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6 At the Enter Pattern prompt, specify the pattern of the line. Follow these
guidelines:
■ All linetypes must begin with a dash.
■ Enter zeros for dots.
■ Enter negative real numbers for spaces. The value defines the length
of the space in drawing units.
■ Enter positive real numbers for dashes. The value defines the length
of the dash in drawing units.
■ Separate each dot, dash, or space value from the next with a comma.
■ Use a space between a dot and a dash.
7 Press Enter to end the command.
NOTE When you create a linetype, it is not loaded into your drawing automatically.
Use the Load option of LINETYPE.
To add a simple linetype to a LIN file
1 Open the acad.lin or acadiso.lin file in a text editor that saves in ASCII
format.
2 Create a header line that includes an asterisk and a linetype pattern name.
The name of the linetype pattern is limited to 31 characters.
3 (Optional) To include a description in the header line, follow the linetype
pattern name with a comma and description text.
4 Create a descriptor line that includes:
■ All linetypes must begin with a dash.
■ Enter zeros for dots.
■ Enter negative real numbers for spaces. The value defines the length
of the space in drawing units.
■ Enter positive real numbers for dashes. The value defines the length
of the dash in drawing units.
■ Separate each dot, dash, or space value from the next with a comma.
■ Use a space between a dot and a dash.
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