MLine

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Draws MultiLine entities


Command: MLine


Current settings: Justification = Top, Scale = 20.0000, STyle = STANDARD

Specify start point or [Justification/Scale/STyle]:


Start Point


Enter the start point of the multiline.

After the start point has been specified, the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point:

to specify the second point of the multiline.


If the multiline has 2 point vertex points, the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point or [Undo]:


If the multiline has more than 3 vertex points (in other words, at least 2 segments), the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point or [Undo/Close]:


Undo


Undoes the last vertex of the multiline, and displays a new prompt, depending of multiline vertex number.

Close


Joins the last multiline vertex with the first vertex to create a closed multiline.


Justification


Specify the "vertical" orientation of the multiline. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter justification type [Top/Zero/Bottom] <Top>:

Top


Orients the multiline in a way that the line element with most positive offset is drawn between the vertex points.


Zero


Orients the multiline in a way that the (real or imaginary) line element with offset 0.0 is drawn between the vertex points.


Bottom


Orients the multiline in a way that the line element with most negative offset is drawn between the vertex points.


The offset value for each multiline element can be defined in Multiline Style dialog.


Scale


Specify the multiline scale. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter MLine scale <20.0000>:


This scale factor is directly applied to offset values of each multiline element.

A negative scale factor will "invert" or flip the sequence of multiline elements.


The offset value for each multiline element can be defined in Multiline Style dialog.


Style


Specify the multiline style to be used for the multiline. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter MLine style name or [?]:


You can enter the name of an already loaded multiline style, or enter ? to get a list of all loaded multiline styles.

The multiline style will become the active style (system variable CMLSTYLE).


Multiline styles can be defined and loaded with Multiline Style command.