Multiline Styles

       Ribbon: Draw – Draw >  MultiLine Style

       Menu: Format –  Mline Styles

 Command line: MLSTYLE

In Multiline Styles dialog you can create, edit, save and load styles.

Multiline style defines number of elements and their properties. To create multiline style you should create items and define their properties.

In the bottom part of the dialog there are preview area and buttons to zoom in and zoom out. Also, you can use mouse wheel to zoom:

 Zoom in;

 Zoom out;

 Zoom 1:1.

Options:

Buttons

To create multiline style:

Multiline style contains these parameters:

·         number of elements and their position;

·         offset from center line for each element;

·         linetype and color for each element;

·         joints for each multiline vertex;

·         type of used end caps;

·         color for multiline filling.

Elements with positive offsets are plased on the one side from center line, elements with negative offsets - on the other side.

1.      Start Mline Styles command.

2.      In Multiline Styles select desired style and click button  New. New style with default name MlineSyleN, where N – ordinal number starting from 1. will appear. All settings will be based on selected style.

3.      Click button  Edit to start editing created style.

4.      Set desired parameters and click OK.

Options:

Save Multiline Styles

Multiline Styles can be saved to *.mln file.

1.      In the Multiline Styles dialog click  Save button.

2.      In Save Multiline Styles dialog select styles. Click OK.

3.      Specify the file name and path.

Load Multiline Styles

1.      In the Multiline Styles dialog click  Load button.

2.      Specify the file name and path.

3.      In Load multiline style dialog select styles to load in the current document. Click OK.