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a text editor to create a linetype, you must enter a at the beginning of the

definition.

After creating a linetype, you must load it to make it accessible.

Load Loads a linetype whose definition exists in a file. The acad.lin file contains

the standard linetypes.

The Select Linetype File dialog box (a

standard file selection dialog box (page

723)) is displayed. Enter or select the file in which the linetype you want to

load is stored.

Set Sets the current linetype for objects that will be drawn subsequently. You

can control the linetype of objects individually or by layer.

The linetype you enter becomes the current linetype. All new objects are drawn

with this linetype, regardless of the current layer. If the linetype you request

is not loaded, the program searches for its definition in the acad.lin file. If the

linetype is neither loaded nor in acad.lin, the program displays a message and

returns you to the Command prompt.

Enter ? to list all loaded linetype names. If you enter bylayer, new objects

inherit the linetype associated with the layer on which the object is drawn.

If you enter byblock, new objects are drawn using the CONTINUOUS linetype

until they are grouped into a block. Whenever you insert that block, the objects

inherit the linetype of the block.