Custom Linetype Creation
@joe_kohli How much did you do so far in the program's HELP on the topic?
How do you see this working? Fake it in your DWG file to show us please
I searched for some topics on this, but I could not find anything that fit my needs.
I would like to make this a linetype if possible. Something like this?
I think you're out of luck, with a linetype approach. A linetype definition can't involve changes in width or color. You could get at least partway there with a Multiline Style definition, though. It could call for a custom linetype for the Text inclusions, but they couldn't be different colors. Whether you could get the variance in width for the edges to related correctly to the text, I'm not sure. And it would be edges, without the color infill.
I think it was @Kent1Cooper that suggested using multi line types that could produce possibly what you want. You would make a dashed style linetype that is used in conjunction as a PLine linetype which can have a width, then you would have a text line type. It is feasible to make a line type with text, for me add to custom linetype file then load that linetype. This would occur when the linetype with text is not already created, meaning that you don't need a 100 linetypes.
I have no idea if it will work as linetypes can do some weird stuff. This is a dummy attempt the rest of the line needs all sorts of adjustment, to get the matching pattern.
Start with say dashed linetype modify it and here is an example Character linetype.
*ELECTRICITY_CONDUIT,Electricity conduit ----E----E----E----E----E----E--
A,40,-5.08,["E",STANDARD,S=1.8,R=0.0,X=-1.8,Y=-.9],-3Experiment change "E" to "PV009 Gas Main" you may have to change the length the text gap ie 40 -5.08 -3
Ya, I am finding this to be a little bit difficult. So, I am going to simplify it and go a slightly different approach. This led me to another question. See how in my screenshot the insertion point is at the start of the line, ON the line? Is there a way that you can change the start/insertion point where the red "X" is at? Can this be done with a custom linetype? Basically like an offset insertion point.
Just don't use balanced positive and negative Offset values. Three of them, all non-zero in the same direction [in this case 1.0, 0.75, 0.5], when used at Zero justification in the MLINE command, yields this [the blips are the picked points it was drawn by]:
just other approach is using inverted font in custom line definition. you surely could not color it differently, but can achieve something similar to your needs.
Kent your the man! Can you set the justification to bottom as a DEFAULT?
Also, how do I change the linetype to make it more bold like what is shown below? I have an example of what I would like to be vs what it is in the bright green multiline?
Current setting of the RED "gas - gas - gas":
Results of trying to make it work:
I suggest that the Height of any Text Style that is used in linetypes should be non-fixed, i.e. zero [not your 0.125]. Then in use, the size will be determined by the linetype definition and scale.
