Graphics Programs Reference
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If you set
LTSCALE
to 24,
PSLTSCALE
to 0, and
MSLTSCALE
to 0, the dashes for the
DSAHED linetype assigned to the A-ROOF layer will plot ½
″
long. A big drawback
to this method is that your dashes will be only ½
″
long if you plot your drawing at a
scale of 1/2
″
= 1
′
-0
″
. Plotting your drawing at a scale of 1/4
″
= 1
′
-0
″
would translate
to the dashes in your drawing plotting ¼
″
long.
If you're confused by this method of calculating and setting the various
LTSCALE
variables; you're not alone. The method I'm going to show you next is both a little
easier and more modern than the first way I showed you. The following steps will
demonstrate how to put
LTSCALE
on Auto Pilot:
NOTE
the Imperial to Metric conversion is approximated.
1.
Make sure
06A-FPLAY6.dwg
is open.
2.
Enter
LTSCALE
↵
or
LTS
↵
.
The prompt in the command window says
Enter new linetype
scale factor <1.0000>:.
3.
Enter
1
↵
to set the linetype scale factor to 1.
Nothing changes quite yet, as the default value for
LTSCALE
is 1.
4.
Enter
PSLTSCALE
↵
. When prompted to
Enter new value for
PSLTSCALE:
, enter
1
↵
.
5.
Enter
MSLTSCALE
↵
. When prompted to
Enter new value for
MSLTSCALE:
, enter
1
↵
.
6.
Change the Annotation Scale of your drawing by clicking the Scale
drop-down on the status bar.
7.
Select 1/2
″
= 1
′
-0
″
from the list of scales, as shown in Figure 6.44.
If you aren't satisfied with the dash size, as illustrated in Figure 6.45,
change the Annotation Scale as you did in steps 6 and 7 above. An
advantage to this method is you can preview any scale (by changing
the Annotation Scale) without affecting any drawing sheets in your
project. Layout viewports have an Annotation Scale much like the
Annotation Scale property you just changed for model space.
With
LTSCALE
,
PSLTSCALE
, and
MSLTSCALE
each set to 1, AutoCAD will auto-
matically calculate the correct linetype scale based on the properties
of each individual view.
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