System-Defined Line Styles
- Last UpdatedApr 27, 2023
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A system-defined line style is specified by combining one of ten basic line patterns with one of three line widths.
The line-widths are:
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THIN |
PLOT and screen: single stroke line of minimum thickness. Other export formats: Width defined in system database, 0.25mm by default. |
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MEDIUM |
Width defined in system database, 0.35mm by default. |
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THICK |
Width defined in system database, 0.70mm by default. |
The width definitions for THIN, MEDIUM and THICK are held in the system database for the project. They can be modified by an administrator.
Thus for example:
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NLSTYLE LDASHED |
gives a long-dashed line of THIN width |
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FFSTYLE SOLID |
gives a solid line of THIN width |
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OBSTYLE DOTTEDMedium |
gives a dotted line of MEDIUM width |
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PLSTYLE DDOTTEDMedium |
gives a double-dotted line of MEDIUM width |
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CLSTYLE CHAINEDThick |
gives a chained line of THICK width |
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BFSTYLE DASHEDThick |
gives a dashed line of THICK width |
Note that for minimum thickness lines the qualifier THIN is omitted.
For historical reasons an alternative set of line patterns is provided.
These alternative line-patterns can be combined with widths named WIDE and XWIDE, thus for example:
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NLSTYLE DASHPattern |
gives an alternative dashed pattern of THIN width |
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OBSTYLE SHORTDASHWide |
gives a short-dashed line of MEDIUM width |
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BFSTYLE DASHDOTXWide |
gives a dash-dotted line of THICK width |
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FFSTYLE SOLIDXWIDE |
gives a solid line of THICK width |
Note:
That for consistency WIDE and XWIDE can be also used with the basic pattern SOLID.for
consistency WIDE and XWIDE can be also used with the basic pattern SOLID.