{"id":13497,"date":"2023-06-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2023-08-21T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:22:33","slug":"have-you-tried-joining-2d-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-joining-2d-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Joining 2D Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re excited to share another <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autocad\/tag\/have-you-tried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried<\/a> article with you as we take a deep dive into the JOIN command, specifically for 2D objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever offset objects only to end up modifying those objects so they touch end to end?&nbsp;Or maybe you wanted to turn several objects into a single object to make them easier to modify.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/:https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2024\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_May_2023_Join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In this new Have You Tried<\/a>, we go over the basics of joining 2D objects, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joining 2D lines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joining arcs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the Close option to close an arc to create a circle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joining 2D lines and arcs to create a 2D polyline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how the JOIN command can simplify your drawings and make it easier to modify objects with the step-by-step examples in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2024\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_May_2023_Join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried: Joining 2D Objects<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"808\" data-lbwps-height=\"357\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39-300x133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/11\/scap_hyt_join_39-768x339.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. 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When he\u2019s not writing, you can find him roaming various community forums, posting articles on his blog, or tweeting AutoCAD-related information.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.autodesk.com","https:\/\/x.com\/leeambrosius"],"url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/author\/leeambrosius\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}