About Multilines

Multilines are set of parallel lines, called elements.

When you draw multiline by default you get a set of tow lines in STANDARD style, however you can change style, justification, scale of multiline before drawing it.

Mulitiline justification decides from which side of the cursor line will start. It have three options, Top, Botto, and mid.

Multiline scale controls the distance between two lines or width between two lines using current units. There is no effect of linetype scale on multiline. If you make any changes in multiline scale you have to make equivalent changes in line type scale to prevent dots and dash to be placed proportionally.

Create Multiline styles:

You can create named styles for multilines to control the number of elements and the properties of each element. The properties of multilines include.

1.The total number of elements and position of each element.

Add elements.

2.The offset ditance for each element from the middle of multiline, Colour, line type for each element.

Elements with positive values are created at top and elements with negative value are created at bottom.

Offset colour linetype

3.Visibility of Joints that display at each vertex

Visibility of joints

4.Type of End caps

Types of caps

5.Background fill colour of multiline.

Background fill colour

Related Concepts:

Relates Task:

Related reference:

Commands for linear geometric objects.

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