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272 | Chapter 16 Draw Geometric Objects
7 In the Select Color dialog box, select the background fill color and choose
OK.
8 In the Multiline Properties dialog box, choose OK to return to the Multi-
line Styles dialog box.
9 In the Multiline Styles dialog box under Name, enter a name and a
description for the style.
Descriptions are optional and may have up to 255 characters, including
spaces.
10 To add the newly created multiline style to the drawing and set it as
current, choose Add.
11 To save the style to an external MLN file, choose Save.
12 Choose OK.
Command line
MLSTYLE
Draw Freehand Sketches
You can use the SKETCH command to draw freehand sketches. Sketching is
useful for creating irregular boundaries or for tracing with a digitizer.
Create Sketches
To sketch, use the pointing device like a pen, clicking to put the “pen” down
on the screen to draw and clicking again to lift it up and stop drawing. Free-
hand sketches comprise many line segments. Each line segment can be a sep-
arate object or a polyline. You set the minimum length or increment of the
segments. Small line segments allow for greater accuracy, but they can greatly
increase the drawing file size. For this reason, use this tool sparingly.
Before sketching, check the
CELTYPE system variable to make sure the current
linetype is
BYLAYER. If you use a linetype with dots or dashes and set the
sketch line segment shorter than the spaces or dashes, you won’t see the
spaces or dashes.
sketch lines