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The format of the length and angle can be Preferences dialog. See “CAD Panel” on
specified in the CAD Defaults dialog. See page 122.
“CAD Defaults Dialog” on page 288.
Line Styles
Line length and angle indicators use the Text
Style assigned to the layer that their CAD A selection of line styles is available in the
object is on. See “Text Styles” on page 519. Library Browser which you can apply to both
CAD and architectural objects. See “The
Endcaps Library” on page 921.

Dashed lines often display endcaps, which If you do not see a line style that meets your
are dashes of a particular length. You can needs, you can create your own custom line
specify the Printed Length of endcaps in the styles.

Line Styles

The Line Styles library contains line styles 2. Click and drag in a 2D view to produce a
that be applied to objects individually in their CAD line with the selected style.
specification dialogs, by default in their You can also apply line styles to the Place
defaults dialogs, or by layer in the Layer
Display Options dialog. See “Line Style Library Object button. See “Place
Panel” on page 301 and “Layer Display Library Object Button” on page 941.
Options Dialog” on page 190.
Additional line styles can be imported into
If an object has a line style that includes text, the library.
that text will use the font and transparency
setting of the Text Style assigned to the layer To import line styles
that the object is on. See “Text Styles” on
page 519. 1. Locate a line style and copy its file to a
convenient location on your hard drive.
The MEP Toolbar Configuration These files have the extension .lin. Pre-
includes a selection of toolbar buttons that vious versions of Chief Architect used
access line styles from the library. the .dat format, which also works.
2. Select File> Import> Line Style Defi-
You can draw a line with a selected style
directly from the library. See “Line Tools” on nitions .
page 296. 3. Browse to the location where you saved
the .lin file.
To draw with a line style from the library
4. Click Open to add the line style to the
1. Select a line style in the selection pane library.
of the Library Browser. See “The
Library Browser” on page 922.

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