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Overview of Lineweights
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To assign width to polylines

  1. Click Draw menu Polyline.At the Command prompt, enter pline.
  2. Specify the start point for the first segment in the polyline.
  3. Enter w (width).
  4. Enter a value for the width at the start of the line segment.
  5. Enter a value for the width at the end of the line segment.
  6. Specify the endpoint of the first segment of the polyline.
  7. Enter w to specify different widths for the next segment, or press ENTER to end the command.
 Toolbar: Draw 
 Command entry: PLINE