in need of a line type.

[devries99]

I am running autocad LT 2023.   I have 500+ drawings with jhook runs which are a solid line with 5" diameter filled circles/dots spaced 50" apart. Would anybody be willing to make the .lin file and send it to me?  Autocad LT doesn't hae express tools and I have searched hi and lo and cannot figure out a way to do it in Acad LT.

 

Penny

[devries99]

[BIGAL]

Something like this, but you need a shx file that has the circle in it, or can use a text with a extended character which is a circle. Replace SWD with O.  I will let you have a go at what the numbers mean that is your 50' check out CAD help linetypes. These are only 4 of about 20 linetypes saved in a file called custom.lin, then LINETYPE Load.

 

*FENCELINE1,Fenceline circle ----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
A,6.35,-2.54,[CIRC1,ltypeshp.shx,x=-2.54,s=2.54],-2.54,25.4
*FENCELINE2,Fenceline square ----[]-----[]-----[]-----[]-----[]---
A,6.35,-2.54,[BOX,ltypeshp.shx,x=-2.54,s=2.54],-2.54,25.4
*EXISTING_GAS_MAIN,Existing Gas main - - -G- - -G- - -G- - -G- - -
A,5.08,-5.08,5.08,-5.08,["G",STANDARD,S=1.8,R=0.0,X=-1.8,Y=-.9],-3
*STORMWATER_DRAIN,Stormwater Drain ----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD--
A,40,-5.08,["SWD",STANDARD,S=1.8,R=0.0,X=-1.8,Y=-.9],-5.08

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by BIGAL

[devries99]

so I have worked with FENCELINE1 for over 6 hours. 

can you break down what each number represents.

I was thinking 6.35 Length of line

-2.54 gap

cirlce

-2.54 is another gap 

 

I tried to copy and rename your FENCELINE1 to JHOOK.  I need the circle to be filled and 5" diameter and the space between them is 50" (4'-2" center to center) 

I bet I changed the numbers 50 times and could not make sense of what number control what.

 

 

 

[BIGAL]

Look at stormwater line type, 40 is length -5.08 is a gap, text is SWD, style is standard, S=1.8 is size, R=0 is rotation, the X & Y move the text slightly so it lines up properly with the center of the line. The other value is LTSCALE using properties can set a line type scale so text appears. Or play with numbers.

The linetypes are for metric. Try Arial and lower case o for filled circle, else need a shx object or an extended character. • alt 0149, U +2022. 

 

You might want like s=1 2 ? just draw some text next to a line at 50" spacing and look at size.

Edited October 29, 2023 by BIGAL

[devries99]

*STORMWATER_DRAIN,Stormwater Drain ----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD--
A,40,-5.08,["SWD",STANDARD,S=1.8,R=0.0,X=-1.8,Y=-.9],-5.08

*JHOOK3,Penny dot ----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
A,50,-0.01,[CIRC1,alt 0149,U + 2022],-0.01,0.054

 

*JHOOK4,Penny dot ----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
A,50,-0.01,[CIRC1,0149,U+2022],-0.01,0.54

 

 

I feel like I'm getting close but I get an error one I try to load the .lin file 

Does alt need to be in there, any spaces???

 

[BIGAL]

There is 2 ways for the symbol a text or a shp that can be anything. CIRC1 is inside ltypeshp.shx a library of shp objects, use just "O" for now to get it working. Again just swap out "SWD" with "o" using what I posted and see what you get. 

Edited October 30, 2023 by BIGAL

[devries99]

*JHOOK33,dots ----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD----SWD--
A,8,-0.01,["o",STANDARD,S=2.5,R=0.0,X=-2.5,Y=-.9]-0.01,-5.08

Now if I could get the circles filled in.

[tollyrodgers]

Hi Pal, insert the unicode reference for the required symbol as I have below. The LT below is similar to the one you require. the "-3.2" is a space the "6.4" is the line length, units are in mm. R,X,Y is text orientation.

 

*FIELDBUS_LT,CAT6 --- * --- * ---
A,6.4,-3.2,["\U+25CF",Standard,S=3,R=0,X=-1.25,Y=-1.25],-3.2

[BIGAL]

This is close to what you want but is an open circle need to add a filled in CIRCLE say as CIRC2 to the ltypeshp.shx then you can load line type.

 

*JHOOK,JHOOKS ----O----O----O----O----O----O--
A,50,-5.08,[CIRC1,ltypeshp.shx,S=2.5,R=0.0,X=-2.5,Y=0.0],-5.08

 

Now where is my add shp. 

ltypeshp.shx

[tombu]

To include solid circles in a linetype reference a font that includes one.

 

If your drawing has an Arial Text Style using the Arial font these linetypes work

*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
 

If your drawing has an WINGDINGS Text Style using the WINGDINGS font these linetypes work

*Big_Dot,Big Dots --- O --- O ---- O --- O --
A,3,-1,["l",WINGDINGS,S=1,Y=-0.45],-2
*Big_D-Dot,Big Dash Dot --- O --- O ---- O --- O --
S,.001,["_",Arial,S=2,X=0.09,Y=0.46],-2.2,["l",WINGDINGS,S=1,Y=-0.45],-3.2,["_",Arial,S=2,X=-1.55,Y=0.46]