I cannot find where or how to change the annotation on ploylines to special lines. If for example I want to use the linetype for an eletric line making a selection from the pulldown provides different results depending upon which menu item I select. The letter E comes in at .1, or 10.
thanks for your help
You would be better off using the change polyline pull down, you can use the usedef (the one with a "?") selection and use whatever letters you want . The line will stay a polyline and you can adjust the size by changing the linetype scale after . or you can adjust it by the settings first when you select userdef. If the polyline does not look good set the linetype generation to enable and it will even out all the letters if you have many vertices in the polyline.
Also if you use certian lines all the time make a base drawing with the lines created and you will not have to select them each time.
It also uses the standard text style and the text height should be set to 0 or your lines will get weird sizes.
Annotate> Line types> Change Polyline Linetype
Why don't you just make a custom linetype?
*X_Electric,--- E --- E ---
A,0.02,-.05,0.2,-.05,0.02,-.1,[E,romans,S=0.08,R=0,X=0,Y=-.04],-0.2,0.02,-.05
Or wait for a comment from somebody who uses custom linetypes in carlson.
*SEWER3,SEWER3 ---- S ---- S ---- S ----
A,1,-.2,[S,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*TELE1,TELE1 ---- T ---- T ---- T ----
A,1,-.2,[T,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*GAS1,GAS1 ---- G ---- G ---- G ----
A,1,-.2,[G,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*ELEC,ELEC1 ---- E ---- E ---- E ----
A,1,-.2,[E,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*STEAM,STEAM ---- = ---- = ---- = ----
A,1,-.2,[=,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*WATER1,W ---- W ---- W ---- W ----
A,1,-.2,[W,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*FOC1,FOC1 ---- FOC ---- FOC ---- FOC ----
A,1,-.2,[FOC,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*POWER1,POWER1 ---- OHW ---- OHW ---- OHW ----
A,1,-.2,[OHW,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.5
*RW1,RW ---- R/W ---- R/W ---- R/W ----
A,1,-.2,[R/W,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.4
*PROP,PL ---- P/L ---- P/L ---- P/L ----
A,.25,-.2,[P/L,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.4
*WET,WET ---- ^ ---- ^ ---- ^ ----
A,1,-.2,[W/L,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.4
*100YR,1 ---- 100YR ---- 100YR ---- YR ----
A,1.5,-.2,[100YR,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.7
*FENCE1,FENCE1 ---- X ---- X ---- X ----
A,.5,-.2,[X,STANDARD,S=.15,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*SWAMP,SWAMP ---- X ---- X ---- X ----
A,.3,-.2,[^,STANDARD,S=.2,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
*STORM,STORM ---- = ---- = ---- = ----
A,.001,-.1,[=,STANDARD,S=.2,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.1],-.1
Cut and paste this into a file called YOURLINES.LIN and then type linetype load them into your drawing change as you like.
There was some discussion on custom lines a while back in the [msg=117288]Backing up Carlson settings for OS upgrade[/msg] thread. Larry P has also written some [msg=117293]content on custom lines[/msg].
Perhaps these topics might help?