How to edit, create and manipulate acadiso.lin

[MichaelH27]

Brand new virgin to this writing and editing code for the .lin file

 

From what I gather the .lin file is a simple word file created in note pad. Saved as .lin, so cad can read it.

 

Bunch of questions as to what all these symbols mean...

 

1. ;; is placed before and after personal notes, text, anything you don't want cad to recognize?

 

2. * means....?

 

3. BORDER,Border BORDER is what you name the linetype and Border is what will show up for the description in the linetype? what does the comma represent?

 

4. __ __ . __ __ is a general represntation of what you want the linetype to look like?

 

5. enter.... means?

 

6. A, .....means?

 

7. ( ) "space" means?

 

8. 12.7, -6.35, 12.7, -6.35, 0, -6.35.... I understand these are co-ords for either text or beginning and ends of lines.... which is what? what number represents what?

 

9. Is there any place on google that will allow me to quickly learn this language? What type of coding is this called?

 

Thanks,

Fat Mike,

[rkent]

These are the first few paragraphs from AutoCAD help file, I would look there.

 

Each linetype is defined on two lines in a linetype definition file. The first line contains the linetype name and an optional description. The second line is the code that defines the actual linetype pattern.

 

The second line must begin with the letter A (alignment), followed by a list of pattern descriptors that define pen-up lengths (spaces), pen-down lengths (dashes), and dots. You can include comments in an LIN file by beginning the line with a semicolon (.