This command converts polylines into special lines by adding the
appropriate symbol onto the polyline, such as railroad, hedge,
stonewall or telephone lines. Carlson has defined several line
types as shown below. You can create custom lines by selecting the
Other '?' which then prompts you for the text label to
use. The size and spacing are set by the Spacing
Scaler and Symbol Size
Scaler settings. For some of the linetypes, this
routine breaks the polyline using the Gap Size Scaler in
order to fit in the symbol. Broken polylines cannot be used by the
Area command, and are difficult to edit.
The Change Polyline Linetype command is another linetype
method that creates actual AutoCAD linetypes that are applied to
the selected entities.
Select Carlson Linetype dialog
Select the polyline(s) to convert.
Select objects: pick the polylines
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate > Line Types
Keyboard Command: pltype
Prerequisite: Polylines