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    Default Custom Complex Linetype: Silt Fence

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    Sorry if this is a repost, although I doubt it. Can't hurt.

    As part of our Confuse-a-CAD-Monkey policy, we change our standards on every project. We had a custom linetype for silt fence years ago, which looked something like this:

    Silt.jpg

    Unfortunately, every one of those pointy bits had to be drawn by hand, or at least copied, along an erratic border. I came up with a dynamic block (my first), but it was kinda clunky. Then we switched to a different linetype.

    Now we've switched back. I came up with a custom shape and put it in a complex linetype. If anyone wants it, here's the shape definition (in my.shp):

    *001,5,SILT
    018,011,01F,018,0

    Compile it as my.shx and put this in a .lin file.

    *SILTFENCE, silt fence -^--^--^--^-
    A,.25,[SILT,my.shx,s=.1],.25
    Last edited by CyberAngel; 26th Jul 2012 at 10:18 pm.
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