MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Multi-line Styles Dialog, End Caps and Joints Tab

Contains controls for specifying the appearance of the start cap, end cap or joint lines. Caps can have any or all of the available parts.





Start/end caps. Left to right: lines, outer arcs, inner arcs (odd number of inside lines), inner arcs (even number of inside lines).

Note: Right-clicking on the Title bar opens the Show/Hide Tools dialog, which allows you to turn display options on and off.
SettingDescription
Level Sets the level on which the selected cap or joint is placed.
MLINESTYLE SET LEVEL
Color Forces the start\end cap or joint to take the color from the attached segment. If the segments on either side of the cap are different colors, the cap or joint will be split with each half showing in the color of each side.
MLINESTYLE SET COLOR
Line Style Sets the type of line style (Standard, Custom, or By Level) of the selected component.
MLINESTYLE SET LINESTYLE
LS Scale If on, sets the scale factor applied to all displayable characteristics (dash length and width, point symbol size) of the Active Line Style.
MLINESTYLE SET LSSCALE
LS Width If on, sets the starting width, in master units, of each dash stroke (thereby modifying the widths specified for these strokes in the definition of the Active Line Style).
MLINESTYLE SET LSWIDTH
Weight Sets the line weight (0-31) of the selected component.
MLINESTYLE SET WEIGHT
Class Sets the class (Primary or Construction) of the selected component.
MLINESTYLE SET CLASS CONSTRUCTION
MLINESTYLE SET CLASS PRIMARY
Angle Sets the caps' line angle, in degrees.
MLINESTYLE SET ANGLE
Line Draws the cap as a line.
MLINESTYLE SET CAPLINE
Outer Arc An arc connects the outermost component lines.
MLINESTYLE SET CAPOUTARC
Inner Arcs Arcs connect pairs of inside component lines. If there is an even number of inside component lines, all are connected. If there is an odd number of inside component lines (three or more), the middle line is not connected.
MLINESTYLE SET CAPINARC
Color from Segment Sets the color of start/end cap or joint to the attached segments color.
MLINESTYLE SET COLORFROMSEG
List box Displays all available caps and joints.