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To use the group selection method
1. Group-select two or more closed poly-
lines or solid objects.
2. Click the Polyline Union edit
button.
3. If the object is a polyline, choose to
retain or delete the original objects in the
dialog that opens.
4. A new object of the same type as the
originals is created, is selected, and is There are two methods of combining closed
superimposed over the originals if they polylines or solids using the Polyline Inter-
were retained.
section edit button: the single selection
This second method allows you to combine and group selection methods. The second
more than two polylines simultaneously.
method allows you to work with more than
two objects simultaneously.
Note: If the original objects do not overlap, Begin by creating two or more overlapping
the Union edit tool duplicates them and then
either deletes or retains the originals. objects of the same type. If one object is a
countertop, for example, the others should be
Intersection countertops, as well.
If the original objects do not intersect, no
Use the Polyline Intersection edit
button to create a single polyline new object is created.
based on the overlap area of two or more
closed polyline-based objects or solids. To use the single selection method

The following example shows two closed 1. Select a single closed polyline or solid
polylines and the single closed polyline that object.
results when the Polyline Intersection 2. Click the Polyline Intersection edit
edit button is used. button.
3. Click another closed polyline or solid.
4. If the object is a polyline, choose to
retain or delete the original objects in the
dialog that opens.
5. A new object of the same type as the
originals is created and is selected. Its
shape is defined by the area shared by
the original objects and, if the originals

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