Dashed lines are not aligning properly

[antonyavv]

My dashed lines are not displaying properly, it seems like they're no longer centered on the line like the were previously and it's causing lines to appear as if they are not meeting in some areas and making lines that don't have the dashes aligned properly.

 

 

[hwalker]

At the command line type PLINEGEN change the value to 0. See the link below

AutoCAD LT 2022 Help | To Work With Linetypes | Autodesk

[pendean]

These are not the same for example: is the top one a PLINE in an L shape?

Is this one PLINE, and your desire is for it to be two LINEs so they are identical?

Not sure how to answer the questions above? Please share your actual DWG file here when you can.

[antonyavv]

None of the lines in question are p-lines they're all made with the regular line command. As for the second image, yeah I want two identical lines. They should look like I mirrored the line but also have the dashes centered on the line like in the photo I just attached.

Also I don't feel comfortable uploading the full CAD file, this is a work file and I don't think my firm would allow me to upload it. I'll see if the problem persists in a new blank file as well.

 

[pendean]

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@antonyavv wrote:

...Also I don't feel comfortable uploading the full CAD file, this is a work file and I don't think my firm would allow me to upload it. I'll see if the problem persists in a new blank file as well....

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No one here wants your entire project file with client or sensitive information: just that portion that best exhibits the problem. WBLOCK command is one good tool to do that.

You can also use your own file sharing service if you wish (dropbox, onedrive, googledrive) and control how long it stays up and how many times it is downloaded too.

You have and always had total control.

[antonyavv]

Unfortunately none of these lines are poly lines so changing the value made no difference

[hwalker]

What linetype are you using? What is the linetype scale on the lines that don't connect?

[antonyavv]

Okay, after a long delay here is a CAD file where I have this issue happening. If you look at the door opening and one of the sets of lines off to the side then you can see the lines don't connect. I also have a screenshot attached in-case this is just some odd visual glitch that only I'm experiencing.

[pendean]

Thanks for the DWG file @antonyavv 

Change this (applies only to these four)

To this (applies to all the others)

And you will see the problem you visualize go away

BTW, this seems to be your current default override for everything you draw

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

I have this same issue and would like to know if there is a solution.

I have a new computer and the linetypes are not displaying as they used to an my old computer.

I am using a -..-..- linetype and sometimes the linetype will end at the mid-point of the linetype instead of the endpoint. This means sometime my lines end with what looks like a space rather than a line.

If my colleague opens the drawing on his computer the problem goes away so there is a specific issue with my version of CAD not displaying linetypes correctly.

Thanks in advance

[pendean]

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@matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ wrote:

I have this same issue and would like to know if there is a solution....

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Sadly your picture tells us very little about what the issue is nor what your colleague sees to understand what "... problem goes away.." means, can you add more details and screenshots?

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

Thank you for responding.

Can you see that the line that is selected doesnt go to the end point on the right side.

The line ends at the midpoint of the linetype

[pendean]

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@matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ wrote:

...Can you see that the line that is selected doesnt go to the end point on the right side.

The line ends at the midpoint of the linetype

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Forgive me, I am not sure what you are asking.

This is your image

This is an image of line with a linetype similar to yours in my files

Other than I have no linetype exactly like yours, both appear to be normal LINE objects with a linetype assigned. How does your colleague see it? You forgot to share a screenshot from them.

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

Your lines finish at your endpoints. My line does not finish at the end point where I have drawn it.

I have drawn 3 green lines that have a -..-..- style line type

All lines are drawn to the blue line at the right

The top line looks like I want it to.

The second line is bit longer, it is drawn all the way to the blue line, but but the line doesnt show. The linetype makes end with blank space.

The third line is a bit longer and also drawn all the way to the blue line on the right. The linetype put in a space and a dot.

[hwalker]

Are they Polylines or actual lines.  If they're polylines. See the link below (specifically "Set the linetype display for new 2D polylines")

AutoCAD LT 2018 Help | To Work With Linetypes | Autodesk

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

They are not polylines

Just lines

[hwalker]

Can you post one of your affected drawings so we can have a look at all the settings for the lines

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

Ok see attached

I have attached a example drawing and a screenshot of how I see it.

[hwalker]

Unfortunately I cannot help. I don't know what setting you have which is making your lines not work. The image below is just me opening your drawing in LT2024, as you can see the lines end at your blue line

[matt.kirkpatrickMR9LZ]

Thank you anyway,

I too have LT2024 and I have only just downloaded it last week. As far as I am aware I havent changed anything in my settings to change how my linetypes work, and they worked normally on my old computer with LT2022.