Linetype Scaling
Hello and Welcome to Autodesk Forums,
While I don't know what Your assignment exactly states, I might be able to tell You something about linetype scales, that might help just a little.
Using Properties window (Command - PR) , you'll be able to modify single line parameter, that will affect only that particular line:
Using Command LTS, You're modifying the Global scale factor - that means it will affect all lines, even those that have the linetype scale already modified. I'm attaching a simple comparision drawing, so that You can see how the linetype scale works.
In First case I have standard value of LTS = 1.0 and for each line i have changed linetype scale to presented values.
In second case I have modified value of LTS to 0.1 and those are exactly same lines after modification.
Reason You might not be able to see dashed lines is probably the scale itself. If You have a linetype scale that doesn't match Your drawing dimensions, lines might be either too big or to small to be visible.
Kind Regards,
Pawel
are you using model space and paper space for this exercise?
if so model space ltscale= 24 in model space which translates into 1/4"=1'-0"
in paper space set your psltscale to (0= OFF 1= ON) you viewport will use a scale of 1/4"=1'-0"
can you see the linetype correctly in Paper space viewport?
look at the images and you can see the combinations I used to get the different results
this example i did not change any individual line type scale the linetype is by default 1
As you can see from the various replies, there are all sorts of scaling factors that can conspire to help or hinder your work. That's why I advocate for the Rule Of One:
- Global LTSCALE (system variable setting) of 1
- Object LT scale of 1
- MSLTSCALE (system variable setting) of 1
- PSLTSCALE (system variable setting) of 1
- Global scaling factor (including in any annotation scaling) of 1
That, together with the appropriate LIN file (ACAD.LIN for imperial/inch drawings, ACADISO.LIN for metric/millimeter drawings) gets everything looking "nice" and is very easy to remember. No need for a scale of ____ here, ___ there, but then we need ___ for that, except the second project of the month...
Using a global LTSCALE of 24 is a bit odd. It *might* be from attempting to use the ACADISO.LIN file with an inch-sized drawing.
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