Linetypes
Explode linetypes
Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 20:48I have seen a few people recently inquire about "exploding linetypes"...
If you have a non-continuous linetype and you want to "explode" it into its component parts, you can do this by using WMFOUT and WMFIN.
Linetypes on 3D Polylines
Submitted by rkmcswain on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 20:08In AutoCAD, you can assign a non-continuous linetype to a 3D polyline, but it will not display or plot.
If you need 3D polylines, and you need a non-continuous linetype, for example to represent the flowline of a ditch - there are a couple of workarounds. Both assume that you have assigned the correct linetype to your 3D polylines.
Inch mark in linetypes
Submitted by rkmcswain on Tue, 03/29/2005 - 06:12If you have ever tried making a custom linetype with inch symbol (") in the linetype definition, you know AutoCAD will complain, because it interprets this as an extra quote mark in the linetype string. Instead, use %%34 to represent the inch mark ("). See the following example:
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