Press enter again on the next prompt to skip adding any description. Now the command line will prompt you for the name of linetype, type CLINE, and press enter. I am using the desktop as the location and вЂњComplex lineвЂќ as the name. Now Specify a location where you want to save this linetype and give it a name. To start making linetype from this shape you need to start with MKLTYPE command. Now we have the shape clearly overlapping the existing drawing. On the next prompts of height and rotation angle simply press enter to accept the defaut values and exit the command. This will overlap the shape on existing geometry. The cursor will now have the shape, click on the midpoint of left line again as marked in the red circle in the image above. Type SHAPE and press enter, command line will prompt you to enter the name of shape which you want to insert, type CLT and press enter again. The CLT Shape file is now created and it can be used for making our linetype. Press enter and it will prompt you for a description, add the description which you want or press enter to skip this. I will use ATEXT as the name of linetype. Now the command line will prompt you to specify the name of linetype. In my case, I am selecting desktop as the location and naming it as Sample_Ltype. Specify a location where you want to save this custom linetype and give it a name. Now type MKLTYPE and press enter, Select linetype file window will show up. MKLTYPE doesnвЂ™t recognize Mtext hence we need to convert Mtext into text using explode command before using the command. By doing so we can convert a Mtext into simple Text or single line text. Select the text as well as arrow symbols then type X and press enter. For this, we will use MKLTYPE express tool.Д«ut before using this tool explode the text and arrow symbol. Our segment of linetype is ready and we can convert it into a linetype. After adding text and symbol make two lines of equal length as shown in the image 1. Now type A and repeat the process of adding theВ left pointing arrow symbol. Now select each of the other segments of the line you wish to join and press enter.Now right click in the text box and select Paste from the contextual menu, you can also use Ctrl + V to paste the character. Once this segment is converted it will ask what other PEDIT processes you would like to carry out - select join (to joint the pther segments to the line) The tool with then ask you to select your first line segment - which if drawn using the line tool will be a single line - it will then ask to convert this segment to a polyline as shown below - say Yes Press the Edit Polyline tool on the Modify group drop down as shown below (or type PEDIT on the command line) it requires that the lines must be connected ie snapped at their ends with no gaps Use the explode tool > end result > Convert Lines to Single PolyLINEД¬onverting a group of lines in a polyline is slightly more long winded than the reverse process.

Select the line the press the explode button on the ribbon - this will convert the line to a multi-segmented set of basic lines - each of which can be edited seperately. In order to convert an existing multisegmented polyline to a line.

Lines enable editing of small sections in slightly different maner to polylines. One of the most common is Polylines to Lines. When working in AutoCAD it is often needed to convert linetypes. Find out more about this and more by attending our Basic Essentials AutoCad training course.

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