topic Re: Creating a new line type in Documentation

Creating a new line type

rengarch — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:08:05 GMT

I am trying to create a line type to display like carpeting in section view. I drew in the vertical fibers of the carpet in the plan window with the scale set to 1:100. Pasted the lines as a symbol linetype. When I went to use the line type in a section window the scale of the carpet was all wrong. Could some direct me to a tutorial in creating this simple linetype?
Thank you.
Rita

Re: Creating a new line type

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:29:12 GMT

Rita,
Have you made your custom line type "Scale with plan"
rather than "Scale independent" ?
It is a button at the bottom of the line type editing dialog.
Peter Devlin

Re: Creating a new line type

rengarch — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:38:14 GMT

Peter,
Thanks for the quick response. I think there is a bug in V10. I did select Scale with plan and the vertical lines are huge. I tried using 1:50, 1:75, 1:200 scale window while drawing the lines to be pasted into the linetype. No luck, always the linetype is out of scale.

Re: Creating a new line type

vfrontiers — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:39:35 GMT

I have never found LINE TYPE scaling to be worth anything... Do yourself a favor and make it a FILL... These scale much better...

You can do it with line types, especially for something like carpet. But you'll likely have to set the scale (or whatever that number is) to something like .02.

Re: Creating a new line type

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:43:00 GMT

Good call Duane.
I have had the same experience with "scaled line types"
and agree, using fills works better.
Peter Devlin

Re: Creating a new line type

rengarch — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:57:22 GMT

I've tried everything... doesn't work. Must be a bug. The linetype is the easiest way to go. I remember being able to do this in previous versions.

Re: Creating a new line type

Richard Morrison — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:53:22 GMT

You may get some tips on scaling linetypes accurately HERE.

Re: Creating a new line type

Link — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:08:35 GMT

Yes, it's never been easy to create a linetype. Not to scale anyway!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Creating a new line type

vfrontiers — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:54:31 GMT

Richard wrote:
You may get some tips on scaling linetypes accurately HERE.

Wow! 3 or 4 pages of explanation to tell me how to do something the computer / program should do!

Is it just me? or could all this be handled internally by a silicon chip better than my brain and a calculator?

I find it very useful for things that don't really need a scale (like stone paths or carpet section). I will have to check 11, but the other bugger has been that translating to DWG gives me only the AXIS and not the graphic line. Has anyone checked 11 for this? I don't have a copy of AutoCAD...

Re: Creating a new line type

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:05:54 GMT

See if this works for ya...
PS. Imperial

Re: Creating a new line type

rengarch — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:58:16 GMT

Laura,

Thank you so much. That works perfectly. Did you make this linetype yourself? If so, how did you do it for future reference.
Again, thanks.

Rita

Re: Creating a new line type

rengarch — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:45:08 GMT

I dug up my old notes and here is a tip to be credited to Woody Schempp.
Example: 2x10 linetype.
1. Set drawing scale to 1:100 If you do this then 0.16 (in the "Dash" or "Gap" field of the Line Type dialogue box) will equal 16".
2. Draw 2x10 at the 0,0 origin.
3. Here is the key to drawing the line type to scale. Activate the hotspot and place a hotspot at 0,16"
4. Select all elements and copy
5. Activate the linetype and click "New" symbol type.
6. "Scale to Plan" and "Paste Line Components"
7. Set the Gap at 0 and the Dash at .16
Voila, the Joists will be 16" o.c. in section.