LineStyleSelect | Altium Designer 17.1 User Manual

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Created: July 27, 2015 | Updated: April 11, 2017

Now reading version 17.1. For the latest, read: LineStyleSelect for version 21

Applies to Altium Designer versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1

Parent page: Schematic Commands

The following pre-packaged resources, derived from this base command, are available:

Select Solid Line Style

Applied Parameters: _Value_=Solid

Summary

This command is used to change the line style for the selected design object to Solid, where applicable.

Access

This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by clicking the button on the Line Style drop-down () of the Formatting toolbar.

Use

First, ensure that the object whose line style you wish to change, is selected in the main design workspace.

After launching the command, the object's line style will be set to Solid, changing graphically in the workspace.

Tips

This feature will only be available if applicable to the currently selected object. That is, it has a Line Style property. Only Blanket and Polyline objects have this property.
You can select multiple objects to have their Line Style changed using this feature.

Select Dashed Line Style

Applied Parameters: _Value_=Dashed

Summary

This command is used to change the line style for the selected design object to Dashed, where applicable.

Access

This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by clicking the button on the Line Style drop-down () of the Formatting toolbar.

Use

First, ensure that the object whose line style you wish to change, is selected in the main design workspace.

After launching the command, the object's line style will be set to Dashed, changing graphically in the workspace.

Tips

This feature will only be available if applicable to the currently selected object. That is, it has a Line Style property. Only Blanket and Polyline objects have this property.
You can select multiple objects to have their Line Style changed using this feature.

Select Dotted Line Style

Applied Parameters: _Value_=Dotted

Summary

This command is used to change the line style for the selected design object to Dotted, where applicable.

Access

This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by clicking the button on the Line Style drop-down () of the Formatting toolbar.

Use

First, ensure that the object whose line style you wish to change, is selected in the main design workspace.

After launching the command, the object's line style will be set to Dotted, changing graphically in the workspace.

Tips

This feature will only be available if applicable to the currently selected object. That is, it has a Line Style property. Only Blanket and Polyline objects have this property.
You can select multiple objects to have their Line Style changed using this feature.

Select Dash-Dotted Line Style

Applied Parameters: _Value_=Dash dotted

Summary

This command is used to change the line style for the selected design object to Dash-Dotted, where applicable.

Access

This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by clicking the button on the Line Style drop-down () of the Formatting toolbar.

Use

First, ensure that the object whose line style you wish to change, is selected in the main design workspace.

After launching the command, the object's line style will be set to Dash-Dotted, changing graphically in the workspace.

Tips

This feature will only be available if applicable to the currently selected object. That is, it has a Line Style property. Only Blanket and Polyline objects have this property.
You can select multiple objects to have their Line Style changed using this feature.
The Dash-Dotted line style enables designs to meet GOST requirements. GOST stipulates the use of the dash-dotted line style when drawing a device on a schematic sheet (on the board it’s used to show a holes’ center line).

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