Linetype Scale

[mcloughlin]

I have a "fence" linetype. I want all lines in this type to be the same scale, in the case at hand, 0.6. I pick all the lines, and pick "Properties" as in the past, to set their linetype scale (see appended JPG). Linetype scale reads "Varies," but cannot be picked. A little calculator appears when I pick the calculator symbol; I enter .6 into this. Value is not retained; linetype scales do not change. What am I missing?

[mcloughlin]

I don't think that JPG made it into the post. Here it is (I hope; no "review" option seems available to confirm attachment)

[Pointdump]

McLoughlin,

I still don't see your JPG. Try using a PNG. Forum seems to like PNG better. Or you could insert the pic into the body of your text. That way you'd know immediately if it "took."

Dave

[rkmcswain]

When you have your lines selected, look at the top of the properties dialog, at the drop down control.

Does it say Line (x) -or- does it say All (x) ?

[Jay_B]

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@mcloughlin wrote:
A little calculator appears when I pick the calculator symbol; I enter .6 into this. Value is not retained; linetype scales do not change. What am I missing?

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Just ignore the Calculator.

Replace *Varies* with value what you want the linetype scale to be.

FWIW, There may be those special cases where I would override a linetype scale at the object level like this but 99% of the time I leave this setting to 1 at the object level and let "Annotation Scaling" scale the lines as necessary.

For this to work set these three values in your dwt:

Ltscale = 1

PSltscale=1

MSltscale=1

This way the Viewport or Annotation scale applied scales the lines accordingly and then there's no reason to modify the linetype scale at the object level.

[rkmcswain]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just ignore the Calculator.

Replace *Varies* with value what you want the linetype scale to be.

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I understood this... Linetype scale reads "Varies," but cannot be picked

...to mean that it would not let him type in a new value.

[Jay_B]

Interesting, seems to work fine here, whether testing various linetype scales of same linetype or selecting multiple linetypes of multiple scale factors.

Having said that I did have to place the cursor on *varies* and manually highlight *varies* to replace with a value.

[rkmcswain]

I suspect the OP has something selected *in addition* to lines.

Add a "table" to your selection and see if the linetype scale field is grayed out. It is for me.

I bet there are other entities that do not support a linetype scale which lock out this field in properties - when selected with other entities that do.

[Jay_B]

I agree, If I select for example an Xref in addition to lines that are actually in the current dwg then yes the linetype scale is greyed out and I'm only able to select the calculator.

Great Catch!

[doni49]

One (or more) of the lines could be on a LOCKED layer too.  If the layer is locked, the element can't be changed in any way.  That would cause this too.

[rkmcswain]

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@doni49 wrote:

One (or more) of the lines could be on a LOCKED layer too.  If the layer is locked, the element can't be changed in any way.  That would cause this too.

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Not for me in 2013. With objects on locked layers in my selection, I can still change various properties, and it performs the edits on the unlocked objects and then says this: