Dashed lines not solid at end - What' up with that?

[archislave]

The fact that dashed lines do not cross at their endpoints is perplexing since Autocad has always done this. I am working with an Architect on a project who will not tollerate it. I don't like it either and might be forced to somehow had draft the lines.

I just can't understand such an oversight after 20 years of Archicad(':evil:')

[Anonymous]

Check the linetype settings. In the attached image, it appears that if the first dash setting is 0 the line starts with a dot. All other linetypes in that image have a positive integer as the first dash figure, and all start and end with solid sections.

[Rod Jurich]

archislave wrote:
The fact that dashed lines do not cross /................had draft the lines.

I just can't understand such an oversight after 20 years of Archicad(':evil:')

Using poly lines have this result.
If you use grouped lines then they close.

[archislave]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I see that there are workarounds, however it does not help when showing a slab footing - unless there is yet another workaround.

Have I discovered another much requested feature over the years? It is like the cell phone has developed into a video camera but voice quality has been forgotten - it still is primarily a phone - but they forgot it's original purpose.

I find that to work in archicad I have to stop every 15 minutes and ask a question taking the time to write it out on email or the forum. It really knocks down productivity.

[TomWaltz]

archislave wrote:
Have I discovered another much requested feature over the years? .

Yep.

[SeaGeoff]

Add to this the fact that it's almost impossible to get the dashed outlines of two polyline based objects to align. So if you want to use dashed lines for your multifaceted roof, the common lines where the roof planes meet appear as solid. Once again the Virtual Building ideal is defeated by a small oversight that forces users to draft over their model

[archislave]

So ... to what do you attribute such neglect for 20 years - Is it really difficult to program or they don't care or deem it important? I doubt it can be that hard since Autocad has had it since the beginning. I wonder if Revit does this properly?

Does it do any good to keep posting this as a wish list item?

[TomWaltz]

archislave wrote:
So ... to what do you attribute such neglect for 20 years - Is it really difficult to program or they don't care or deem it important? I doubt it can be that hard since Autocad has had it since the beginning. I wonder if Revit does this properly?

Does it do any good to keep posting this as a wish list item?

Some people follow the same credo that a good drug dealer never uses his own product.

[Richard Morrison]

Geoff wrote:
Add to this the fact that it's almost impossible to get the dashed outlines of two polyline based objects to align. So if you want to use dashed lines for your multifaceted roof, the common lines where the roof planes meet appear as solid. Once again the Virtual Building ideal is defeated by a small oversight that forces users to draft over their model

Tip: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=9936

[Richard Morrison]

archislave wrote:
The fact that dashed lines do not cross at their endpoints is perplexing since Autocad has always done this. I am working with an Architect on a project who will not tollerate it.

Hey, I like clean line intersections as well as the next guy, but sheesh! This sounds like a really tightly wound spring.