AutoCAD/jagged linetype

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Expert: - 9/1/2007


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hi im using acad 2004. i would like to use a "jagged" lintetype for the section of a rubble stone wall. does such a thing exist? (i'm sorry if you've already answered this question somewhere, i couldn't find the thread if you did...)

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Hopefully, when you installed AutoCAD 2004, you also installed EXPRESS TOOLS.  Assuming that you did, you can use the MKLTYPE function for creating a linetype.  You can't make this linetype with just lines.  You have first to make a SHAPE.  That's easy to do with EXPRESS TOOLS' MKSHAPE command.  Then you can use the shape to make a linetype with MKLTYPE.  
HINT:  The longer you make the shape, the longer each line segment will have to be in order for the shape to be realized.  If the line segment is too short, it will show as a continuous linetype.  

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