Arty Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Hi, I'm wondering why it is that lines only show linestyle if I explode them? If I just draw a single line the linestyle shows directly, but If I have an imported drawing (I mostly work with LisCAD projects that has been exported to AutoCAD) the lines consist of joined sections of shorter lines (as lines in the LisCAD drawing go from point to point and are not joined). When the file is exported to AutoCAD the lines seems to become a group and won't show the linestyles I choose for presentation unless I explode them and then apply a linestyle. Maybe I just answered my own question, anyhow... Any thoughts anyone?! Quote
MSasu Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 What linetype is currently attached on the entities that results from that "group" (I presume is a block in fact) explosion? If is ByBlock, then you may apply the linetype to the block itself and will be transfered to items inside - just pay attention that may affect other entities, too. Other approach will be to call the BEDIT command and apply the linetype inside block definition. Quote
CyberAngel Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 Is it possible that your line segments are part of a polyline? If so, you'll need to enable the Linetype Generation property for those polylines. Otherwise the linetype is applied to each segment individually and won't show up in the shorter segments. Quote
Arty Posted April 10, 2013 Author Posted April 10, 2013 MSasu: It doesn't seem to be a block... It says by layer in the property list and my line doesn't show in the block list when typing Bedit either... CyberAngel: No doesn't seem to be a polyline, but when exploded it appear just as you wrote, with the shorter part as continuous lines, not with applied linestyle. I also tried to find the Linetype Generation property via double click on the line, but I don't have the option for "Ltype gen" to choose from... I tried to find my acaddoc.lsp file via typing (findfile "accaddoc.lsp") in the command box but with no result. I looked through my library and the closest I got was to a acad2012doc.lsp file with no "plinegen" in it. Any other ideas peeps? Hmm... Quote
CyberAngel Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 No doesn't seem to be a polyline, but when exploded it appear just as you wrote, with the shorter part as continuous lines, not with applied linestyle. I also tried to find the Linetype Generation property via double click on the line, but I don't have the option for "Ltype gen" to choose from.. [emphasis mine] If those lines belong to a block or group or whatever, they may have had their linetype property overridden. There is a supplied linetype named Continuous. If someone replaced ByLayer or ByBlock (for example) with Continuous, that could explain why the linetype doesn't show. Find one of these compound objects (you use the term groups). Select it. Right click and select Properties, or check your Properties pane if it's already open. That will tell you exactly what type of object it is, and with that you'll know how to edit it. A block, for instance, you can edit with the Bedit command (as MSasu suggested). Quote
SLW210 Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 When you select the object>Right-Click and select Properties, what is in the description at the top? Quote
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