"Plus sign" custom line

[GISdude]

Hi all,

I'm having problems just creating a + symbol line type. I can have four pluses come up, but then a line comes up between them. I want all + signs. No spaces or dashes.

 

Any tips on this?

I just need pluses. Super frustrating.

 

Thanks,

[eldon]

Something like this?

 

 

[GISdude]

Yes, but no dots between. Just the plus symbols.

[eldon]

The AutoCAD linetype definition HAS to have a line at the beginning of the definition. A dot is the smallest line possible.

[GISdude]

Ahhh...I see. Well, it is what it is. 

 

I appreciate the help on this eldon. Lemme give it a try.

[eldon]

If you have a TTF font in the TextStyle and adjust the position of the text, you can hide some of the dots.

 

 

[tombu]

and changing that A to an S gets rid of the lines at the ends.

*PlusPlus, + + + + +
S,0,-.35,["+",Arial,s=.333,x=-.377,y=-.164],-.65

If you keep all you linetype definition files in the same support folder as acad.lin they're a lot easier to access and reference without having to include paths. 

Using Lee Mac's Load Linetypes lisp create a macro like: 

^C^C^P(or NewStyle (load "NewStyle.lsp"))(NewStyle "Arial" "arial.ttf") (or LM:LoadLinetypes (load "LoadLinetypesV1-3.lsp"))(LM:LoadLinetypes '("PlusPlus") T) 

with this lisp to make sure you have the Arial text style in your drawing:

; Add New Text Style by Tom Beauford
(defun NewStyle (TxtStyle Font / acadApp acadDoc styles objStyle FType)
  (setq acadApp (vlax-get-Acad-object)
        acadDoc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadApp)
        styles (vla-get-textstyles acadDoc)
        objStyle (vla-add styles TxtStyle)
        FType (vl-filename-extension Font)
  )
  (if(= ".ttf" FType)(setq Font (strcat "C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\" Font)))
  (setq Font (findfile Font))
  (princ "\nFont = ")(princ Font)(princ)
  (vla-put-fontfile objStyle Font)
  (setvar 'textstyle TxtStyle)
  (princ)
)

Of course ronjonp's Make Linetype With Embedded Characters is still the quickest way to create Linetypes like these.