delete vertex of a polyline

Hi all,
how to delete a vertex of a polyline? Please give me details steps. thxc

 

PEDIT
<select pline>
EDIT VERTICES
<press Next until on vertex before one to delete>
STRAIGHTEN
<press Next until on vertex AFTER one to delete>
GO
EXIT

 

thx a lot.

PEDIT
<select pline>
EDIT VERTICES
<press Next until on vertex before one to delete>
STRAIGHTEN
<press Next until on vertex AFTER one to delete>
GO
EXIT

 

yer welcome

 

if you have express tools, you can also use OVERKILL, though it will delete ALL extraneous vertices from the pline (you can't pick and choose).

 

Yes, it does, but ONLY the extraneous vertices. Which means if the vertices are in a straight line, it will delete the middle ones. But if you wish to make a rectangle into a triangle, use PEDIT->EDIT VERTICES

 

it can't help deleting only the extraneous vertices (you obviously can't delete them all, right? i guess it wasn't clear to me what el had in mind; if it was changing a square to a triangle or deleting a single vertex, then PEDIT is the way to go. but if el just wanted to get rid of unnecessary vertices in a pline (and has ET), then OVERKILL is a much simpler alternative.

 

The original poster did not specifiy "extraneous" or not.

Now your comment that says "but if el just wanted to get rid of unnecessary vertices in a pline (and has ET), then OVERKILL is a much simpler "

That is inaccurate, an unecessary vertex may or may not be extraneous. Extraneous vertices are those that are not needed to define the current display of the element.

Example: A rectangular polyline with "extra" vertices at the midpoints of each side. Those vertices are not necessary to define the rectagle and are "extraneous". OVERKILL is a much simpler solution in this case.

However, were one of the corner vertices to become unecessary for some reason, PEDIT is the only OOTB solution.

 

. . just as the original poster didn't specify whether or not they wanted to change a square into a triangle (assumption on your part). they just asked how to delete a vertex from a pline, which OVERKILL (with the limitation i mentioned in my original post) will do. you offered a solution to el's problem based on your interpretation of el's brief post, and i offered another based on my own. who's to say which is right or wrong in this case, besides el?

you're arguing (validly) semantics regarding the use of "unnecessary" and "extraneous", so i'll clarify: if el wanted to get rid of all "extraneous" vertices, then OVERKILL is a much simpler alternative. how's that?

no offense, but Dave had a point in his rant regarding another post in which you and he have traded barbs today. your posts often seem condescending, not only to the original poster but to other respondants, and often fail to acknowledge other methods that may work better for someone else. not saying this to throw more chum in the water, just letting you know (from one Cad Manager to another: the right tone - and attitude - can play a big part in getting people to accept your authority and your "recommendations.")

 

You're quite right I'm arguing semantics (i.e.: the meaning of language). Words mean specific things, often very precise things. When that meaning is blurred, so is understanding.

As to the topic of the thread, OVERKIL will, as you say remove extraneous vertices, but that is all it will do, whereas PEDIT will remove not only extraneous vertices, but unnecessary ones as well. PEDIT will solve his question either way. But just so it’s clear, I was not deriding your post, merely expanding on it.

No offense taken, I’d have to have feelings before they could be hurt. However, ascribing a tone to a written word (short of profane and pointed terms) is at best a bad guess. If you read any of my posts and assume a tone other than one acceptable to "The Big Blue Marble" you've assumed inerror. Where you read condescending, I read succinct.