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Linestyles/Stroke Styles to mimic Architectural Plan Set

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
August 21, 2024
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Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to create a linestyle/stroke style to mimic those of architectural/civil plans. Looking for something like the ones circled below. A dash, gap, letter, gap stroke style would be great or a dash, gap, circle, gap.

Thank you!

Michelle

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Mike Witherell

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This could be built as custom pattern brushes in Illustrator. Maybe your project should switch to Illustrator?

Mike Witherell

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Michelle293510890qn2Author

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Thanks Mike. It half fixes my issue going into Illustrator. With the Brushes I don't have the same control as I do with the pen tool. Typically I am doing drawing these lines with pretty distinct angles. Holding shift on the brush allows me to create a straight line but it doesn't allow me to then change 90 degrees and continue that brush stroke in another direction again with a straight line. I could be wrong, it's been awhile since I have done a ton of work in illustrator. The other thing I like about the stroke styles is being able to change how the spacing adapts at the corners indvidually and not all the stroke types.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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@Michelle293510890qn2

You could try placing different line styles as overlays - fencing should be doable.

The ones with text - "type on path" should work.

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Michelle293510890qn2Author

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I will have to test this out. Thank you for the suggestion.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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I will have to test this out. Thank you for the suggestion.

By @Michelle293510890qn2

It was the best way to do roads back in the day in CorelDRAW - black, a bit wider line, with white, slightly narrower white line on top - easiest way to get perfect junctions.

James Gifford—NitroPress

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There are no equivalent line styles, nor, to the best of my knowledge, any way to add user-defined ones. It's just possible some of these could be scripted, but I think a full, coded plug-in of some kind would be needed for any useful, usable version of such a feature.

(I do occasionally do simple technical drawings in ID, so I sympathize with your request!)

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Michelle293510890qn2Author

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Agreed, we sometimes do very early site logistics in InDesign. Would love more flexibility over the strokes.

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