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202 | Chapter 14 Control the Properties of Objects
Lineweight Scale in Drawings
Objects with a lineweight plot with the exact width of the assigned line-
weight value. The standard settings for these values include BYLAYER,
BYBLOCK and Default. They are displayed in either inches or millimeters,
with millimeters being the default. All layers are initially set to 0.25 mm,
controlled by the
LWDEFAULT system variable.
A lineweight value of 0.025 mm or less is displayed as one pixel in model
space and plots at the thinnest lineweight available on the specified plotting
device. Lineweight values that you enter on the command line are rounded
to the nearest predefined value.
For a table that lists the valid lineweight values used in AutoCAD and associ-
ated industry standards, see the current topic in the online User’s Guide.
You set the lineweight units and the default value in the Lineweight Settings
dialog box. You can access the Lineweight Settings dialog box by using the
LWEIGHT command, by right-clicking the Lwt button on the status bar and
choosing Settings, or by choosing Lineweight Settings on the Display tab in
the Options dialog box.
See Also
“Draw Polylines” on page 262
To assign width to polylines
1 From the Draw menu, choose Polyline.
2 Specify the start point for the first segment in the polyline.
3 Enter w (width).
4 Enter a value for the width at the start of the line segment.
5 Enter a value for the width at the end of the line segment.
6 Specify the endpoint of the first segment of the polyline.
7 Enter w to specify different widths for the next segment, or press
ENTER
to end the command.
Draw toolbar
Command line
PLINE