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- CLINE Menu:(DRAW) EWIRE
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- Clears coincidental lines from two dimensional drawings.
-
- Description:
- This command clears coincidental lines from two dimensional drawings.
- It is intended especially for use on those two dimensional files that
- are created using the \save command while in the solid
- module, i.e., the two dimensional representation of a three dimensional
- view.
-
- When coincidental lines are not of the same type the lines are erased
- using the following priorities:
- 1. Thick line widths are preferred over thin line widths.
- 2. Whole lines are preferred over broken lines.
- 3. Broken lines are given priority by their type number.
- 4. Colored lines are given priority by their number.
-
- For example, where line types 3 and 5 are coincidental, line type
- 3 will be saved while line type 5 will be erased. Where line colors
- 3 and 5 are coincidental, line color 3 will be saved while line color
- 5 will be erased.
-
- The command operates on line type entities only. If entities of other
- types (polygons, walls etc.) exist these will be ignored.
- The command will operate only on lines that exist on the X-Y plane
- where the Z value is 0.
- Execution may take some time depending on the size of the file.
- If the operation is completed unsuccessfully, the system will automatically
- restore the temporary file in which the original file was stored.
- It is nevertheless recommended to backup the file before using this
- command (use command \b (autosave)).
- NOTE 1: It is highly recommended to load the file that you are working
- on using \new, i.e., load into "NEW", rather than \open.
- NOTE 2: When this command is executed for the second time it
- will take longer.
-
- WARNING: Check your disk space before using this command.The system
- produces a temporary file during execution which may be three times larger
- than the .III file that it is being operated on plus another 300K.
-
- If you intend to use the \csect command, you must use
- this command first otherwise the file will not be affected by the
- \csect command.