Assign a Linetype to an Object (.NET)

The following example creates a circle and assigns the “Center” linetype to it.

C# Example

using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Geometry;
 
[CommandMethod("SetObjectLinetype")]
public static void SetObjectLinetype()
{
    // Get the current document and database
    Document acDoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
    Database acCurDb = acDoc.Database;

    // Start a transaction
    using (Transaction acTrans = acCurDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
    {
        // Open the Linetype table for read
        LinetypeTable acLineTypTbl;
        acLineTypTbl = acTrans.GetObject(acCurDb.LinetypeTableId,
                                         OpenMode.ForRead) as LinetypeTable;

        string sLineTypName = "Center";

        if (acLineTypTbl.Has(sLineTypName) == false)
        {
            acCurDb.LoadLineTypeFile(sLineTypName, "acad.lin");
        }

        // Open the Block table for read
        BlockTable acBlkTbl;
        acBlkTbl = acTrans.GetObject(acCurDb.BlockTableId,
                                     OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTable;

        // Open the Block table record Model space for write
        BlockTableRecord acBlkTblRec;
        acBlkTblRec = acTrans.GetObject(acBlkTbl[BlockTableRecord.ModelSpace],
                                        OpenMode.ForWrite) as BlockTableRecord;

        // Create a circle object
        using (Circle acCirc = new Circle())
        {
            acCirc.Center = new Point3d(2, 2, 0);
            acCirc.Radius = 1;
            acCirc.Linetype = sLineTypName;

            acBlkTblRec.AppendEntity(acCirc);
            acTrans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(acCirc, true);
        }

        // Save the changes and dispose of the transaction
        acTrans.Commit();
    }
}