Steps to draw dashed lines in AutoCAD

1. Add dashed lines with Layer Manager

Step 1: You enter the command la => Enter to open the Layer manager dialog box.

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Step 2: Double-click Continuous in the Linetype section.

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Next, you click Load.

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Step 3: You choose the dotted line pattern (1) => OK (2).

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Step 4: You click OK (1) => click on the X (2) to close the Layer Manager window.

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2. Draw dashed lines with Properties panel

First, you need to check if your Properties panel is already visible. If you do not see the Properties panel, right-click on the panel (1) => panel (2) => tick Properties (3).

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2.1. Draw dashed lines Vẽ

You click on the line to create a dashed line (1) => touch the arrow in the Properties panel (2) => You click on Linetype (3) => select the dashed pattern (4) just set up.

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After the operation is complete, the line will change to the dashed line as shown below.

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2.2. Adjust the dash size

Step 1: Click on the image, the line (1) needs to be changed => Properties (2) => Linetype (3) => Other (4).

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Step 2: Click Show details.

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Next, you change the parameters Global scale factor and Current object scale (1) => OK (2).

Note: The higher the index (greater than 1,0000), the thinner and fewer the dashed lines, and the lower the index (0.1, 0.2…), the more dashed lines are.

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Once done, your dashed line will change like the example below.

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3. Create a dash with the Properties dialog box (shortcut Ctrl + 1)

After adding the dashed line on the Layer Manager, you can quickly display the Properties dialog box with the shortcut Ctrl + 1. How to do it as follows:

Step 1: You click on the object (1) and press Ctrl + 1 to open the Properties dialog box. Next, click on Linetype (2) => select the dashed line pattern (3).

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Step 2: You set the dashed line parameters in Linetype scale (1) => click on X (2) to exit.

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After the setting is complete, the object is converted from solid to dashed lines as shown below.

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With the instructions in the article, you can create dashes in Cad easily and quickly. Good luck!

Jessica Tanner

Update 16 July 2021