LINETYPE (Command)

LINETYPE (Command)
At the prompt , loads, sets, and modifies linetypes.

The following prompts are displayed.

?—List Linetypes
Displays the Select Linetype File panel (a standard file selection dialog box). After you decide on an LIN file, the linetypes available within the file are listed.

Create
Creates a replacement linetype and stores it in an LIN file.

The Create or Append Linetype File panel (a standard file selection dialog box) is displayed. Specify the file to which you would like the linetype added.

You cannot create complex linetypes with LINETYPE. (Not applicable to AutoCAD LT.)

Descriptive Text
Enter a linetype description up to 47 characters long. the outline are often a comment or a series of underscores, dots, dashes, and spaces to point out an easy representation of the linetype pattern.

Linetype Pattern
Enter a pattern definition as a series of numbers separated by commas. Enter positive values to specify lengths of dashes, and enter negative values to specify lengths of spaces. Use a zero to represent a dot.



The “A” within the pattern definition prompt specifies the pattern alignment used at the ends of individual lines, circles, and arcs. Only A-type alignment is supported. With A-type alignment, lines and arcs are bound to start and end with a touch . The A is automatically included within the definition. If you employ a text editor to make a linetype, you want to enter a at the start of the definition.

After creating a linetype, you want to load it to form it accessible.

Load
Loads a linetype whose definition exists during a file. the subsequent files contain standard linetypes:

AutoCAD: acad.lin
AutoCAD LT: acadlt.lin
The Select Linetype File panel (a standard file selection dialog box) is displayed. Enter or select the enter which the linetype you would like to load is stored.

Set
Sets the present linetype for objects which will be drawn subsequently. you'll control the linetype of objects individually or by layer.

The linetype you enter becomes the present linetype. All new objects are drawn with this linetype, no matter the present layer. If the linetype you request isn't loaded, the program searches for its definition within the LIN file. If the linetype can't be found, the program displays a message and returns you to the prompt .

Enter ? to list all loaded linetype names. If you enter bylayer, new objects inherit the linetype related to the layer on which the thing is drawn. If you enter byblock, new objects are drawn using the continual linetype until they're grouped into a block. Whenever you insert that block, the objects inherit the linetype of the block.