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Unread 20-08-2002, 20:17
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Originally posted by Jim Giacchi
I tried that and it did not seem to work. It would not add all of the lines to shape but only one or two. I've attached the drawing so you can take a look and see if anything can be done.
Okay, thanks

I'll take a look at it and see what's up

EDIT -

Okay, I see what your problem is.

The 'walls' were just drawn as single lines. They have no depth to them.

Did you draw this? ...or was it given to you?

If it doesn't need to be accurate, there are some things you can do to save it and make it into three dimensions. If it needs to be accurate, it might be easier to start over.

To explain things further:

A solid object as three dimensions. It has length, height, and width. A line only has one of those dimensions. In this case, it's length. You need at least two dimensions before you can extrude into a third.

To fix it?

The easy way is to choose an arbitrary wall thickness, say 2", and use the offset command. That'll make a line parallel to your selection but 2" away. Do this to the *whole* map until everything is a rectangle or polygon. Then, use pedit, and then extrude them.

EDIT - again - The units are also really weird. The whole building is 7.6 units long. . .what kind of units?
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