When you draw a multiline, you can use the STANDARD style, which has two elements, or specify a style that you created previously. You can also change the justification and scale of the multiline before you draw it.
Multiline justification determines which side of the cursor that the multiline is drawn, or whether it is centered on the cursor.
Multiline scale controls the overall width of the multiline using the current units. Multiline scale does not affect linetype scale. If you change the multiline scale, you might need to make equivalent changes to the linetype scale to prevent dots or dashes from being disproportionately sized.
Create Multiline Styles #
Options/Multiline Style…
You can create named styles for multilines to control the number of elements and the properties of each element. The properties of multilines include
- The total number of elements and position of each element
- The offset distance for each element from the middle of the multiline
- The color and linetype of each element
- The visibility of the lines, called joints, that appear at each vertex
- The type of end caps that are used
- The background fill color of the multiline
To draw a multiline #
- Click Draw menu » Multiline Or Command line enter MLine/ML
- To justify the multiline, enter j and select top, zero, or bottom justification.
- To change the scale of the multiline, enter s and enter a new scale. Now draw the multiline.
- Specify the starting point.
- Specify a second point.
- Specify additional points, or press ENTER. If you specify three or more points, you can enter c to close the multiline.
