Linetype Scale

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Linetype Scale

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  • Thanks.  We'll stick with the short answer for this one.
  • The short answer is no. You can't control the "scale" of the internal linetypes in the same way you could control custom line styles.

    You CAN control their appearance on your plots. The plotted scale of internal linetypes is controlled by a section in the plot driver file that reads something like this:

    ; The style records defines how the design file line codes (styles)
    ; are to be plotted. By default, values are in plotter units (resolutions).
    ; Values determine pen down/up movements, where (14,42) for a dot
    ; pattern leaves the pen down for 14 units and up for 42 units. The
    ; /nohardware switch causes software stroking with these values.
    ; Valid units are MM, IN, or DOTS (the default)
    ;
    style(1) = ( 0.35, 1.05) /hardware /units=MM ; style = dot
    style(2) = ( 1.75, 1.05) /hardware /units=MM ; style = med dash
    style(3) = ( 4.20, 1.40) /hardware /units=MM ; style = long dash
    style(4) = ( 2.80, 1.05, 0.70, 1.05) /hardware /units=MM ; style = dot-dash
    style(5) = ( 1.40, 1.40) /hardware /units=MM ; style = short dash
    style(6) = ( 2.10, 0.70, 0.70, 0.70, 0.70, 0.70) /hardware /units=MM ; style = dash-dot-dot
    style(7) = ( 2.80, 0.70, 1.40, 0.70) /hardware /units=MM ; style = long dash - short dash 

  • Is it possible to adjust the linetype scale for lines with styles 0-7?
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