Ltype Gen Fails Me

[BIGMIKE09281946]

I cannot get the polyline to display the starting and ending dash in any of the objects I create. Can anyone email me a file that contains an example of this?

I am having some other problems with my Student AutoCAD program that I also need to address. They are my F8 key only displays a splash screen, and my tracking function only recognizes the last tracking point entered.

Penn Foster ignores my queries.8)

[PS_Port]

For pline ltype generation set PLINEGEN to 1

[BIGMIKE09281946]

I get nothing!

[lpseifert]

See attached. Note that changing the sysvar only effects newly created plines. Existing plines can be edited thru the Properties > Linetype generation (enable or disable).

[Rooster]

Sorry to revive an ageing thread, but is there a way to change the linetype generation setting for an object via the command line? (ie: instead of opening up the properties window and changing the setting there.) I have explored CHPROP with no luck....

[NBC]

try typing PEDIT at the command line, then select your polyline; and use the Ltype Gen option (setting it to On)

[Rooster]

Thanks - I have been trying to get the PEDIT command to work for me in the way that I want to, but haven't quite got there yet.

Let me explain exactly what I'm trying to achieve:

I recently downloaded the Quick Keys function found here (http://www.dotsoft.com/freestuff.htm), and one of the things I am trying to do is to create a new shortcut (PO) that will let me select multiple polylines using a crossing window and turn all their linetypes to ON. Obvioulsy you can do this by PEDIT/M/select/L/ON, but I was trying to replace all that typing with just PO. The little command sequence that I came up with (command ".pedit" pause "l" "on") does what I want except that you can only pick one polyline at a time and that you have to pick it exactly (ie: you can't use a crossing box). I have tried adding an "m" (for multiple) after pedit, but that just doesn't work. I have also tried selecting everything before going into PEDIT, but that also doesn't work.

Has anyone else experimented with Quick Keys that might be able to suggest a solution?

[NBC]

does MPEDIT reduce the number of clicks/typing ?

[Rooster]

does MPEDIT reduce the number of clicks/typing ?

nice idea, but still the same amount of typing....

[Rooster]

does MPEDIT reduce the number of clicks/typing ?

I've just been trying to get somewhere using MPEDIT, but now I must admit to being confused.

If I type MPEDIT at the command line I get:
Command: mpedit

Initializing...
Select objects:

However, if I try to use the command MPEDIT within a script I get:
Unknown command "MPEDIT"

MPEDIT is also not listed under any help topic, so is it not a normal command like PEDIT??