CompuServe Messages

David: I can't tell for sure where you are putting the lines… in paper space or in model space… but, you can't have a linetype at two different scales in a drawing. Also, the length of the line makes a difference as to whether the line will appear dashed or not. This has to do with the way that AutoCAD creates linetypes. You need to develop different linetypes for different purposes at a uniform ltscale. We adopted the standard of using ltscale and dimscale to 'tune' our drawings to the plotted scale a long time ago and I have found this to be the best method available (thanks to Autodesk and AEC). A set of custom linetypes must go along with this scheme, however… especially if you mix different scales of drawings on the same sheet. See if you can get your hands on one of the AutoCAD books that deals with customizing AutoCAD and check out what they say about linetypes. They are pretty easy to create once you grasp the idea… C#