Linetypes

AutoCAD Linetype Object Property

In MicroStation, a line style is assigned as an entity attribute. Line styles 1 - 7 are the standard MicroStation line codes, with additional line styles available from the resource files lstyle.rsc and acadlstyle.rsc, located in the "\Workspace\System\Symb" directory.

To view the list of available line styles or change the line styles list, use the Change Element Attributes tool or the Element Information dialog box. To create custom modifications of the existing styles as well as new line styles, use the Line Style dialog boxes (Element > Line Style), and save the line styles to the resource file.

The scale of the standard line codes is based on screen units instead of drawing units to maintain proper scaling no matter what the zoom factor. To save a file to DWG format, a scale factor must be applied to convert to drawing units. This Line Code Scale setting is found on the Save As DWG/DXF Options dialog box. To set the global line style scale in MicroStation, use the ACTIVE LINESTYLESCALE key-in or Scale Factor field in the Line Styles dialog box (Element > Line Style > Custom).

For more information, see Line Styles.