DXF Group Codes
TABLES Section
LTYPE

The following group codes apply to LTYPE symbol table entries.

LTYPE group codes
Group codes Description

100

Subclass marker (AcDbLinetypeTableRecord)

2

Linetype name.

70

Standard flags. (See "Common Group Codes for Symbol Table Entries.")

3

Descriptive text for linetype.

72

Alignment code; value is always 65, the ASCII code for A.

73

The number of linetype elements.

40

Total pattern length.

49

Dash, dot or space length (one entry per element).

74

Complex linetype element type (one per element). Default is 0 (no embedded shape/text).
The following codes are bit values:
1 = if set, code 50 specifies an absolute rotation, if not set, code 50 specifies a relative rotation;
2 = embedded element is a text string;
4 = embedded element is a shape

75

Shape number (one per element) if code 74 specifies an embeded shape.
If code 74 specifies an embeded text string, this value is set to 0.
If code 74 is set to 0, code 75 is omitted.

340

Pointer to STYLE object (one per element if code 74 > 0)

46

S= scale value (optional). Multiple entries can exist.

50

R= (relative) or A= (absolute) rotation value in radians of embedded shape or text. One per element if code 74 specifies an embeded shape or text string.

44

X= x offset value (optional). Multiple entries can exist.

45

Y= y offset value (optional). Multiple entries can exist.

9

Text string (one per element if code 74 = 2)

The group codes 74, 75, 340, 46, 50, 44, 45, and 9 are not returned by the tblsearch or tblnext functions. You must use tblobjname to retrieve these values within an application.