Adding a Linetype to a Drawing

Adding a Linetype to a Drawing
To see how linetypes work, you’ll add a dash-dot line in the bathroom plan to indicate a shower
curtain rod:
1. Open the Layers Properties Manager dialog box, and select All from the filter list.
2. Click New, and then type Pole to create a new layer called Pole.
TIP If you’re in a hurry, you can simultaneously load a linetype and assign it to a layer by using the
Layer command. In this exercise, you enter –Layer↵ at the Command prompt. Then, enter L↵,
dashdot↵, pole↵, and press ↵ to exit the Layer command.
3. In the Pole layer listing, under the Linetype column, click the word Continuous to open the
Select Linetype dialog box. To find the Linetype column, you may need to scroll the list to
the right by using the scroll bar at the bottom of the list.



WARNING The word Continuous truncates to Contin when the Linetype column is at its default
width and the Continuous option is selected.
4. The Select Linetype dialog box offers a list of linetypes to choose from. In a new file such as
the Bath file, only one linetype is available by default. You must load any additional linetype
you want to use. Click the Load button at the bottom of the dialog box to open the Load Or
Reload Linetypes dialog box. Notice that the list of linetype names is similar to the Layer
drop-down list. You can sort the names alphabetically or by description by clicking the Linetype
or Description heading at the top of the list.


5. In the Available Linetypes list, scroll down to locate the Dashdot linetype, click it, and then
click OK.
6. Notice that the Dashdot linetype is added to the linetypes available in the Select Linetype
dialog box.
7. Click Dashdot to highlight it; then, click OK. Dashdot appears in the Pole layer listing under
Linetype.
8. With the Pole layer still highlighted, click the Set Current button to make the Pole layer current.
9. Click OK to exit the Layer Properties Manager dialog box.
10. Turn off Running Osnap mode; then, draw a line across the opening of the tub area, from
coordinate 4´-4˝,1´-10˝ to coordinate 4´-4˝,6´-10˝. Metric users should draw a line from coordinate
133,56 to 133,208.