lab Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for drawing a metal deck in section. Right now, it's a huge pain because I need to draw a pline and constantly add sections to it and trim it, etc. Ideally, it would be a simple linetype, but I have no idea how to do this or if it's even possible. Does anyone know? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 No takers yet? Hmmmmm. You're looking for a simple linetype of a metal deck in section? It doesn't have to meet a specific profile? Why not make a custom linetype yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 ReMark, Ideally, it would match the profile of a 1-1/2" steel deck...I can't seem to do that with a custom linetype. LAB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 What steps did you take to try and create your custom linetype? Did you try using the commands Make Shape and Make Linetype found under Tools in the Express pull-down menu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazardman Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 a linetype, i believe, is not the way to go because it is dependant on the ltscale--it drive me crazzy when i get drawings using a batt linetype becasue of the same problem ...if you change the ltscale so will your profile change scale to suit... what you can do is create a flute as a pline then array it for quite a long distance...then use the pedit command to join them all into a single continuous deck...then you can copy this around and trim it to suit... what i've aslo done in the past was to create a 4'-0" section and turned it inot a block...then i could array that, explode the last one for trimming or xclip the block... now there could be a lisp routine written to do all this with a user specified length but you'll have to ask the guru's here to help you with that and/or find one already made... and fortunately for me a routine is already built into ADT/Architecture to do this (but i don't think it's lisp) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks Hazardman...Good points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanveer Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) Such a useful thread I’ve been looking this topic everywhere! Edited August 25, 2010 by fuccaro Sorry Tanveer! You can not posts hiperlinks yet. Wait until your post counter shows 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 old topic, but dynamic block with stretch and array parameters works well for me. and Xclip, because my metal deck is a 3ft panel with seams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdbdesign Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Check this one: http://www.nyacad.com/AcadOfficeFiles/DeckForm2.png Home page: http://www.nyacad.com/AcadOffice.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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