----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >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 Graham Allsopp Department of Geography Email: [log in to unmask] University of Sheffield Tel: 0114 282 4741 (direct line) Winter Street, SHEFFIELD Fax: 0114 279 7912 S10 2TN, United Kingdom