Hi
Is someone updated what Autocad can handle nowdays regarding Microstation custom linestyles. We have custom linestyles in microstation that we hope would also work in Autocad, these custom linestyles are created with offset in microstation, is there a way to use the same kind of offset linestyles in autocad?Example offset custom linestyle in microstation:
Best regards
Tom
Hi all
I found example lin and shx plus dokumentation in pdf for the results in lin file as pdf, That can be an start for anyone who try to copy MS linestyles to have an example how it can be done in Autocad. Remember that most of then offset lines is not usefull if your offset line needs to make an turn, but as an straight line this is super example.
LIN file is an text file where you can edit spaces lines, points and dots (points can even be symbols=shx font)
Here is the the site where you can find these examples:
Site in swedish
Koder och symboler för VA-ledningssystem (P109) - Svenskt Vatten
To see the linestyles and its building mesurments see
To load the LIN file and shx fonts download:
To configure LIN file and shx file in Autocad see:
You find the same configuration variables in microstation to use LIN file and shx file in microstation.
To Check if you can get the same linestyle in your microstation after you done all the variables etc you can see the original style in:
If you manage to get your microstation to show linestles correctly as the pdf are representing them you can now start to manipulate the LIN file to try and get the the linestyle you want
Best of luck
It would be great if you could share any new linestyle (LIN,SHX and RSC) if you manage to create awsome ACAD/MS linestyle
//Tom
The LIN file is an ascii file so it is easy (for them that can) to manipulate and change the information to that you want