Unlike AutoCAD it appears that LineStyles (INCH.LIN) in DraftSight  Professional does not load automatically on boot up. It appears from what I am reading in help that line styles must be manually loaded every time DraftSight is started and or a template file must be created with all the linestyles and layers.

I am trying to convert our AutoCAD scripts and LISP stuff to work with DraftSight Professional which is a challenge at best. One of the tasks our ‘Startup.LSP’ is supposed to do is make 20 layers, set colors and set linestyles for the layers. Since DraftSight does not load the linestyles on boot up I get and error as soon as the script tries to set  a linestyle in the LISP file that is not ‘continuous’.

Linestyles not loading upon boot up is a nuisance and from I am reading online I am not the only one that thinks so.

What is the reason for not allowing an option to LineStyles to be loaded upon boot up?