Creating Multi Coloured Line type in AutoCAD LT2016

[Anonymous]

Hello

I am new to posting on this type of Forum!

I need to create a Multi Coloured continous Green and Yellow line(say 5mm Green follow by 5mm Yellow and so forth), to demostrate an earth cable within a set of line schematics.

I have researched and found it is possible within AutoCAD full version using the DASHED and DASHED2 line types, but i can not see how to generate within the LT version.

Does anyone know how to work around this problem?

PS - I do not know anyone with a Full version to ask them or to borrow they machine to generate!

Thanks

Kind Regards

Matthew 

[kennyj]

Welcome to the forums, Matthew74AKB.

In regards to your PS; you can download a full version of the software on a 30 day trial to test the line type creation you found and see if it will provide the solution you need on LT.  It is also a great way to see if maybe the full version offers other solutions to consider upgrading.

Hope this helps,

Kenny

[pendean]

There is no option to do that in LT or full AutoCAD: can you point us to this article you found? I suspect you skipped over other things involved that you might also need to use or buy.

[h_s_walker]

The way I would do it is

1. Draw a solid line. Doesn't matter which colour you choose.

2. Draw a dashed line directly over that line using the opposite colour to that you used in 1.

[Anonymous]

Seems pretty straight forward here:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=1818

[Anonymous]

Thank You, i have tried this option also, but you end up with one or the other taking presedence and therefore can not see the other colour.

[Anonymous]

Just can not believe how hard this simple thing is!

After all you can write your own line types, i can not see why you can not define your the colours within them.

There has to be a simple method for this after all it is only a dashed line of one colour and another dashed line of another colour.

THanks.

Matthew

[h_s_walker]

You draw the solid line first. Then you draw the dashed line over it.

If you see the solid line on top select it. type DRAWORDER and then choose SEND TO BACK

[pendean]

MLINE command: creates MLINE objects as defined in MLINESTYLE command. You are correct, LT has nothing like it at all, never has, probably never will.

I thought, since you write 'multi-colored LINETYPE" and not multi-colored parallel lines, that you wanted a single line type definition dashed or center or divide like this where each dash is a unique color - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Anonymous]

Hi

Thanks, yes i am after a line which in effect has 2 colours Green and Yellow.

I beleive that the link which i posted up allows for this to happen.

Ie you create a line type from the DASHED and DASHED 2, where teh DASHED component is Green and the DASHED 2 component is Yellow, but they 2 are combined to allow you to have a Green and Yellow continous line.

Thanks

Matthew

[pendean]

Enjoy your software upgrade to full AutoCAD.

[Anonymous]

Sadly i do not think that will be happeing any time soon!

I will need to find someone with a full version and see if they can generate the line type for me to load onto my LT machine!

Thanks

Matthew

[pendean]

I like Kenny's idea too about doing it yourself with the 30-day trial version http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/notifications/notifymoderatorpage/message-uid/6583940

[alexpromd]

Use command _mstyle 

[steven-g]

Couple of problems there.

One this is generally an English language forum so trying to follow it in spoken Romenian?? would be difficult for most people to follow, I managed but.

Two you are using Civil 3D to explain to LT users how a command they don't have should work.