on 2013-08-26 12:44 PM - edited on 2021-11-18 03:26 PM by Rubia Torres
In our special example we are demonstrating how to create line types with letters in it, but the described steps can be applied to any custom line type.
When creating custom line types, the stencil of the symbol may be drawn on your Floor Plan using the simplest drawing elements, including Lines, Arcs and Hotspots. Not even Polylines or Splines can be used, let alone Text Blocks.
This means that you will have to draw your letters using lines.
It is recommended not to use Arcs in the stencils of Line Types whenever possible because it can make the Line Type more complicated. Of course one or two such line types is OK, but the more complex symbol line types there are in the file, the more difficult to handle and slower it will become.
We need to adjust the Dash and Gap values so they are the values we want. The Dash value in our case is 20 mm. This is because we have drawn a 2000 mm long stencil on the Floor Plan at a scale of M 1:100. This gives us a 20 mm long unit size on paper. The Gap we set to 0 mm since we want the pattern to be continuous.
Click OK to accept the changes and finish creating the new Line Type. On the Floor Plan, activate the Line Tool, select the new Line Type and start drawing Line with the new Line type.
ARCHICAD Attributes (Line Types, Layers, Fills, Pens, Materials, etc.) are groups of defined settings available to your project which can be managed by opening Attribute Manager dialog: Options/Element Attributes > Attribute Manager.
By default, the ARCHICAD comes with a default set of Attributes, but you can customize them to suit to your design needs with the following steps:
Project Attributes can be simply stored in Attribute Manager File format (*.aat). This file extension can be saved and opened through Attribute Manager.
The DWG file you import will merge all used Solid, Dashed or Dotted Line Types to the ARCHICAD project.
Read more: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/?p=25752#Line_types
Note: Symbol line types saved as .dwg or .pdf might be exploded to more lines which can cause extended filesize.
See also: Move center line when creating symbol lines in ArchiCAD?