Custom Linetype With Single Instance

[MarkWaszkiewicz]

I am working on creating linetypes that denote whether a line indicates a 2-conductor wire or a 3-conductor wire. These lines are simply to contain either 2 or 3 slashes at some point(s). We've been doing this manually for each line up until this point and I'm seeking a more optimized method.

I created a .lin file that contains such linetypes with these slashes appearing at a variety of intervals along the line. But, to cut down on the visual clutter and to make things simpler for myself and my team, I am hoping that there is a way to create these linetypes in such a way that the instance of the slashes appear only once and at the midpoint of the line. Below is an example of what I currently have. Is there a solution to what I aim to do?

*2WIRE-25-STANDARD, 2 Wire -----|-|-----
A,25,[TRACK1,ltypeshp.shx,s=1],1.125,[TRACK1,ltypeshp.shx,s=1],25

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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@MarkWaszkiewicz wrote:

I am hoping that there is a way to create these linetypes in such a way that the instance of the slashes appear only once and at the midpoint of the line.

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Sadly AutocAD Linetype definitions don't work like that, the effect you want is not an option unless these are very short lines that you could code to look like you want, perhaps something like this with all shapes

--\\------------------------

OR

__\\________________

[h_s_walker]

*STEEL_BEAM1,Steel Beam1 ---- || ---- || ---- || ----
A,12.7,-4,["||",STANDARD,S=3,R=0.0,X=-2.5,Y=-1.5],-4
*STEEL_BEAM2,Steel Beam2 ---- ||| ---- ||| ---- ||| ----
A,12.7,-4,["|||",STANDARD,S=3,R=0.0,X=-2.5,Y=-1.5],-4

They need a bit of work. The text is the vertical pipe found above the backslash. The result is the image below