custom shape linetypes - eliminate points?

[clicker]

I created a custom linetype using the MKLTYPE command. It works great, but I end up with points (nodes) which appear at the start and end definition points. In other words, I have points before and after my shape, throughout the entir linetype. Is there anyway to eliminate these points?

[ReMark]

Could you post a sample of your custom linetype and indicate where the problem areas are? I'd like to see it. Thanks.

[clicker]

Could you post a sample of your custom linetype and indicate where the problem areas are? I'd like to see it. Thanks.

 

here it is remark. The arrow is the shape I created. I want to get rid of the points between the arrows.

[ReMark]

So the node was visible when you made the shape I'm assuming. Could you have created a very small wipeout to mask it and set the frame for "off"? Just speculating. To go back and do this now however means you would have to recreate the linetype. Is it really that annoying?

[clicker]

No, the shape is just 3 lines (the arrow). When the linetype is made (using the MKLTYPE command), you define two "start" and "end" points which establish the interval between repeating shapes. The problem Im having is that it seems that nodes are being attached to these "start" and "end" points. I'm trying to find a way to get rid of them...

[eldon]

It is all to do with how AutoCAD makes its linetypes. You must look at the linetype definition to see what is going on.

 

The first element of a line is the "pen down" command, so AutoCAD knows where the line starts. Even if this segment length is 0, there is still a dot on the screen, and that is what you are seeing. It is not a "point", as you would have found out if you had altered your PDMODE.

[ReMark]

That "point" will have to be masked then or you could make it invisible during the creation of the arrow using the Hide&Show.lsp routine I mentioned to someone else yesterday. The routine allows the user to make objects invisible by setting their visibility property to off.

[clicker]

got it. I've done some more research, and it seems that eliminating the point in acad linetypes is not possible. I did, however, solve the problem by placing the shape file at the very start of the linetype diefinition, so that the shape sits on top of the point when it is applied as a linetype.