create a new custom linetype

[guido_maniglia]

Can anyone help me create a new linetype like the picture?

I tried to create it from express tools but it doesn't let me select a circle 

Thx

[richard_387 · Accepted solution]

It looks like the FENCELINE1 linetype, but without the spaces.

So I copied the FENCELINE1 definition and edited out the spaces

*FENCELINE1,Fenceline circle ----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0--
A,.25,-.1,[CIRC1,ltypeshp.shx,x=-.1,s=.1],-.1,1

*FC1,line with circle ----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0--
A,.25,[CIRC1,ltypeshp.shx,x=-.1,s=.1],1

[vladimir_michl · Accepted solution]

Like this?

*Circle0,Circled ----()----()----()-----()-----
A,4,[CIRC1,ltypeshp.shx,S=.8,X=-.8],4

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world  -  www.cadforum.cz

[Kent1Cooper]

Read about MKLTYPE [@pendean's correction] in Help.  It describes what you can use in the process, and a Circle is not among the options.  But AutoCAD comes with a very similar linetype:  FENCELINE1:

It uses a Shape as the Circle.  If that looks right except for the line being broken at the circles, its definition can certainly be adjusted to cross through them.  And the spacing between instances of the circle [one thing your image doesn't address] can be adjusted.

Or, put in the Shape [it's called CIRC1 in the ltypeshp.shx file], which is among the permitted things you can use in MKLTYPE.

[pendean]

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@Kent1Cooper wrote:

Read about MDLTYPE in Help. ...

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MKLTYPE for anyone skimming the excellent reply above.

[guido_maniglia]

This method doesn't work, you can't select a circle

[Kent1Cooper]

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@guido_maniglia wrote:

This method doesn't work, you can't select a circle

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If by "this method" you mean the MKLTYPE command [since you replied to @pendean, who mentioned only that], as I said, a Circle is not an allowable object to use in MKLTYPE, but a Shape is.  It should work if you put in a CIRC1 Shape [read about the SHAPE command in Help].

[CGBenner]

@guido_maniglia 

Do you still need help with this or did the answer given by @Kent1Cooper help you solve it?

[guido_maniglia]

Hi, I've already marked the posts that solved the problem.