Linetypescale doesn´t change with block scale

[Ajtb]

Hi, every now and then i find myself with rescaled blocks that don´t show the correct Linetypescale. Let´s take for instance the example attached. My axis lines (green) are 0.02 with a line and dot (- . - ) display, if i scale the block 10 times it should be the same axis but with a 0.2 green line and dot.

This is not a deal breaker, since i can just explode the whole block, assign the new LTS to the line and convert it again to a block, but i was wondering if there is an easier way to solve it or bypass it.

Thanks in adavance.

[Simon_Weel]

Not sure what you mean - do you want the line type to scale along with the scale of the block?

In the sample drawing, all line types show the same (as it should), regardless the scale of the block.

[Michiel.Valcke]

Try changing your PSLTSCALE variable

[Ajtb]

I want all my linetypes to scale with the block as i said in the example.

I the attached file i made 1 block, the original is set to 0,0,0, with its linetypescale at 0.02. Then i copied 2 more with a x2 scale and then a x10, none of them scaled the linetypescale (when you explode the block shows 0.02 and it´s clear to the eye that its not scalated).

[Ajtb]

I always disable my PSLTSCALE since i have all my linetypescales defined in the model space. Also paperspace linescales might disturb other users that could access the drawing, making some axis or hidden lines seem like they were continous.

[pendean]

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@Ajtb wrote:

...Let´s take for instance the example attached. My axis lines (green) are 0.02 with a line and dot (- . - ) display, if i scale the block 10 times it should be the same axis but with a 0.2 green line and dot....

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All of your linetypes in your three scaled blocks are the same, 100% identical

Are you perhaps looking at the start/end line that is always odd looking in AutoCAD?

Custom linetype too?

It's more consistent when I use just a stock linetype instead

Seems part of your issue is your custom linetype definition, not much more.

[Kent1Cooper]

If -- to describe it another way -- you want [in this case] the grid lines in the Block to have the same number of dashes and dots across the width of the Block, at any scale, and for the dashes and gaps to increase in size with increase in scale, you will need to define the Block with independent Lines representing the dashes, and Points, rather than using a dash-dot linetype.

[Ajtb]

Thats the problem, they shouldn´t be the same. Lets take this other example for instance:

This is the current block example in 1:1, linetype scale is 0.02.

And this is the exact same block scaled to 0.1:

Whereas the linetype scale here is 0.02 (the same) where it should be 0.0002.

But as you can see, it´s still the same 0.02. The problem here is that Linetype scale variable doesn´t change with block scale. I don´t know if it´s a system variable or parameter i could modify.

[Michiel.Valcke]

If you want that effect, why not just use short and long lines in your block definition to mimic the dashdot linetype. If your entire block scales, so will your lines, and you'll always have the same visual representation for your block. So you also never have to worry about linetype scales in the drawing impacting how your block will look like.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

@Ajtb What you are asking for is not an option with blocks that contain linetypes in AutoCAD. Sorry, the program falls short there. What you want is the ability for a block to have a unique linetype scale, which is not an option (use PROPERTIES to see for yourself, it's grayed out).

Try the other tips about using set line objects instead.

Or create different named blocks with linetypes in it set to different linetypescales.

[Ajtb]

Oh well, that was what i was doing since Acad2007. I guess i´ll stick to the same formula.

About setting everything to a dashed pattern to have the same "effect" i find kind of weird when axis, hidden lines or other remarcable lines are all the same.

Do you know any way to address this as a future feature?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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@Ajtb wrote:

...Do you know any way to address this as a future feature?

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Autodesk looks for these types of requests over here, post often and regularly (don't skip any fields otherwise it might risk getting ignored, they like to hear from real people) 

https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback 

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@Ajtb wrote:

.... Do you know any way to address this as a future feature?

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The Product Feedback Page.  Or the AUGI Wish List.