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Vector Combine

Keyboard Shortcut	Menu Shortcut	Menu Location
F8	Alt+C, E	Vector ->Vector Combine

The Vector Combine command joins two or more vector entities into a single vector entity.

Select one or more vector entities using the Vector Select command, then activate the Vector Combine command. The endpoints of the two entities must be within a few pixels of one another or the command will have no effect.

The type of resulting entity will vary depending on the types of entities you originally selected:

Line and Line – combines into a line
Line and Curve – combines into a line (the curve is converted to a line first)
Line and Arc – combines into a line (the arc is converted to a line first)
Curve and Curve – combines into a single curve
Curve and Arc – combines into a curve (the arc is converted to a curve first)
Arc and Arc – combines into a single curve (both arcs are converted to curves first).

Combine Hints:

If the entities won’t combine, use the Select Vector tool and Gravity to adjust the points so that they are adjacent.

When combining a line and a curve, several additional points are added to the curve portion to make it conform to the original curve’s shape. This is different than what happens when you run the Curve To Line command.