ALLI Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Good morning all, I am trying to create a linetype that uses a polyline/block to create a series of thicker arrows. I have written: *DIVERSION,DIVERSION DRAIN -----> -----> A,.982117,-.256835,[DIVERSION,DIVERSION.SHX,X=0,S=.25].977201 But it does not seem to work just comes out as a series of dashes. I have attached a few things that may help. Cheers Allison DIVERSION.lin DIVERSION.shp DIVERSION.shx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Did you try changing the LTSCALE setting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 17 hours ago, ALLI said: Good morning all, I am trying to create a linetype that uses a polyline/block to create a series of thicker arrows. I have written: *DIVERSION,DIVERSION DRAIN -----> -----> A,.982117,-.256835,[DIVERSION,DIVERSION.SHX,X=0,S=.25].977201 But it does not seem to work just comes out as a series of dashes. This linetype is using a shape, and if you draw a polyline, then the shape will stay the same thickness whilst the polyline is made thicker (see second picture below). Your first problem is that the linetype definition file is not the same as the definition you quoted. Your DIVERSION.LIN is: *DIVERSION,Dirversion -----> -----> A,.004916,-.256835,.982118 There is no shape in it, and it would draw as a series of dashes (picture one below). If you had the linetype file as you wanted *DIVERSION,DIVERSION DRAIN -----> -----> A,.982117,-.256835,[DIVERSION,DIVERSION.SHX,X=0,S=.25],.977201 Note that there is a comma after the close square bracket, then that plots as picture 2 below. The DIVERSION shape is about 14.7 units long, so the shape in the linetype is 3.7 units long. The shape overlaps itself because of your spacing. So you have not achieved your objective. You should also note that with curved lines, the shape stays as an entity and does not curve with the arc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Maybe experiment with the > text symbol. *SUBSOIL_DRAIN_RIGHT,Subsoil drain right ---->---->---->---->---->---->-- A,40,-5.08,[">",STANDARD,S=1.8,R=0.0,X=-1.8,Y=-.9],-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Whenever possible using the shapes installed with AutoCAD eliminates the need to keep track of them. *Arrow,Arrow -> -> -> -> -> -> S,.0001,-.5,1,[TRACK1,ltypeshp,r=80,s=.2,x=0,y=.035],-0.0,[TRACK1,ltypeshp,r=-80,s=.2,x=0,y=-.035],.2,-3,.0001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLI Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks everyone, I thin k I have found a solution, by using a different linetype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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