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    Distinguished Contributor
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    Registered: ‎11-24-2004

    custom linetype question

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    02-10-2010 07:34 AM
    Good day all,

    I've been trying to create a linetype that will represent a pavement marking. It should consist of a 10' line with a 20' gap.

    I managed to make one but in order for in to show up correctly in my viewport I have to set the linetype scale of that line to whatever my viewport scale is going to be, which causes issues when placing the design into a viewport with a different scale.

    Is there a way to create the line so that I can just leave the linetype scale at one and it still break correctly in each vport?

    this is the code I had been using.

    *BWLL-BTD,10 foot line 20 foot space 1:1
    A,10,-20

    Thanks for your input,
    ervin
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    Re: custom linetype question

    02-10-2010 08:00 AM in reply to: ebattle
    Read up on PSLTSCALE.
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    Re: custom linetype question

    02-10-2010 08:21 AM in reply to: ebattle
    Thanks,

    That works, but if I change my psltscale to zero linetypes like hidden2 don't show up correctly.
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    Re: custom linetype question

    02-10-2010 10:32 AM in reply to: ebattle
    Create a different linetype definition for every scale that you use. Then create a layer for each scale and copy the elements to each layer. You will have duplicate lines but you could then control visibility by viewport depending on the scale.
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    Re: custom linetype question

    02-10-2010 10:42 AM in reply to: ebattle
    Thanks for the suggestion.
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