{"id":8625,"date":"2018-11-13T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=8625"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:53:20","slug":"grip-editing-tuesday-tips-seth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/grip-editing-tuesday-tips-seth\/","title":{"rendered":"Grip Editing: Tuesday Tips With Seth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to my Tuesday Tips where recently I\u2019ve been trying to share (a.k.a. \u201cbrain dump\u201d) as many AutoCAD tid-bits that I can safely allow without forgetting how to actually use AutoCAD. For this installment, my brain has been amassing so many grip<\/a> editing<\/a> tips that I just had to get them out.<\/p>\n

Grip Editing an Object at Another Object\u2019s Angle<\/h2>\n

There are many times you want to make edits to an object due to another object changing that has a relationship to that object. For example, let\u2019s say you have an edge of pavement with a sidewalk, and the edge of pavement changes. Obviously, the sidewalk should change as well to the same angle as the edge of pavement. Yes, you could delete the object and offset it again, but what if it\u2019s part of a polyline that you can\u2019t easily delete without making many edits.<\/p>\n

What to do? Grip<\/a> edit<\/a> it. First, select the object and pick the grip you want to edit.<\/p>\n

Next, press SHIFT+ RIGHT-CLICK, and choose the From osnap override, and snap to the opposite grip of the object.<\/p>\n

SHIFT+ RIGHT-CLICK again, and choose the Parallel osnap override, and hover (DO NOT CLICK) over the object that you want to grab the angle from.<\/p>\n

Now, simply move your cursor at that same angle and click to get the line at that angle. Optionally, if you know the distance you need to be from the first point, you can type it.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a video of this workflow.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/11\/1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Adding a Vertex at the End of a Polyline (When It Doesn\u2019t Work)<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many times have you drawn a polyline and realized that you needed to add another vertex at the end of it? I know, I am the only one who forgets things in CAD (must be all this brain dumping). I am going to assume you know the grip tip where you select an object and simply hover over the grip you want to add the vertex from.<\/p>\n

\"Vertex<\/p>\n

Well, what do you do if you hover over that end, and it does this?<\/p>\n

\"Vertex<\/p>\n

All you have to do is run the REVERSE command, select the object, and now try the Add Vertex option.<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/p>\n

Quickly Removing Vertices From a Polyline<\/h2>\n

Sometimes you want to remove many vertices from a polyline. I use the Remove multifunctional grip you get when you hover over the grip you want to remove.<\/p>\n

\"Remove<\/p>\n

What many people don\u2019t realize is that you don\u2019t have to \u201cclick\u201d Remove every time from the shortcut menu. You can press \u201cR\u201d on the keyboard instead to speed the process up. So, the workflow is\u2026<\/p>\n