ALLI Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I am trying to make a linetype that just has large dots along it, but what I am getting is the dots which are perfect but a line too, Any thoughts? *BIGDOT, O O O O O O A,0,0.0001,["l",WINGDINGS,S=.5,R=0.0,X=0.0,Y=-0.55],2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) I think its to do with using a -ve vaue for the length of the line *BIGDOT, O O O O O O A,0,-1,["l",WINGDINGS,S=.5,R=0.0,X=0.0,Y=-0.55],-1 try A,0,-5 A,0,-10 etc for spacing Edited November 19, 2019 by BIGAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLI Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 it still has the line above the dots, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Did you reload in your dwg and regen they do not auto update when you change the lin file and in fact can have different versions for same name an accident I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLI Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Quote Fixed it, I needed to close the drawing for the linetype to reload. Thanks heaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danellis Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Sounds like I'm too late, but a very good way to do this is to make a "large circle" block and array it along a path... dJE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) danellis throw an arc in ? Or a pline with arcs. Edited November 21, 2019 by BIGAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftertouch Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Why dont juist use a SHP instead of a font? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, Aftertouch said: Why dont juist use a SHP instead of a font? 21 hours ago, danellis said: Sounds like I'm too late, but a very good way to do this is to make a "large circle" block and array it along a path... dJE Either of those would be my preferred choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 As Arial is a Text Style in all my templates I have Large Dot and Arrow linetypes defined in Arial.lin to avoid having to add a Wingdings Text Style I wouldn't use for anything else. *STriangle, Solid Triangle__/_\_/_\__/_\_/_\_/_\_ S,.000000001,-.05,["\U+25BA",Arial,S=0.02,R=90,Y=-.0019],-.05 *ARROWH,Arrowhead > > > > > > > A,.000001,-3,["\U+25BA",Arial,S=3,R=0,X=-1.35,Y=-1.35],.000001,-4 *ArialARROW,Arrow1 > > > > > > > S,.000001,-3,["\U+25AC",Arial,S=3,R=0,X=-1.35,Y=-1.05],.000001,["\U+25BA",Arial,S=3,R=0,X=0.5,Y=-1.42],.000001,-4 *ArialDOT,Dot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A,0,-.125,["\U+2022",Arial,S=.05,Y=-.024],-.125 *ArialDOT2,Dot (.5x) ........................................ A,0,-.0625,["\U+2022",Arial,S=.05,Y=-.012],-.0625 *ArialDOTX2,Dot (2x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A,0,-.25,["\U+2022",Arial,S=.05,Y=-.048],-.25 Putting Text Style dependant linetypes in Acad.lin will display an error when trying to load a linetype if that Text Style isn't in the drawing. Keeping all lin files in the roamable support folder (where acad.lin is already) allows them to be listed when you click the [File…] button to the left of acad.lin makes loading from different lin files easier. Macro example to open Arial.lin: ^C^C_start;Arial.lin; One of many good reasons to use Text Styles named to describe the font they use. Of course I will load a Wingdings Text Style sometimes as there's no other way to add a DANGER linetype like: *Danger, --- DANGER --- DANGER ---- A,.3,["N",WINGDINGS,S=.05,Y=-.025],-.05,["DANGER",Swiss Light,S=.05,Y=-.025],-.29,["N",WINGDINGS,S=.05,Y=-.025],-.05,.1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danellis Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 13 hours ago, BIGAL said: danellis throw an arc in ? Or a pline with arcs. Yes, one can choose a polyline as the path, allowing the "line" to follow whatever weird route that comes about. dJE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 hour ago, danellis said: Yes, one can choose a polyline as the path, allowing the "line" to follow whatever weird route that comes about. dJE Divide and Measure commands work with blocks as well to look similar to a linetype, but none are as easy as using linetypes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Exactly why you should use a SHP instead of a text style, Array path could be much quicker/as quick in many instances and often less trouble. Depends on the situation, nothing cut and dry in AutoCAD. I do all types of CAD, including modifying old drawings and drawings from others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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