Expert: Paul Jordan - 1/8/2009

Question
QUESTION: we have used customised line types in autocad lt 2004 but since we have changed over to autocad lt 2008 they dont seem to work can you help us.

ANSWER: A little more information is needed here Wendy.  What do you mean when you say it's not working??

Have you replaced your 2008 acad.lin file with your old 2004 acad.lin file that has your custom linetypes in it or are you using a different .lin file and pointing to that??  

When you go to load a custom linetype, is it available in the linetypes dialog box?  If not, that means you're not looking in the correct file for your linetypes.  

Let me know as much as you can on what's happening so I can better troubleshoot it for you.

Paul

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QUESTION: how do i create a line type in 2008
ie --- lv--- lv--- lv
as seen above

Answer
Here are a couple of custom linetypes.  See if you can make yours work using the examples I've provided.

*HOT_WATER_SUPPLY,Hot water supply ---- HW ---- HW ---- HW ----
A,.5,-.2,["HW",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2

*GAS_LINE,Gas line ----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS--
A,.5,-.2,["GAS",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2


the part in the brackets is where you actually place your "lv" text.  The STANDARD is the text style it uses, you can change this to something else if you like.  The 4 variables after the style are the actual placement of the text in the line.

Hope that helps.

Paul