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## MLine

Draws MultiLine entities

| Command: MLine
| Current settings: Justification = Top, Scale = 20.0000, STyle = STANDARD Specify start point or [Justification/Scale/STyle]:

Start Point

Enter the start point of the multiline.

After the start point has been specified, the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point:

to specify the second point of the multiline.

If the multiline has 2 point vertex points, the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point or [Undo]:

If the multiline has more than 3 vertex points (in other words, at least 2 segments), the prompt message changes into :

Specify next point or [Undo/Close]:

Undo

Undoes the last vertex of the multiline, and displays a new prompt, depending of multiline vertex number.

Close

Joins the last multiline vertex with the first vertex to create a closed multiline.

Justification

Specify the "vertical" orientation of the multiline. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter justification type [Top/Zero/Bottom] <Top>:

Top

Orients the multiline in a way that the line element with most positive offset is drawn between the vertex points.

Zero

Orients the multiline in a way that the (real or imaginary) line element with offset 0.0 is drawn between the vertex points.

Bottom

Orients the multiline in a way that the line element with most negative offset is drawn between the vertex points.

The offset value for each multiline element can be defined in Multiline Style dialog.

Scale

Specify the multiline scale. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter MLine scale <20.0000>:

This scale factor is directly applied to offset values of each multiline element.

A negative scale factor will "invert" or flip the sequence of multiline elements.

The offset value for each multiline element can be defined in Multiline Style dialog.

Style

Specify the multiline style to be used for the multiline. A new prompt message is displayed :

Enter MLine style name or [?]:

You can enter the name of an already loaded multiline style, or enter ? to get a list of all loaded multiline styles.

The multiline style will become the active style (system variable CMLSTYLE).

Multiline styles can be defined and loaded with Multiline Style command.

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