basty Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Well, there's your problem. AutoCAD is using the original linetype definition file. Close out AutoCAD completely then open it up and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basty Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 It still doesn't work after restarting my AutoCAD 2014.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Are you using metric units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basty Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 How do I know if I am using a metric units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Your answers and actions seem to me to show that you do not have a lot of experience with AutoCAD. And yet you want to make a custom linetype by overwriting an existing linetype! i think that I cannot help you at this stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basty Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) Do you mean I'm not allowed to overwrite the acad.lin file? How about make a copy of it and edit it using Notepad then rename the file and load it in my AutoCAD 2014? I have a backup file before I edit the original acad.lin using Notepad. Edited November 25, 2023 by basty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basty Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 OK, now it works. Thanks. The reason of why it doesn't works is because I edit the acad.lin in the wrong location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Well done for tracking down the file that is in use. My point about overwriting the linetype is that the lines in this file are universal to AutoCAD. By altering the linetype definition for your computer, if anyone else opens your drawing on another machine, then your linetype would not show as you intend it to. For universal use, it is proper, when writing a new linetype definition, to name the linetype something unique, like Equal-dash then every else will see your linetype instead of seeing the default one. It is only a matter of copying a couple of lines, inserting them and then altering them as required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basty Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 Does anyone know what is mean by Global Scale Factor and Current Object Scale and what 0.1000 and 1.0000 mean like below pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Have you not got the Help section of AutuCAD? Your questions would all be answered there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 The idea in my post wat that you make a CUSTOM.LIN file and read your linetype from there. Just save what I posted to notepad and save as custom.lin, do LINETYPE and select that file you can load 1 or all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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