linetype ?'s

can a mulit-line be used in a linetype... say a line type for a railroad...

==l==l==l==l==l==l==l==

oh and i thought that a line type was supposed to scale with a dwg... but for different scales.. i have to modify a new linetype when it contains words.. like the "gas" line autocad puts out...

I think so. Take a look at the Make Shape command that is part of Express Tools.

Check these out:

Shape file:

*1,58,CROSSTIE

4,125,4,80,3,125,3,5,3,80,3,128,002,9,(-16,96),(0,0),001,9,(64,0),(0,0),002,9,(-48,-112),(0,0),001,9,(0,127),(0,1),(0,0)

002,9,(0,-112),(0,0),001,4,128,4,80,4,5,4,125,3,80,3,125,0

.lin using the above shape:

*TRACK,

A,.025,[CROSSTIE,CROSSTIE,s=1],.075

That's some good info, but you do realize that this thread is almost a year old, right?

I noticed how old it was, but thought it might be helpful anyway

It never hurts to post good stuff. Sometimes folks get to reading and digging around and get excited about finding something interesting, then throw a reply out there never realizing that the original poster may never see it because of it's age. I've done it myself a few times. The first time it happened, I posted an answer...couple weeks went by, I posted again because there was no action so I said "did you figure it out?" or words to that effect. One of the guys posted "if he hasn't figured it out in the last 3 years, he probably quit trying". Ooops. Late night surfing. It's great.

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