that have been converted to polylines
polyline to a plain 2D CAD polyline. See to spline-based objects. See “Editing Spline
“Polylines” on page 312. Based Objects” on page 239.
After a special polyline is converted into a Unlike polylines, splines form smooth curves
plain polyline, it can be converted into a rather than angled corners where their
special polyline of the same or different type. direction changes. See “Splines” on page
321.
Bear in mind that some special polylines can
only be converted to a plain polyline in the
view type that they were created in. If a Convert Spline to Polyline
special polyline is selected and converted in Click the Convert Spline to Polyline
a 3D view, the resulting plain polyline will edit button to convert the selected
be created in floor plan view. spline-based object into a polyline.

Convert to Solid

Click the Convert To Solid edit
button to convert the selected object
into a Primitive object, or solid, so that it can
be used with other solids to create complex
structures. See “Primitive Tools” on page
978. The spline is replaced by the new polyline
A curved portion in a spline is represented as
Convert to Symbol a number of smaller straight lines. You can
change a spline into a normal polyline that is
Create a 3D view of a custom object, made up of these straight lines using this edit
then select Tools> Symbol> Convert
to Symbol to convert the object into a tool.

Transform/Replicate Object Dialog

Select any object or group of objects Object edit button to open the Transform/
and click the Transform/Replicate Replicate Object dialog.

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