Polyline width

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

"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

[Anonymous]

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
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"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

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

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

Thanks anyway.
Mike

"cdv" wrote in message
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"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

[Anonymous]

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


"Mike Willis" wrote in message
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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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

THANKS!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Thank you Very Much. It helped!

[Anonymous]

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.

[David_W_Koch]

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

[Anonymous]

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

default width of a polyline

[Anonymous]

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.