CarlJdP Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) I created some text, converted it to polylines, then clipped it from a oval which resulted in the following: -The background oval is a closed filled POLYLINE with 'text' holes cut into it. It exports to PDF just fine. -The inner shapes of some letters like 'D' and 'R' are now POLYGONs. It exports to PDF with jagged edges, looks un-anti-aliased. See link below Result after export to PDF So what is the difference between a closed filled polyline and a polygon? Can I convert a polygon to a polyline to avoid those jagged edges? How do I do that? Edited October 1, 2015 by cyCAD42 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2015 What DPI setting was used in the Export PDF dialog for this? Also, if you can, post the source VWX file and I can test it here. It shouldn't be mandatory to convert polygons to polylines to export. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 BTW What's the difference and dis/advantages of both Types ? Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm pretty sure that polygons by definition can't have "curves", only approximation of curves made with straight line segments. That's the difference between polygons and polylines... only polylines can have actual curved segments. Not sure what's happening in the original post though... Can't replicate it here. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm pretty sure that polygons by definition can't have "curves", only approximation of curves made with straight line segments. That's the difference between polygons and polylines... only polylines can have actual curved segments. ^ This. Quote Link to comment
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