

Also if you want to use any particular kind of line type you can make it in AutoCAD without using complex process and within a short time as well.

Although AutoCAD has its own unique library of line types which is quite useful for most of the common drawings. Find Gaurav on Twitter.How to Create Custom LineTypes in AutoCADĪutoCAD is a very user-friendly software when it comes to drawing with the use of CAD. Being an industry recognized speaker he has presented cutting edge design technology at several industry conferences such as Autodesk University. He implements Civil infrastructure design technology led by InfraWorks and Civil 3D and has helped Ideate grow Civil Infrastructure Services. With this extensive design technology background he helps engineering and surveying companies, federal and state government agencies, and ENR 500 firms critically analyze and improve their construction drawing production process. He has over 18 years of experience in construction and related software industry. Gaurav is a Senior Application Specialist for Infrastructure Solutions at Ideate based out of San Francisco. Senior Application Specialist Infrastructure For more information on the software solutions, training and consulting Ideate provides, please visit the Ideate, Inc. Suggested further reading for conceptual understanding: Make sure you set the appropriate annotation scale in the model space – as pointed by the arrow in the screen shot below (1/4” = 1’). To put simply set the value of the above four variables to 1 and your linetypes will show appropriately in both paper space and model space. MSLTSCALE is the model space linetype factor (introduced in AutoCAD 2008) PSLTSCALE is the paper space scale linetype factor LTSCALE is global scale factor for the drawingĬELTSCALE is the current object scale factor

Linetypes are controlled by four variables: LTSCALE, CELTSCALE, PSLTSCALE and MSLTSCALE. This question gets asked very frequently and I decided to address it here. To rephrase, the problem is printing linetypes correctly for a typical AEC project in model space and paper space at the same time. And displaying linetypes in paper space and model space simultaneously has been an issue. If you are reading this chances are your projects are large and you don’t typically print on 1:1 scale. If you create your model at a 1:1 scale and print on 1:1 scale you are all set and don’t need to read any further. Posted on NovemAuthor: Gaurav Bagga AutoCAD
