Custom linetype with "C" in it, representing a circle

[voineavlad]

Hello!
I'm trying to create a line with a circle in it. In fact it's half a circle.
It looks something like this _______C_______C_______.
The "C" stands for the circle.
The lines must start from the center of the semicircle on the left and end on the middle of the semicircle on the right.
Any ideas will help, as I don't have any.

[rkmcswain]

What version of AutoCAD are you using?

If a recent release, look at the MKSHAPE and MKLTYPE commands. The linetype you want will require using a shape.

All the information you need to manually create linetypes can be found in the customization guide included with AutoCAD.

Here are some links to more detailed help:

http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/bl...utocad_co.html
http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/....jsp?id=100844

If all that seems a bit much, take a look at: http://www.autodsys.com/autoline.html for some ready made solutions.

If you hang around a bit, I bet some more helpful links will be posted too.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

For some additional information on Custom Linetypes, try THIS post.

Plus, try plugging the following search criteria into the forum search facility ( hint - maybe limit your search to this actual forum ie AutoCAD Customization )...

Key Word(s): Custom + *Linetype*

Have a good one, Mike

[tedg]

Hello!
I'm trying to create a line with a circle in it. In fact it's half a circle.
It looks something like this _______C_______C_______.
The "C" stands for the circle.
The lines must start from the center of the semicircle on the left and end on the middle of the semicircle on the right.
Any ideas will help, as I don't have any.

I know there are newer, fancier ways to do this but,
here's the linetype you asked for.
Using the code from the acad.lin file you can manipulate and create new linetypes.
The problem is if it's for an office-wide use, everyone will need this.
You can copy and paste this in your acad.lin file and you can load it like any linetype.

*CIRCLE_LINE,Circle line ---- C ---- C ---- C ----
A,.5,-.18,["C",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.08

Ted

[tedg]

This is only a linetype using the letter "C".
But if you need actual geometry like a half circle this probably won't help.

I think it can be manipulated so the line come from the center of the circle, I'll check it out and get back to you.

Ted

[tedg]

This is only a linetype using the letter "C".
But if you need actual geometry like a half circle this probably won't help.

I think it can be manipulated so the line come from the center of the circle, I'll check it out and get back to you.

Ted

Ok, this may not be what your looking for but I thought I'd post it anyway.
It's the linetype code I posted before, but the left line touches the left of the "C" and 'starts' at the opening of the "C". If you had a font that the "C" was more like a semicircle, you could create a text style for it and change the "standard" in the code to "your-style-name". Or you could assign that font to textstyle "standard".

*CIRCLE_LINE,Circle line ---- C ---- C ---- C ----
A,.2,-.09,["C",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],.10

..or maybe i just made it more complicated than it needs to be..
anywho,

good luck.

Ted

[rkmcswain]

Keep in mind whenever you use complex linetypes defined with styles, that the style must exist, the fixed text height must be 0 (zero), and the font must be known. Any changes to these items and you will get unexpected results.

[tedg]

Keep in mind whenever you use complex linetypes defined with styles, that the style must exist, the fixed text height must be 0 (zero), and the font must be known. Any changes to these items and you will get unexpected results.

Good point.
You would need to make sure the text style is looking for a font everyone would have or is in your company standards, and that it's height is set to zero.

When playing with this code I had "romans.shx" assigned to the style "standard" (acad default style) and the height is at zero.

Anything about the style will show up on the linetype: oblique, upside down, etc.

[voineavlad]

Thanks a lot guys.

I'm still trying to get it to work.
I also have some "little" problems as I'm working on 2007 LT.

Vlad

[intergrupocr]

Hello!
I'm trying to create a line with a circle in it. In fact it's half a circle.
It looks something like this _______C_______C_______.
The "C" stands for the circle.
The lines must start from the center of the semicircle on the left and end on the middle of the semicircle on the right.
Any ideas will help, as I don't have any.

As rkmcswain said, you can make your own line type, first make a shape with MKSHAPE of your circle, then, draw a portion of your desired line and use MKLTYPE.

Attached you can find a little example.

Feel free to comment!!

Regards!!