ACADuser Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 In CAD detail I have imported my CAD survey. All linetypes are changed to solid or contentious. I want to restore some of them. One has a 60" dash & 20" space. How does one create this? Also made a fence linetype with WF text but want the text to display 15" height and 40" dash. The file is attached, rather large, with the layout included. PS I hate that zooming scaled text & dimensions! Guess I will have to keep "Display line weights" ON. Coachman.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Alan, Have you set the drawing scale correctly for that CAD Detail under "Drawing Sheet Setup"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 there is a Making Custom Line Style tutorial in the KB https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01019/creating-a-custom-line-style.html and perhaps try turning on Print Preview mode (Alt+F2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 15 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said: Alan, Have you set the drawing scale correctly for that CAD Detail under "Drawing Sheet Setup"? I set it to 1 to 1 scale in the CAD detail and (1=1/100mm) but I thought the Layout "Drawing Sheet Setup" controlled. Selecting the Layout Box of which is the CAD Detail the Scale is 1"=10' and Use Layout Linescale is checked. So what controls the final text size in a linestyle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks Mick, Preview mode is ON I guess I'm struggling with what controls the Line Style parts scale (dash, space, text multiplier) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 hour ago, ACADuser said: I set it to 1 to 1 scale in the CAD detail and (1=1/100mm) but I thought the Layout "Drawing Sheet Setup" controlled. Selecting the Layout Box of which is the CAD Detail the Scale is 1"=10' and Use Layout Linescale is checked. So what controls the final text size in a linestyle? This is likely your problem. Set the CAD detail to the correct scale. (Maybe 1/16" = 1', or whatever). Lineweights and linescales are determined by this. BTW, you can have a different drawing scale for each CAD detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 OK so I am drawing in the CAD detail @ 1=1 but the layout box when inserted into a layout sheet is 1"=10' So I set the CAD Detail scale at 1"=10' . Using Chief line styles with text, small version, they look correct. Text is 84" tall in cad detail MOL I revised my line definition to 1"/120" or 84"/120 = 0.7" tall. But when I revise the line in CAD detail to get my revised line definition from the catalog it does not change. Does that mean the original definition I set the line to is locked into the drawing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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