topic Re: Polyline width in AutoCAD Architecture Forum

Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:02:06 GMT

I know this is a basic Autocad question, but I cannot remember the command
to set the default width of a polyline. I am working with an inherited
drawing and the lines come in really wide. Can anyone help? I've tried
looking in the help section, but couldn't locate it.

Thanks,
Mike Willis

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:21:54 GMT

"PEDIT" then select the line and select "W" then change the width.

"Mike Willis" wrote in message
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I know this is a basic Autocad question, but I cannot remember the command
to set the default width of a polyline. I am working with an inherited
drawing and the lines come in really wide. Can anyone help? I've tried
looking in the help section, but couldn't locate it.

Thanks,
Mike Willis

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:31:45 GMT

What I'm looking for is the default setting so that when you begin to draw a
polyline you don't have to go through that step. I'd rather not have to
draw a pline and every time have to set its width back to "0".

Thanks for your help.
Mike

"cdv" wrote in message
news:5689006@discussion.autodesk.com...
"PEDIT" then select the line and select "W" then change the width.

"Mike Willis" wrote in message
news:5688991@discussion.autodesk.com...
I know this is a basic Autocad question, but I cannot remember the command
to set the default width of a polyline. I am working with an inherited
drawing and the lines come in really wide. Can anyone help? I've tried
looking in the help section, but couldn't locate it.

Thanks,
Mike Willis

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:39:11 GMT

Never mind. I found it! It's PLINEWID.

Thanks anyway.
Mike

"cdv" wrote in message
news:5689006@discussion.autodesk.com...
"PEDIT" then select the line and select "W" then change the width.

"Mike Willis" wrote in message
news:5688991@discussion.autodesk.com...
I know this is a basic Autocad question, but I cannot remember the command
to set the default width of a polyline. I am working with an inherited
drawing and the lines come in really wide. Can anyone help? I've tried
looking in the help section, but couldn't locate it.

Thanks,
Mike Willis

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:36:14 GMT

Once you've reset it to 0, it should stay there.

"Mike Willis" wrote in message
news:5689033@discussion.autodesk.com...
What I'm looking for is the default setting so that when you begin to draw a
polyline you don't have to go through that step. I'd rather not have to
draw a pline and every time have to set its width back to "0".

Thanks for your help.
Mike

"cdv" wrote in message
news:5689006@discussion.autodesk.com...
"PEDIT" then select the line and select "W" then change the width.

"Mike Willis" wrote in message
news:5688991@discussion.autodesk.com...
I know this is a basic Autocad question, but I cannot remember the command
to set the default width of a polyline. I am working with an inherited
drawing and the lines come in really wide. Can anyone help? I've tried
looking in the help section, but couldn't locate it.

Thanks,
Mike Willis

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:18:28 GMT

also, if you use the dyn menu, when you start a pline it says 'pick next point' or and theres a drop down menu. Click the down arrow and you have the option to set the width there. Gotta love the Dyn.!!

Keith D. Rodebush
SGAI

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:14:46 GMT

THANKS!!!!!

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2017 09:56:43 GMT

Thank you Very Much. It helped!

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 15:13:43 GMT

Enter plinewid at command line.

Then, enter preferred default width of pline.

Enter.

I am not certain this is per drawing setting or universal setting.

Re: Polyline width

David_W_Koch — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 23:33:45 GMT

@Anonymous PLINEWID is stored in the drawing. Each drawing has its own default value.

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:14:26 GMT

that is good to find out I need to re-set it what is the

default width of a polyline

Re: Polyline width

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:53:22 GMT

The AutoCAD Experts may have a different setting. I set polyline widths to
zero, and use the color of the entity to determine line and polyline
widths. That is what works for me.