Modifying 'dot' sizes

[sweiser]

Does anyone know of any way to modify the 'dot' that is used in line patterns? It is 5/256", but I need to use it at a scale where it looks more like a dash. Is there a parameter somewhere that lets you change the size of the dot?

[patricks]

Does anyone know of any way to modify the 'dot' that is used in line patterns? It is 5/256", but I need to use it at a scale where it looks more like a dash. Is there a parameter somewhere that lets you change the size of the dot?

Why not just make a line pattern with a dash in the length that you need?

[sweiser]

Why not just make a line pattern with a dash in the length that you need?

You can't make a dash that is smaller than a dot. I tried to do that first. And my dots look like dashes.

[D.Williams]

Just create a new line pattern with all dashes. You can define each dash as a different length.

[sweiser]

Okay, I now believe there is no way change the size of the dot, and you can't make a dash smaller than a dot, so the solution here is to change the logic of my fire rating notation.

[patricks]

There were some drafting patterns posted awhile back that work great for fire tape in walls. It's basically a hatch pattern of lines spaced extremely closed together for a distance, then a space, then 1, 2, or 3 short sections of lines depending on the fire rating you want.