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   Hello again, I have looked inside my PC and your standard lines on AutoCAD are in a file named acad.lin were you can look at the way to type a type of line.
If you create an other file with your lines you will have to comunicate with your coleagues + client for any exchange of file ( like any customisation with texts etc... )

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philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1493	Topic: Short polylines with broken linetype Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 15:58
	Hello again, I have looked inside my PC and your standard lines on AutoCAD are in a file named acad.lin were you can look at the way to type a type of line. If you create an other file with your lines you will have to comunicate with your coleagues + client for any exchange of file ( like any customisation with texts etc... )

philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1493	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 15:30
	Edited I don't know but you can create your own line type. There is an explanation in the PDF user guide that you should find in : C\Program Files\AutoCAD 2011\Set up\ Docs with a name like : acad_acg.pdf ( in the french release ) or : acad_acr.pdf ( in english with a lot more pages ~34 MB ). Find in the index at the end : Type of custom simple lines or equivalent ( sorry it' a translation from french ). There is also a way to include forms and/or texts in the customised lines. You create a XXXXXX.shx file detailing the sequence of dots, texts, forms etc.... I hav'nt tried to create one of mine so please let us know if and how you created our own line and also solved your problem.

germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 15:04
	I am aware of that idea, but that scales the size of the linetype too... so the V's or the >'s look half as big as they need to be. I'm guessing the linetype code has to be edited? no idea how though

philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1493	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 15:00
	Sorry I had forgoten this : Try to change individually the scale of the polyline in the properties pannel ( CTRL+1 ), you find it at the top : GENERAL Color Layer Line type SCALE OF THE LINE TYPE : TRY "0.5" IF SET ON "1", TRY "1" IF SET ON "5" etc......

germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 14:55
	PLINEGEN is/was already on 1

philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1493	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 14:53
	If applicable to AutoCAD 2011 : try to set the variable "PLINEGEN" to "1" ( if set on "0" ). "0" generate polylines that begin and end with a line on each grip. "1" generate polylines with a continuous design not depending on each grip.

germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 10.Nov.2011 at 14:34
	I often work with linetypes which are non-continuous/broken, e.g. --->--->--->--- used for a water pipe ---- - ---- - ---- - ---- for axis of a road --- V --- V --- V --- for a fenceline My problem is when i have a segment of a polyline with length less than 4m, the segment is not long enough to show the linetype. I could have a dodecagon shape (12 sides) with a fenced linetype as shown above, but if the fence segments are say 3.9m long each (total length of closed fence = 12x3.9 = 46.8m) the fence only shows as a continuous linestyle. I don't know much about creating new/editing linetypes, so I was hoping there is a simple solution to this which lets me reduce this 4m segment constraint. any ideas for a fix? Edited by germanbarry - 10.Nov.2011 at 14:36

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