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dfarris75

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Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« on: December 19, 2008, 02:12:19 PM »
Either my brain isn't working well today or the program doesn't compute linetypes how I'm thinking it does. I'm trying to get a linetype that would be +10',  -30' and repeating as such. I do the code as follows:

*SKIP_10X30,10'x30' SKIPLINE _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _
A,10,-30

and all is well if my drawing is set to a scale of 1 and the ltscale is set to 1. The lines measure proper. But of course when I change the scale of the drawing or the ltscale the distances are whack. Please wake me up to what's wrong with the code.
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2008, 02:50:02 PM »
Quote from: rustysilo on December 19, 2008, 02:12:19 PM
Either my brain isn't working well today or the program doesn't compute linetypes how I'm thinking it does. I'm trying to get a linetype that would be +10',  -30' and repeating as such. I do the code as follows:

*SKIP_10X30,10'x30' SKIPLINE _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _
A,10,-30

and all is well if my drawing is set to a scale of 1 and the ltscale is set to 1. The lines measure proper. But of course when I change the scale of the drawing or the ltscale the distances are whack. Please wake me up to what's wrong with the code.

Technically your LTSCALE should always be set to 1 in MS any way, so what is the real question, and or how are you applying the line type scaling?
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dfarris75

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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2008, 03:56:01 PM »
Yes I always set my ltscale to 1. This sprouted when I changed the drawing scale and the linetype changed along with it making the linetype incorrect in regard to the lengths.
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2008, 04:01:01 PM »
Quote from: rustysilo on December 19, 2008, 03:56:01 PM
Yes I always set my ltscale to 1. This sprouted when I changed the drawing scale and the linetype changed along with it making the linetype incorrect in regard to the lengths.

I don't know I've just ran a couple of test here, and when I change the drawing scale with Drawing Settings my LTSCALE is unaffected.  So how or where are you changing yours that it does impact the ltscale?
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dfarris75

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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2008, 04:12:58 PM »
Did you do a regen after changing the scale???

I went to Toolspace > Settings > Rt clicky dwg > Edit Drawing Settings > Units and Zone tab > Scale (in upper rt corner)
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dfarris75

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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2008, 04:21:46 PM »
Weird it must be a dwg specific setting because it doesn't behave as such in another dwg.
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dfarris75

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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2008, 04:23:46 PM »
Here see if you get the same result with this file.
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2008, 04:48:48 PM »
Quote from: rustysilo on December 19, 2008, 04:12:58 PM
Did you do a regen after changing the scale???

I went to Toolspace > Settings > Rt clicky dwg > Edit Drawing Settings > Units and Zone tab > Scale (in upper rt corner)

I type LTSCALE and it was still set to 1, so I did not believe a regen would be in order....because LTSCALE was still set to 1 as before change to drawing scale...


The CULPRIT is your MSLTSCALE setting............. :evil:
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dfarris75

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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2008, 04:59:53 PM »
Man I was looking in the help file and didn't come across that one yet. I bashed my head against the wall a good while trying to figure it out. Thanks again!
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2008, 05:54:20 PM »
Quote from: mjfarrell on December 19, 2008, 04:48:48 PM
Quote from: rustysilo on December 19, 2008, 04:12:58 PM
Did you do a regen after changing the scale???

I went to Toolspace > Settings > Rt clicky dwg > Edit Drawing Settings > Units and Zone tab > Scale (in upper rt corner)

I type LTSCALE and it was still set to 1, so I did not believe a regen would be in order....because LTSCALE was still set to 1 as before change to drawing scale...


The CULPRIT is your MSLTSCALE setting............. :evil:

You beat me to it.
I've been bitten by that one too. I thought I was nuts...  :lol:
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2008, 07:25:54 PM »
Just an 'autocad' thing; but I don't know anything about that.  :wink:
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Re: Custom Linetypes and Scaling
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2008, 10:08:37 AM »
Quote from: CHulse on December 19, 2008, 05:54:20 PM
You beat me to it.
I've been bitten by that one too. I thought I was nuts...  :lol:

Indeed, I thought I was losing my mind there. Glad that's over.
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