LINETYPE — Linetype

Loads and sets linetypes.

• Command: LINETYPE · Global name: _LINETYPE · Alias: LT, LTYPE, DDLTYPE
• Ribbon: Home › Properties
• Menu: Format

Opens the Linetype Manager: loads linetypes into the drawing, sets the current one (used by new objects), deletes unused ones and sets the pattern scales.

Usage

1. Enter LINETYPE (or LT) or click Linetype on the ribbon.
2. Choose a linetype in the list and click Set Current so that new objects use it.
3. To add linetypes, click Load..., check the ones you want and click OK.

Controls

• Load...: shows Load or Reload Linetypes with the linetypes of the LinceCAD library that are not in the drawing yet (DASHED, HIDDEN, CENTER, DASHDOT, DOT, PHANTOM, DIVIDE and BORDER). File... reads the linetypes of a .lin file instead.
• Delete: deletes the chosen linetype unless it is fixed (ByLayer, ByBlock, Continuous), current or used by an object or a layer.
• Global scale factor (LTSCALE): multiplies the size of the dashes of all objects.
• Current object scale (CELTSCALE): linetype scale of new objects.
• Apply scales: applies the values typed in the scale boxes.

Notes

• The patterns of the built-in library are in millimeters. Complex linetypes (with text or shapes) in a .lin file are skipped.
• Linetypes already in the drawing are not loaded again.
• The linetype of a layer is changed in the LAYER; that of some objects, in the PROPERTIES palette.

See also

PROPERTIES · COLOR · LWEIGHT · CELTYPE