Custom Linetype
@sgalatas wrote:
I am trying to create a linetype with a double line and text. Is there a way to do this without creating a shape for the double line? ....
I don't think so. One workaround, which may be too limiting, is to use a linetype with text and draw a Polyline with width, with FILLMODE off, if you don't mind the closing off of the double line on either side of the text:
The spacing between the edges is controlled by the Polyline width, but the size and spacing of the text parts is controlled by the linetype scale, so they can be set independent of each other.
Unfortunately, it means having Fillmode off, which you may not want for other things. And I find that Polyline arc segments behave badly -- they don't show as empty inside, the way line segments do:
There are at least two problems with using a shape for the double line: 1) the shape would presumably be straight-sided, so curves would be kinky; and 2) there's a limit to the number of text/shape/dash/gap specifications you can include in a single linetype definition, so a short-enough shape to not look too kinky on curves would really limit how far apart you can space the text parts.
There's a kind-of related topic >here<. And >another one<. And >yet another<.
AutoCAD Linetypes are kind of primitive.
Christopher Stevens
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