I tend to Post about whatever I am passionate about,
Today I was Inspired to draw this Icon representation of the ISO Line types…
I tend to Post about whatever I am passionate about,
Today I was Inspired to draw this Icon representation of the ISO Line types…

There are four Autocad variables that govern line type scaling. It might seem a little confusing, so hang tight while we run through them…

What do the British Technical drawing standards recommend for coloured lines on your drawings?
The advantage of using the British standard is that the line type definitions have largely been coordinated in their meanings across the Industries. Putting the Line types, Line weights and Line type scales together, we get the following Line type Definitions to use in our drawings. I have amalgamated the definitions from the engineering drawing supplement and the…

The British Standard for technical drawing defines the size of the dots, dashes and spaces that make up a line type in relation to the thickness of the line. So, the heavier the line weight the greater the spacing. BS 8888:2008 Technical product specification. BS EN ISO 128-20:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic…
The British standards give us fifteen line types to use. Not all of them have a specific meaning - or at least they only have a meaning that is specific to the industry they are used in. You are not limited to these line types. You can define your own, but the British standards require…