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How to automatically switch to a different LTSCALE in layouts?

When switching from the modelspace to a layout (or vice-versa) you can automatically set your own value for the LTSCALE variable (linetype scale). The LayoutSw utility (reactor) can assist you in this automatic switching. When switching from paperspace to modelspace, LayoutSw resets the LTSCALE value multiplied by the current DIMSCALE (user defined scale). For paperspace (layouts) it uses a fixed LTSCALE value. The reactor also resets the PSLTSCALE variable to 1 (unless the layout LTSCALE is set to 0 - in this case it resets PSLTSCALE to 0 and doesn't touch LTSCALE).

After you load the application (_APPLOAD) you can use the LAYOUTSW command to setup LTSCALE for modelspace and layouts.

For download on www.cadstudio.cz/developuk.

To setup the LayoutSw scales programmatically, use e.g.:
(vlax-ldata-put "LayoutSw" "Model" "10.0") (vlax-ldata-put "LayoutSw" "Paper" "100.0")

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See also:
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Tip 4523:	How to insert a block from menu scaled to DIMSCALE?

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