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>Has anyone come up with a good way to symbolize railways in CorelDRAW? I
>am thinking of the line type like this:
>
>-----+-----+-----+-----+
>
>the only way I can come up with, is to give the line a dashed pattern and
>a |-- end arrow type, then add a node at the end of each dash, and break
>and separate the line.  This will turn th e one long line into a slew of
>little ones. A lot of work. Anyone have any better ideads?
 
Hi Mike
 
I can't quite remember how Corel handles dashed lines, but in FreeHand I'd
overlay the centreline with a wider line that is on for say 0.5mm and then
off for say 15mm.
 
Hope this helps,
 
Graham
 
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