Posted by Jopeto on Oct 14, 2012; 1:48pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/how-to-create-closed-polygons-tp5707144.html

Hello,

I recently switched from AutoCAD to LibreCAD and since I was quite a basic user, the transition was very smooth. I just have a few questions:

1. In AutoCAD when drawing a rectangle, the resulting rectangle is a closed polygon, however in LibreCAD it appears that the drawn rectangle is just a collection of 4 line segments. Is there a way to make sure that the resulting rectangle is closed? (I guess having a closed polygon is different from grouping all the line segments together)

2. In AutoCAD there is a feature, where if you select and object and then right-click and choose properties from the pop-up menu, you can edit the location of the vertices. I guess the equivalent in LibreCAD is chosing Modify->Edit Entry Geometry. However if I do that for a rectangle, it doesn't change the vertex of the rectangle, but just lengthens or shortens one of the line segments. I guess that goes back to my first question.

Thank you very much in advance!