Working with complex polylines and splines

We learned about polylines and splines in previous chapters, but that was just the basics, and both these tools have a lot more to offer than the basic drawing feature. In this section, we will discuss all the interesting features of polyline and line tools. We will start with polylines.

Complex polylines

Let’s explore the step-by-step method of making complex polylines:

1. Select the Polyline tool from the Draw panel of the Home tab or use its command alias, PL.
2. Start the polyline command; you will notice many options on the command line, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 8.46: Subcommands of the polyline command on the command line

3. Select the Halfwidth option from the command line, or type H, and press Enter.
4. Now, the command line will prompt you to specify the starting halfwidth value. Type 1 and press Enter.
5. Once again, the command line will prompt you to specify...