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Hidden Line Scale
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Hidden Line Scale

Hidden Line Scale

(OP)
Dear Folks;

Is there a way to adjust the line type scale for hidden lines in solidworks 2004?  The hidden lines in my 1:1 views are much too small.

Best Regards

Adrian Dunevein
aaadrafting.com

RE: Hidden Line Scale

You can't adjust the scale of a line. You can asjust the format and thickness only. You should put that in as an enhancement request. I have seen this question come up twice in the last week amd I know they put in an Enhancement request for it.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

FAQ731-376

RE: Hidden Line Scale

baugh is exactly correct. u can change hidden line lineweight only.

any way, if u want to change the scale of those hidden lines, first finish dimensions and  other title block details. then save as drg file format.
open this drawing in autocad. here u can change the scale of hidden lines easily.
for this use ltscale command in autocad.
this way only i'm doing for my components.
any comments? any other ways?

thanks,

regards,
Murugan. S
Design Engineer,
GlobalSoft Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi - INDIA
murugan_subham@yahoo.com

RE: Hidden Line Scale

(OP)
Thanks gentlemen;

These drawings are being converted to .dwg format and I am using ltscale, but I will submit an enhancement request because I would prefer to keep everything in solidworks drawing format as much as possible.

Copying to autocad only creates more work later due to conversion errors, tons of dimstyles and mismatched fonts. I dont want to be fixing up the acad files, that in itself opens up the possibility for more errors.

Again many thanks

Adrian Dunevein

RE: Hidden Line Scale

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Hi there Adrian,

Some time ago I asked about this, in SW2001+ the line types are based on ACAD ver 13, these can be found in the following file 'swlines.lin' located here:

Program Files\SolidWorks\lang\english\

I never got around to having a play, decided to just live with it.  But you might want to have a go altering some of the variables.  As always I would recomend backing up this file before you play.  Not sure if this will work or not.

Have fun

Dave

RE: Hidden Line Scale

Good tip Dave (djw2k3).
I played with the file you suggested & it works a treat.
I have copied the contents of "swlines.lin" below. The positive number is line length & negative number is space "length".
These cannot be changed on the fly though, SW has to be restarted before changes take effect. Hopefully SW will create a bigger variety of selectable lines in future versions.


;;
;; Based on AutoCAD Ver. 13.0's Line Styles Format
;;
;; A length/space of '1.0' is equivalent to .2 inches.
;;
*CONTINUOUS,Solid
A,12
*HIDDEN,Dashed
A,.25,-.125
*PHANTOM,Phantom
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25,.25,-.25
*CHAIN,Chain
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25
*CENTER,Center
A,3,-.25,.25,-.25
*STITCH,Stitch
A,0,-.125
*CHAIN_THICK,Thin/Thick Chain
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25
B,THICKENDS

RE: Hidden Line Scale

Oops, attached wrong file contents. the following shows some variations that I tried. Once the file is modified the new selections appear in the "Component Line Font" dialogue box when you RMB on a line in a drawing. (Deselect "Use document defaults")

;;
;; Based on AutoCAD Ver. 13.0's Line Styles Format
;;
;; A length/space of '1.0' is equivalent to .2 inches.
;;
*CONTINUOUS,Solid
A,12
*HIDDEN,Dashedx4
A,1.0,-.5
*HIDDEN,Dashedx3
A,.75,-.375
*HIDDEN,Dashedx2
A,.5,-.25
*HIDDEN,Dashed
A,.25,-.125
*PHANTOM,Phantom
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25,.25,-.25
*CHAIN,Chain
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25
*CENTER,Center
A,3,-.25,.25,-.25
*STITCH,Stitch
A,0,-.125
*CHAIN_THICK,Thin/Thick Chain
A,1.25,-.25,.25,-.25
B,THICKENDS

RE: Hidden Line Scale

Someone should consider creating a FAQ for this, as this is very nice to know.

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RE: Hidden Line Scale

great ! it is working nicely.
thanks
       djw2k3 and  CorBlimeyLimey .
regards,
Murugan. S
Design Engineer,
GlobalSoft Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi - INDIA
murugan_subham@yahoo.com

      

RE: Hidden Line Scale

Hi Scott,

Yes, I did. Please check out FAQ559-863.

Regards,
 

RE: Hidden Line Scale

(OP)
Dear Folks;

Many thanks and pats on the back to everyone who helped with this little problem. Please send in your suggestions to solidworks too !

Now I know I'm giving myself scaled hidden lines for christmas !

Many many thanks

Adrian Dunevein
aaadrafting.com

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