Loading and Setting LineStyles

Use the LineStyle command to load and set LineStyles. Choose a LineStyle to display on the currently active segment of the drawing.

To load LineStyles:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the menu, click Format > Line Style.
   • Type LineStyle.
2. In the dialog box, click Load LineStyles .

   The Load LineStyles dialog box displays the LineStyles contained in the specified .lin file.

3. Click Browse to select a LineStyle file, and click OK.
4. Select a LineStyle file.
5. Select one or more LineStyles in the list.

   To select more than one LineStyle, press Ctrl and select multiple LineStyles.

6. Click .

   The selected LineStyles appear in the Line Style dialog box. However, a selected LineStyle does not become the active LineStyle automatically. It is only added to the list of LineStyles that are available. You have to set the active LineStyle explicitly.

7. Click .

To set the active LineStyle:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the menu, click Format > Line Style.
   • Type LineStyle.
2. Select the LineStyles you want to appear in the dialog box:
   • All LineStyles
   • LineStyles in Use
3. Click Filter to invert the option you selected.

   For example, reversing LineStyles in Use shows all unused LineStyles.

   The LineStyle list shows the dash-dot patterns for the LineStyles. These LineStyles can be loaded from LineStyle definition files or inherited from drawings.

   Every drawing has three LineStyle definitions:

   • Continuous. Solid line without a pattern.
   • ByBlock. Entities are drawn as continuous lines until they are grouped into a Block. The entities then inherit the LineStyle setting when you insert the Block into the drawing.
   • ByLayer. New entities adopt the LineStyle of the Layer on which they are placed.
4. Select the LineStyle you want to activate.
5. Click .

   The LineStyle is used when you draw a new entity. The LineStyle of the active Layer does not change.

To delete a LineStyle:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the menu, click Format > Line Style.
   • Type LineStyle.
2. Select one or more LineStyles in the list.
3. Click .

  You can only delete LineStyles that are currently not in use.

To edit a LineStyle:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the menu, click Format > Line Style.
   • Type LineStyle.
2. Select a LineStyle in the list.
3. Under Parameters, edit the options:
   • Name. Specifies the name of the LineStyle definition to store in the drawing.
   • Description. Specifies a Note or symbolic representation for the LineStyle to display in the Line Style dialog box.
   • Global scale. Scales the LineStyles so they fit to the units of measurement.
   • Entities scale. Sets a LineStyle scale factor for new entities relative to the general LineStyle scale factor.
   • Scale based on sheet's units. Forces LineStyles to be drawn at the same scale as the Viewport scale. Clear the option to scale LineStyles equally in the model and Sheet.

Access

Command: LineStyle

Menu: Format > Line Style