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Creating linetype style in Intellicad (looking for linetype library)
I am a new intellicad user and I am setting up everything for F2F for my new employer. I think I have figured most of it out, but I am having issues finding the correct linetypes for standard land surveying. When I am in the field code library it looks like standard utility lines are available ( –E–, etc). Yet when I process it the line comes in as individual entities, like it was exploded. Each – and E are their own block. I am not sure why this is. And yet I cant find any information anywhere about how to make a linetype. I do not know the syntex for creating a line, nor the Intellicad have a “Make Linetype” command (this is the first AutoCAD command that I have not been able to find in Intellicad). So I am asking if anyone knows how to do this in Intellicad, or better yet, does anyone have a standard surveying Linetype Library I could use? Intellicad uses all the same file extensions, so it will read any AutoCAD Linetype library. Thanks
-JS
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In Texas we have used a specific linetype for Headright boundaries from like day one.
It is a line that has 3 short dash to every several inches of unbroken line.
My son used a utility in Carlson program to create me that linetype.
From what he said, it was possible to create most any type of line that your keyboard can create graphics.
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A few points:
- Intellicad by itself won’t do F2F, so it would be helpful to know what third party software you are using. I’m assuming it’s Carlson.
- I don’t think that you will find a “standard” linetype file for surveying. Having started my career in Houston, I hate the use of letters within linetypes, but can still tell you when looking at a City of Houston drawing what type of utility a line is by the number of dashes and the spacing of the dashes.
- Intellicad uses a .lin file for linetypes, the same as AutoCAD. Do a search for *.lin and you will find a file.
- It’s not that hard to write linetype definitions. If need be, I can walk you through it. If you are using Carlson, then you won’t need to do this, but it’s always nice to learn.
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