AutoCad 2D :: Create Complex Linetypes With Text

Jul 24, 2012

I am really new to AutoCAD and we are currently using AutoCAD 2007. I have managed to create a complex linetype with text. I have a DWG of the plan I need to lay utility cables on to. When I put a line with text into the model space, the text is really small so looks like a really small, continous line unless I zoom in until I can zoom in no more; I changed the scale so that the definition of the line and text was more visible (by changing linetype scale and lineweight) but when I go into the layout pages, the line just looks like a continuous thick line when I put the LWT on. If I return to model space and reduce scale and weight, it still looks like a continuous, thick line. The page size is A1..

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AutoCAD 2010 :: How To Create Complex Linetypes

Apr 11, 2012

I need to create a complex linetype for a fence. The line needs to consist of the following:

------X------X------X----- The linetype needs to be dynamic to any length.

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May 28, 2011

I have Autocad 2007 and already have created a few custom linetypes by creating a new .line file that i edited with notepad.

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This meshes are made based on the actual dimensions of different sides of the floor, are unique and are good approximation of the actual building's ceiling. So, I want to make 3d solid that would have the same bottom shape and the same - even top as in the picture if the space between the objects would be filled out.

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May 24, 2012

Is there a way to get linetypes with text to read with the viewports?

*P-GAS,Gas Line ----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS--
A,.5,-.2,["GAS",STANDARD,S=.1,U=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.25

It reads great in Model tab, but in paperspace tab, my viewport is rotated versus the Model tab
2013 Civil 3D

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Sep 13, 2013

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*STREAM-UCS, WATER BODIES -----ooo-----ooo-----ooo-----ooo-----
A,.6,-.15,[STREAM,ucs-ltype.shx,x=0,s=1],-.15
*1,1927,STREAM 4,250,4,4,3,167,3,13,3,176,002,9,(-51,0),(0,0),001,9,(0,3),(-3,3),(-1,0),(-1,1),(-2,0),(-1,-1),(-1,0),(-1,-1),(-1,0),(-1,-1) (0,-1),(-1,-1),(0,-4),(1,-1),(0,-1),(2,-2),(2,0),(1,-1),(2,0),(1,1),(1,0),(1,1),(1,0),(0,1),(1,1),(0,3),(0,0),002,9,(-3,-6) (0,0),001,9,(2,2),(0,0),002,9,(-2,-2),(0,0),001,9,(2,3),(0,0),002,9,(-2,-3),(0,0),001,9,(3,3),(0,0),002,9,(-4,-3),(0,0) 001,9,(4,3),(0,0),002,9,(-4,-3),(0,0),001,9,(4,4),(0,0),002,9,(-4,-4),(0,0),001,9,(4,4),(0,0),002,9,(-4,-4),(0,0),001 9,(4,4),(0,0),002,9,(-5,-4),(0,0),001,9,(5,4),(0,0),002,9,(-5,-5),(0,0),001,9,(5,6),(0,0),002,9,(-5,-6),(0,0),001,9,(5,6) (0,0),002,9,(-5,-6),(0,0),001,9,(5,6),(0,0),002,9,(-6,-6),(0,0),001,9,(6,6),
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Jul 17, 2013

We have a problem in our office. In some of our drawings we keep getting a lot of unwanted linetypes and text styles. Nobody is sure where they originated.

We have tried this method in getting rid of them but it doesnt work. [URL]

See attached file.

Same applies with the text styles.

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Mar 12, 2012

I created some custom linetypes. When I copied them over to my drawing, the text in the linetypes came in extemely large. I really need to get this figured out as I am setting up a template for a new customer, and they want all these included.

I have attached the dwg for reference.

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I have created a custom linetype using a shape & also added text. I have tried countless combinations to have a different spacing for the text, without affecting the frequency of the shape.

I want there to be no space between the shape, just repeating. But I want the text to display only once for every 4 times the shape repeats. Is this at all possible?

Every time I change the text spacing, I get huge gaps in the between the shape and it seems that their spacing cannot be independently controlled.

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Apr 10, 2013

if it was indeed possible to remove text from an image with rather detailed background. I'm no stranger to Photoshop and the Adobe Family however I've tried several methods and all of them seem to work but finished result looks obviously doctored...

Here is the image, my client wants the price from the image to vanish, while retaining the background!I have tried myself to accomplish such a result but my attempts at this

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Oct 4, 2011

3rd party tool which didn't match our scaling needs the file is a fas so I have tried to reverse engineer the whole function using trial and error. The following code works perfect except we need multiple (x amount) lines of text I have at current the M txt function which mimics and is effective for today however we need all lines to be individual.

I’m playing round with a loop but how to achieve my need..He had a 3rd party tool which didn't match our scaling needs the file is a fas so I have tried to reverse engineer the whole function using trial and error.

The following code works perfect except we need multiple (x amount) lines of text I have at current the M txt function which mimics and is effective for today however we need all lines to be individual.

;Starting lisp program...(defun C:REDtext ();Creating Layers (if non existant)...(command "layer" "m" "TEKST-1.5mm" "lt" "continuous" "" "c" "1" "" "");Memorising previous layer...(setq MYOLDLAYER (getvar "clayer"));Setting requierd layer...(COMMAND "LAYER" "SET" "TEKST-1.5mm" "");Setting variable "MYHEIGHT" to "DIMSCALE" x 2...(setq myheight (* 2 (getvar "DIMSCALE" )));Requesting and storing usser defind point...(setq MYPOINT (getpoint "Start punt :")); Requesting and storing user defind text...(setq MYTEXT (getstring T "Nieuw tekst :"));Placing text...(command "text" MYPOINT MYHEIGHT "0" MYTEXT); Restoring previous layer...(setvar "clayer" MYOLDLAYER);Closing lisp program...)

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Nov 18, 2013

I wonder if it is possible to create a new text style where one can set the text to be already rotated.

I know that it is possible to rotate text in many ways but the styles always seem to be set on the horizontal to begin with.

C3D 2012
Win 7 64 i5
8GB RAM Quadro FX 1800

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Jan 31, 2011

How can I purge linetypes? We get data from outside sources and my goal is to load our linetypes. I have a list of layers and store the previous layer linetypes. I reset them all to "Continuous". Now I have to purge the old linetype definitions but I can't make them go away. I need to purge DASHED and HIDDEN so far. If I open the file and click on the linetype in layer manager, I still see the old DASHED and HIDDEN definitions. I have tried db.purge(linetypeobjectid) but they don't go away.

Do I need to go through the symboltablerecord to find the correct linetypetablerecord and remove it? Will that remove the linetype from the list shown in layer manager? That is what I need to do - make sure DASHED and HIDDEN *have* to be re-loaded from our linetypes.

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Mar 15, 2013

I can actually purge these hidden line types.

The line types in question are funky looking line types that do not exist within our office. They often contain "$$" and and/or file names and other odd characters as if they are remnants of binding a drawing. In any case, they are not visible anywhere in the drawing. We refer to these drawings as being "infected".

If any object, i.e. block, text or even a simple line, is copied from an infected drawing into an uninfected drawing, all of the mysterious line types follow. And when I say all, I mean 50+. Furthermore, copying from one infected to another infected will double the line types. So, as you can see, if undetected, you could easily have 100's of "line types" on a drawing which substantially increases the size of the .dwg file.

The process that I have created (from researching on the internet) is to save the .dwg into a .dxf. Close the .dxf and then PURGE. Purging the .dwg will not work. And, you MUST close and re-open the created .dxf in order to purge these files. The you can again save as a .dwg. To complicate things, occasionally a .dwg will not save as a .dxf unless I AUDIT it first.

Needless to say, this is a giant pain in that the files that are infected are at least 50 in number. I have created a macro or two to at least reduce some of the steps. Unfortunately, since the .dxf must be closed and re-opened (which cannot be done in a macro) an all encompassing macro cannot be written.

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Dec 7, 2011

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Oct 14, 2013

I am using the "Make Linetype" command under the express tools to make a linetype with a single circle in it, but its not working. I tried making my circle a polygon but that didn't work either. How do I get a circle into my linetype?

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May 3, 2011

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Nov 21, 2011

So i have all these linetypes (see image) that i think originated in Microstation and have appeared on my computer when i binded a few DWGs derived from DGNs. (I can explain all that more if you think its warrented).

This is basicly what keeps happening.

- I open a brand new template, all line types are there (usual: dashed, phantom etc).

- I can work away happily, untill i copy something (a line, text, circle....) from a drawing that has these linetypes and BAM they all appear in the new drawing.

In this way, the linetypes have 'spread' into quite a few dwg's, and i cannot get rid of them once they are in the drawing and its saved.

A few other things....

- Other people in the office can open the drawings on their computers = NO weird Linetypes appear. Some open it and they do appear. (so if you open the dwg attached to this and find no linetypes, i dont know why!)

- The linetypes wont purge due to being in use etc

I would say the problem has originated from when I binded the xrefs, which is fine, but how to i fix it now?

The two main xrefs that appear to be referenced in the linetypes description are being used by other people in the workplace so i cant just delete them and start again.

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Dec 5, 2011

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Nov 15, 2013

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*GDRLAL,Aluminum Gaurdrail
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Feb 25, 2013

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Basically I get this result -----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x
But I am looking for this --------------------x--------------------x--------------------

Not sure how to do this as I get an error message saying that I can only have 12 dash/dot entries before the text.

The plumbers in our don't want to see text that often.

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Please see attached image and .DWG for examples.

LINE.jpg

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