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 Tom,
Check out the following wiki:communities.bentley.com/.../line-styles-and-dwg-files
It looks like linestyles with offset will not work in AutoCAD. Same is also mentioned in the help doc:docs.bentley.com/.../GUID-506A5BB4-211D-313C-313A-C6CD95818524.html
Answer Verified By: Tom
Hi Karan
Thank you, but your link was to Bentley, I was wondering if any of the collabroration between Autodesk and Bentley had hopefully changed the Autodesk devolopment to add support for offset linestyles.
//Tom
Apparently the answer is no. I always set the "Drop Unsupported LineStyles" on when saving as from DGN to DWG.
Believe Autodesk does support those with offset, but it's done differently, not a true linetype, uses an SHX file I think. Been a long time since I used the Autocrap stuff.
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AutoCAD can't and will not support offset linestyles, there is nothing Bentley or Autodesk can help. Remember that linestyles in AutoCAD are relict from pen plotters so only simple linestyles are possible which ar drawn in a one go. Why Autodesk is constantly changing DWG format without implementing new features as backwards compatibility is broken anyway is beyound me but at least it helps to sell Bentley.
Only way to have offsets(without drop) is either to use multilines(no support in older ACAD LT) or use them as repeating symbols(corners will be ugly).
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
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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