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MLSTYLE (Command)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Creates, modifies, and manages multiline styles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Displays the Multiline Style dialog box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A multiline style controls the number of elements (parallel lines) in a multiline and the properties of each element, including offset, color, and linetype. It also controls background fill and end caps. Multiline objects can contain 1 to 16 parallel elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiline Style Dialog Box<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creates, modifies, saves, and loads multiline styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Current Multiline Style<\/strong>: Displays the name of the current multiline style used for subsequently created multilines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Styles<\/strong>: Lists all multiline styles loaded in the drawing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Set Current<\/strong>: Sets the selected style as the current style for newly created multilines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • New<\/strong>: Opens the Create New Multiline Style dialog box to define a new style based on an existing one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Modify<\/strong>: Opens the Modify Multiline Style dialog box to edit the properties of the selected style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rename<\/strong>: Renames the selected style. The default STANDARD style cannot be renamed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Delete<\/strong>: Removes the selected style from the drawing. The STANDARD style, the current style, or a style currently in use cannot be deleted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Load<\/strong>: Loads multiline styles from an external multiline library (.mln) file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Save<\/strong>: Saves the selected style to a .mln file for reuse in other drawings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Note:<\/em> You cannot edit the element and multiline properties of a style that is already being used in the drawing. Modify it before drawing any multilines that reference the style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    New \/ Modify Multiline Style Dialog Box<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Sets the properties and elements for a new style, or changes them for an existing style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Description<\/strong>: Adds an optional description (up to 255 characters, including spaces) to the style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Caps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Controls the start and end caps of the multiline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Line<\/strong>: Draws a straight line across each end of the multiline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Outer Arc<\/strong>: Draws an arc connecting the outermost elements at each end.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Inner Arcs<\/strong>: Draws arcs between pairs of inner elements. If there is an odd number of elements, the center element is left unconnected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Angle<\/strong>: Specifies the angle of the start and end caps independently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Fill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Controls the background fill of the multiline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Fill On<\/strong>: Enables background fill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Fill Color<\/strong>: Sets the fill color. Choosing Select Color opens the color selection dialog box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Display Joints<\/strong>: Controls whether miter lines (joints) are displayed at each vertex of the multiline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Elements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Sets the properties of individual line elements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Elements list<\/strong>: Displays all elements in descending order of offset, along with their color and linetype.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Add<\/strong>: Adds a new element to the style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Delete<\/strong>: Removes the selected element from the style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Offset<\/strong>: Specifies the distance of the element from the center line of the multiline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Color<\/strong>: Sets the color of the selected element.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Linetype<\/strong>: Sets the linetype of the selected element.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Typical Use Cases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • Wall representation: Define a multiline style with two offset elements to draw walls of a specified thickness in one operation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Pipe or conduit layouts: Create styles with different colors and linetypes to distinguish water, electrical, or HVAC lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Road or railway plans: Use filled multilines with end caps to represent road beds or track sections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              MLSTYLE (Command) Creates, modifies, and manages multiline styles. Summary Displays the Multiline Style dialog box. A multiline style controls the number of elements (parallel lines) in a multiline and the properties of each element, including offset, color, and linetype. It also controls background fill and end caps. Multiline objects can contain 1 to 16 parallel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[57],"doc_tag":[82],"class_list":["post-394","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-create-linear-and-reference-geometry","doc_tag-mline"],"year_month":"2026-11","word_count":502,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"autodwg","author_nicename":"autodwg","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/author\/autodwg\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Create Linear and Reference Geometry","term_url":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/docs-category\/create-linear-and-reference-geometry\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Mline","term_url":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/docs-tag\/mline\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/394\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}