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Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

jlaidle1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:03:05 GMT

Does anyone have a custom linetype that looks like this?

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

gotphish001 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:38:28 GMT

I didn't see one in my linetype dwg that was exactly like that, but I only glanced. I'll attach it any way. Maybe you can find something similar or that will work for what you want it for.

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

jlaidle1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:47:01 GMT

Looks great, thanks. This is the closest one, shown below. Is there a ".lin" file for that?

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gotphish001 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:55:17 GMT

Unfortunately no lin file. I copy and pasted most of those in there from drawings I've received over the years from different consultants and engineers. I haven't found a way to reverse engine then yet. There's some crazy ones in there and I don't use them often so if I need something strange I peek in that dwg and just copy it into what I'm working on. I drew them all in the dwg because they all have crazy names. It's easier to just look through them.

The line type you are asking for is pretty simple though. I just made one. I'm not sure why I have a dot in it though.

Just make use "makeshape" to make a shape that consists of a set of the lines. Then place the shape with "shape". (Can't use the lines you started with as it's not a shape. I've done that before and wondered why it won't work) then "mkltype" and follow the steps.

I'll put the one I made but again it has a dot in it. Not sure why.

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

john.vellek — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:53:38 GMT

Hi @jlaidle1,

That was very nice of @gotphish001 to provide. I extracted the linetypes for you and have attached the LIN file.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

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gotphish001 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:02:45 GMT

How do you exact the linetypes? It's all one file though. If you put them all in a drawing won't it bog it down. I thought I read if you get too many linetypes in a dwg it will make it slow.

Nevermind. I see the lisp at the top of the file after I opened it in notepad. Thank you! I couldn't find something that was able to do that.

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

john.vellek — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:03:47 GMT

Hi @gotphish001,

If you type LINETYPE, you can then select my file. From it you can load one or several of the linetypes that are defined in it.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

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jlaidle1 — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:12:43 GMT

I got it to work, thanks!!!!

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

wr.marshall — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:18:50 GMT

I was looking at the different linetypes added by gotphish001 and playing around with some of them and noticed some things I would like to incorporate into my own custom line types if it is possible

@gotphish001 wrote:
I didn't see one in my linetype dwg that was exactly like that, but I only glanced. I'll attach it any way. Maybe you can find something similar or that will work for what you want it for.

First the major one (dashed line with trapezoid ends)

This is a copy of gotphish001 file where I have taken one of the lines "sw-TSDFP_c3D" which seem to have custom ends. How is this done?

when I reviewed the supplied by lin file supplied by john.vellek all it shows is for this particular line type

*sw-TSDFP_C3D,sw-TSDFP

@john.vellek wrote:
Hi @jlaidle1,

That was very nice of @gotphish001 to provide. I extracted the linetypes for you and have attached the LIN file.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

another line called sw-TGBB_C3D seems to be made up of parts (looks like round bricks and TGBB text)

as you shorten or lengthen these part appear/disappear

SIDE NOTE: If one tries to add the linetype file into a fresh(clean drawing you get an error message about invalid alignment code and the line mentioned in part one of this quest doesn't' load

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

john.vellek — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:57:52 GMT

Hi @wr.marshall,

Linetypes do not have unique endpoints so I would suggest that you can place blocks at the endpoints or perhaps use a dynamic block that can stretch instead of using a linetype.

As far as the other linetypes with blocks and circles, those I was not able to extract cleanly which is why they don't really exist in my provided LIN file. You can create SHAPE files that include such symbols that can be placed in linetypes. Here is an article on creating complex linetypes.

I cleaned out the file that I provided earlier and have attached it to this post.

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gotphish001 — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:25:19 GMT

As suggested by @Kent1Cooper in another thread, some of those linetypes were created in autocad civil so there are possibly other options that are available there in the making of line types as compared to plain autocad. I can also confirm that a good portion of the line types in the file I shared were pulled from civil consultant's drawings over the years.

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wr.marshall — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:02:30 GMT

@gotphish001 wrote:
As suggested by @Kent1Cooper in another thread, some of those linetypes were created in autocad civil so there are possibly other options that are available there in the making of line types as compared to plain autocad. I can also confirm that a good portion of the line types in the file I shared were pulled from civil consultant's drawings over the years.

I done some investigating. It appears as though these lines with custom ends have been created in Bentley Microstation

see Microstation Linetypes In AutCAD video on youtube at about the 3:20 mark. Now if they can do it why can't AutoCAD?

Re: Custom Line Type - Requested - Sample Format attached

wr.marshall — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:42:05 GMT

Regarding the customised ends, please see the discussion in the forum based on a wish I suggested on AUGI

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?171207-Line-type-ends-by-Block-Smart-Dynamic-Linetypes&p=1333374#post1333374

someone suggested using mleaders which seems to work along the lines of what I was thinking, but there are problems with it when it comes to revising.