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Describe the use of the Linetype Manager to view and delete available linetypes, and to adjust scaling factors.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:04
Line type is a visual property assigned to geometric objects.
00:08
Line types can be a pattern of dashes, dots,
00:11
text and symbols or an unbroken continuous line.
00:16
The current line type setting defines the
00:18
current appearance of all new geometric objects.
00:22
Before you can use different line types, you must load them into the drawing
00:27
on the home ribbon
00:28
in the properties panel, expand the line type drop down
00:33
here. You can see the line types that have already been loaded into the drawing,
00:38
select other
00:40
to open the line type manager dialogue.
00:43
The panel in the lower portion of the dialogue lists,
00:46
the line types that have already been loaded,
00:49
you can expand the line type filters drop down
00:52
to filter the line types in the list to show only those
00:55
line types that have already been used or just those that are
00:59
xref dependent
01:01
leave this set to show all line types.
01:05
Notice that you can also select invert filter to filter the
01:08
list based on the opposite of the criteria you select.
01:13
You can also use buttons on the right to load additional line types,
01:17
delete selected line types or make a selected line type.
01:21
The current line type,
01:23
when you select the continuous line type and then click delete,
01:27
you see a dialogue informing you that the line type was not deleted.
01:31
The message in the dialogue explains that you cannot
01:34
delete the bilayer by block or continuous line types.
01:38
You also cannot delete the current line type,
01:41
an X
01:41
ref dependent line type or any line type that has already been used in the drawing.
01:47
Click. OK. To close this dialogue.
01:52
When you select show details the details section
01:56
of the line type manager dialogue is displayed
01:59
here, you can see additional properties
02:01
and adjust the line type scaling factors.
02:05
For example,
02:06
the global scale factor is the scaling factor assigned for all line types.
02:12
While the current object scale is the line type scale for all newly created objects.
02:18
The resulting scale is the global scale
02:21
factor multiplied by the object scale factor.
02:25
Also when you use paper space units for scaling is selected
02:29
line types are scaled identically in paper space and model space.
02:34
This is very useful when working with multiple viewpoints,
02:39
click hide details to hide the details section.
Video transcript
00:04
Line type is a visual property assigned to geometric objects.
00:08
Line types can be a pattern of dashes, dots,
00:11
text and symbols or an unbroken continuous line.
00:16
The current line type setting defines the
00:18
current appearance of all new geometric objects.
00:22
Before you can use different line types, you must load them into the drawing
00:27
on the home ribbon
00:28
in the properties panel, expand the line type drop down
00:33
here. You can see the line types that have already been loaded into the drawing,
00:38
select other
00:40
to open the line type manager dialogue.
00:43
The panel in the lower portion of the dialogue lists,
00:46
the line types that have already been loaded,
00:49
you can expand the line type filters drop down
00:52
to filter the line types in the list to show only those
00:55
line types that have already been used or just those that are
00:59
xref dependent
01:01
leave this set to show all line types.
01:05
Notice that you can also select invert filter to filter the
01:08
list based on the opposite of the criteria you select.
01:13
You can also use buttons on the right to load additional line types,
01:17
delete selected line types or make a selected line type.
01:21
The current line type,
01:23
when you select the continuous line type and then click delete,
01:27
you see a dialogue informing you that the line type was not deleted.
01:31
The message in the dialogue explains that you cannot
01:34
delete the bilayer by block or continuous line types.
01:38
You also cannot delete the current line type,
01:41
an X
01:41
ref dependent line type or any line type that has already been used in the drawing.
01:47
Click. OK. To close this dialogue.
01:52
When you select show details the details section
01:56
of the line type manager dialogue is displayed
01:59
here, you can see additional properties
02:01
and adjust the line type scaling factors.
02:05
For example,
02:06
the global scale factor is the scaling factor assigned for all line types.
02:12
While the current object scale is the line type scale for all newly created objects.
02:18
The resulting scale is the global scale
02:21
factor multiplied by the object scale factor.
02:25
Also when you use paper space units for scaling is selected
02:29
line types are scaled identically in paper space and model space.
02:34
This is very useful when working with multiple viewpoints,
02:39
click hide details to hide the details section.
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