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Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

(OP)
What rule of thumb should be used for setting linetype scales when using hidden, center, dashed, and phantom lines in AutoCAD?  For example, if I am drawing at a 1" = 10' scale, what linetype scale should I use for a dashed line?  Thank you for your responses.

RE: Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

Usually your ltscale should be set to the same as your drawing scale.  Some people prefer to set it to half of the drawing scale.

RE: Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

(OP)
So for a 1" = 10' drawing scale, I would set the linetype scale to 120?

RE: Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

Depends.   Does it look the way you'd like it?  It appears you're using an architectural (inch) units to suggest a LTSCALE of 120, if using a decimal scale you'd use something closer to 10.

If you are plotting from layout mode/paper space, you could use PSLTSCALE set to 1 and LTSCALE set to 1 (or less depending on preference).

RE: Rule of Thumb for Linetype Scales for Dashed Lines

Eric,

I typically use about 3/4 of my dimscale.  Dimscale = Drawing scale.

Zuccus

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