# Linetype Manager Dialog Box
[GstarCAD 2024](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2024/Index.md) → [Commands](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2024/Commands/(Commands).md)
**Function Description:**
Loads, sets up and modifies linetypes.

**Dialog Box Options:**
## **Linetype Filters**
Determines which linetypes to display in the linetype list. Users can filter linetypes according to the following ways: whether they are dependent on Xref or whether they are referenced.
- **Invert Filter:** Displays linetypes by specifying the opposite conditions. The linetypes which fit the inverse filter conditions are displayed in the linetype list.
## **Load**
Displays the Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box. Users can select a linetype from the gcadiso.lin file and add it to the linetype list.

## **Current**
Sets the selected linetype to be the current linetype. Setting the current linetype to BYLAYER, it means the objects are created by the linetype of a specified layer. Setting the current linetype to BYBLOCK, it means the new created object uses the CONTINUOUS linetype until forming a block. No matter when inserting a block, objects in a block inherit the linetype of a block. The linetype name is saved in the CELTYPE system variable.
## **Delete**
Deletes selected linetypes from the drawing. Users can not delete the linetype of BYLAYER, BYBLOCK and CONTINUOUS. Only unused linetypes can be deleted.
**Note:** If the drawing is created by a shared project or based on a group of layer standards, users should be more careful when deleting linetypes in the drawing. The deleted linetype definitions are saved in gcadiso.lin file, users can reload them.
## **Show Details or Hide Details**
Controls whether to display the details of the Linetype Manager.
## **Current Linetype**
Displays the current linetype name.
## **List of Linetypes**
Displays the loaded linetypes according to the option specified in Linetype Filters.
- **Linetype:** Displays names of loaded linetypes. Selecting and double-clicking the linetype name can rename it. The following linetype can not be renamed: BYLAYER, BYBLOCK,CONTINOUS and Xref dependent linetypes.
- **Appearance:** Displays the appearance of selected linetypes.
- **Description:** Displays the description of the linetypes.
## **Details**
Provides another way to access to properties and additional settings.
- **Name:** Displays the name of the selected linetype. Users can edit it.
- **Description:** Displays the description of the selected linetype. Users can edit it.
- **Use Paper Space Units for Scaling:** Scales linetypes in paper space and model space identically. It is useful in multiple viewports. (PSLTSCALE system variable)
- **Global Scale Factor:** Displays the global scale factor for all linetypes.(LTSCALE system variable)
- **Current Object Scale**: Sets linetype scale for newly created objects. The regenerated scale is the multiply of the global scale factor and the scale factor of itself. (CELTSCALE system variable)
- **Iso pen width**: Sets the linetype scale to be one of a list of standard ISO values. The regenerated scale is the multiply of the global scale factor and the scale factor of itself.
---
[Original help](https://www.gstarcad.net/help/GstarCAD_2024_en-US/detail/commandReferences/LINETYPE_DIA.html) · © Gstarsoft Co., Ltd.