"complex" linetype

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Danko, Oct 3, 2004.

  1. Danko

    Danko Guest

    I am sure this is not a problem.

    I want to make a line wich will begin with a dot then small space,
    continous, small space and dot at the end.
    .. ______________ .

    I tried with

    A,0,-.5,some large number,-.5,0 that didn't worked I get different spaces
    between dot and the line depending on the angle of the line ?!
    I tried to put A,0,-.5,2,2,2,-.5,0 that gave slighlty better result but
    still different lines depending on the angle ?!

    Please help,

    Danko Modric
     
    Danko, Oct 3, 2004
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  2. Is it really dependent on the angle? I assume you have different line
    length. Because AutoCAD fits the line type in the line length you will get
    different results.

    Juergen
     
    Jürgen Palme, Oct 3, 2004
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  3. Danko

    Danko Guest

    That's correct. It depends on length.
    But I still cannot get what I want in any linetype scale. Gap between the
    dot and line is to small or it's to big.

    Danko Modric
     
    Danko, Oct 3, 2004
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  4. The gap is part of *your* design. If you don't like it you should change it
    to something that suits you and your protocol LTSCALE. If you are
    going to want the same linetype at different scales on the same drawing
    but not dependent on VIEWPORT scale, you might lookup
    the CELTSCALE variable.

    BTW, it doesn't sound like a "complex linetype" to me because
    they have SHAPEs or TEXT in them-yours doesn't.
     
    Michael Bulatovich, Oct 3, 2004
    #4
  5. Danko

    bestafor Guest

    HiHo;
    Try this
    *DOTDASHDOT_2,DotDashDot_2
    A,0,-.1,.8,-.1,0,-.1
     
    bestafor, Oct 3, 2004
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  6. Danko

    Danko Guest

    I can't get it to work in any LTSCALE.
    It's "complex" enough. I can't make it work ;)

    It sounds simple. One dot at the start, line, and dot at the end.
    Try it yourself...
    I have AutoCAD 2000, maybe I must buy 2005 to get it work ;)

    Thanks

    Danko Modric
    www.modus.hr
     
    Danko, Oct 3, 2004
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  7. Danko

    Danko Guest

    Does that work for you?
    Can you please send me your drawing on email.
    Thanks

    Danko Modric

    www.modus.hr
     
    Danko, Oct 3, 2004
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  8. The rest of this post is probably all wrong, and
    I'm going completely from memory:

    Lines have to start with a segment. I know a "dot" is a segment of
    zero length, but one of the reasons acad wants a line at the beginning is
    to have something to adjust so that depending on the length of
    line that you draw it will 'center' the dash/space pattern on the line. A
    line
    of zero length doesn't adjust very well- it turns into a short line, I
    presume.
    Is that what you are seeing?

    The original post could be interpreted to read that your problem is
    with the length of the GAPS in the line. I'm now guessing that's not the
    problem.
     
    Michael Bulatovich, Oct 3, 2004
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  9. Danko

    Danko Guest

    No, line always starts with a dot. In a small LTSCALE, AutoCAD draws dashdot
    line. When I enlarge LTSCALE value to get only one line between the two
    dots, Acad allows me to multiple LTSCALE to the certain value (gaps are
    still to big), then one number over that max value line becomes continuous.

    Hope you understand...

    Maybe this is a wrong approach to make this kind of lines? I didn't expect
    this to be such a problem.

    Thank you.

    Danko Modric
    www.modus.hr
     
    Danko, Oct 4, 2004
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  10. The gaps and the segments are proportionally constant, or should be,
    with the exception of the beginning and ending line segments.

    If the proportion of the line to the gap needs to vary in the same drawing,
    then you need
    to design more than one linetype (one for each proportion).

    Broken lines default to what appears to be continuous when the length of the
    line
    is to small to render the pattern at the current LTSCALE. That's normal.

    I hope that helps.
     
    Michael Bulatovich, Oct 4, 2004
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  11. Danko

    Cadalot Guest

    Cut this in wordpad and save as CADVANCE.LIN

    Then load the DASHDOTC Linetype and give it a try


    ;;
    ;; AutoCAD Construction & Property Linetype file
    ;; Version 1.0
    ;; Copyright (C) 2000 Alan James Wooldridge
    ;;
    ;; Date of Last Edit 17/02/2003
    ;;


    *DOT, Dot ........................................
    A, 0, -1.588
    *DASH, Dash _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    A, 3.175, -1.588
    *CENTER, Center___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
    A, 19.05, -3.175, 3.175, -3.175
    *DASHDOT, Dashdot_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
    A, 6.35, -3.175, 0, -3.175
    *PHANTOM, Phantom___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _
    A, 15.875, -3.175, 3.175, -3.175, 3.175, -3.175
    *DIVIDE, Divide __..__..__..__..__..__..__..__.._
    A, 6.35, -3.175, 0, -3.175, 0, -3.175
    *BORDER, Border __.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.
    A, 6.35, -3.175, 6.35, -3.175, 0, -3.175

    *DOTCUST, Dot custom........................................
    A, 0.5, -0.75
    *DASHSMAL, Dash Small _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    A, 1.0, -1.5
    *CENTREC, Centre Custom___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
    A, 18.09, -2.50, 2.0, -2.5
    *DASHDOTC, Dash Dot Custom _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
    A, 8.5, -2.5, 2.0, -2.5
    *DASHLONG, Dash Long __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
    A, 2.0, -1.5
    *DASHDOUB, Dash Double __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
    A, 2.0, -2.5
    *BORDERC, Border Custom ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
    A, 8.5, -2.5, 2.0, -2.5, 8.5, -4.0
     
    Cadalot, Oct 11, 2004
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