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I can't get my centerlines to look good 3

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evolDiesel

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Feb 29, 2008
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How do you get centerlines on a SolidWorks drawing to simply have a LONG-short-LONG piece, and that's it!?? (not keep repeating).

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Is there any easy way to get them to look right? Thanks.

Jack Lapham, CSWP
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SnowCrash said:
Grab the end and move it?

Then I end up with LONG-short-LONG-short-LONG-short-LONG. I just want a slightly more stretched out LONG-short-LONG.

Jack Lapham, CSWP
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Dell M6400 Covet (24 Season 8, Ep 22)
Intel Core 2 Duo T9800, 2.93GHz, 1066MHZ 6M L2 Cache
8.0GB, DDR3-1066 SDRAM, 2 DIMM
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SolidWorks 2012 sp3 x64 & EPDM sp2
 
I've been doing this for a LONG time and in my opinion any centerline over a certain length should repeat the long-short-long sequence, as shown at the top. I see nothing wrong with that at all.
 
The repeat pattern of a centreline should be consistent, otherwise it would be classed as a different type of line.

However, custom line patterns can be created at Tools > Options > Document Properties > Line Style
 
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