Linetype Search Path

[christ0j]

Does anybody know where I can set the linetype search path? We use a custom .lin file, but acad2006 looks at the acad.lin file on the c drive. I need acad to look on the server, not the c drive.

[David Bethel]

As far as I know, ACAD.LIN is the only file ACAD will look in without loading a .lin file. -David

[Wozza]

Chris,

We've got our own linetypes and we use this snippet of lisp to load it on the relevant toolbar button:

(setq linetypename (tblsearch "ltype" "EXISTGAS"))
(if (= linetypename nil)
(command "LINETYPE" "LOAD" "EXISTGAS" "P:/CAD/LINETYPES/ITC" "")

I had to use lisp to do this as using a simple macro to load it works fine if it isn't already loaded. For example:

Linetype load hidden2

However, if it IS loaded, then the command sequence pauses to ask if you want to reload it. The lisp routine checks first.