diff --git a/src/components/drawing/attributes.js b/src/components/drawing/attributes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ea5dbe3620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/drawing/attributes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+* Copyright 2012-2017, Plotly, Inc.
+* All rights reserved.
+*
+* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+*/
+
+
+'use strict';
+
+exports.dash = {
+    valType: 'string',
+    // string type usually doesn't take values... this one should really be
+    // a special type or at least a special coercion function, from the GUI
+    // you only get these values but elsewhere the user can supply a list of
+    // dash lengths in px, and it will be honored
+    values: ['solid', 'dot', 'dash', 'longdash', 'dashdot', 'longdashdot'],
+    dflt: 'solid',
+    role: 'style',
+    description: [
+        'Sets the dash style of lines. Set to a dash type string',
+        '(*solid*, *dot*, *dash*, *longdash*, *dashdot*, or *longdashdot*)',
+        'or a dash length list in px (eg *5px,10px,2px,2px*).'
+    ].join(' ')
+};
diff --git a/src/components/shapes/attributes.js b/src/components/shapes/attributes.js
index a8974f2825e..83407b34067 100644
--- a/src/components/shapes/attributes.js
+++ b/src/components/shapes/attributes.js
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var annAttrs = require('../annotations/attributes');
-var scatterAttrs = require('../../traces/scatter/attributes');
+var scatterLineAttrs = require('../../traces/scatter/attributes').line;
+var dash = require('../drawing/attributes').dash;
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
-var scatterLineAttrs = scatterAttrs.line;
-
 module.exports = {
     _isLinkedToArray: 'shape',
 
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ module.exports = {
     line: {
         color: scatterLineAttrs.color,
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
-        dash: scatterLineAttrs.dash,
+        dash: dash,
         role: 'info'
     },
     fillcolor: {
diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/layout_attributes.js b/src/plots/cartesian/layout_attributes.js
index ccbbd8597a5..f85f3bdf551 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/layout_attributes.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/layout_attributes.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 var fontAttrs = require('../font_attributes');
 var colorAttrs = require('../../components/color/attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
 var constants = require('./constants');
@@ -300,20 +301,7 @@ module.exports = {
         role: 'style',
         description: 'Sets the width (in px) of the zero line.'
     },
-    spikedash: {
-        valType: 'string',
-        // string type usually doesn't take values... this one should really be
-        // a special type or at least a special coercion function, from the GUI
-        // you only get these values but elsewhere the user can supply a list of
-        // dash lengths in px, and it will be honored
-        values: ['solid', 'dot', 'dash', 'longdash', 'dashdot', 'longdashdot'],
-        dflt: 'dash',
-        role: 'style',
-        description: [
-            'Sets the style of the lines. Set to a dash string type',
-            'or a dash length in px.'
-        ].join(' ')
-    },
+    spikedash: extendFlat({}, dash, {dflt: 'dash'}),
     spikemode: {
         valType: 'flaglist',
         flags: ['toaxis', 'across', 'marker'],
diff --git a/src/traces/contour/attributes.js b/src/traces/contour/attributes.js
index ee547aa5dbe..069a965af9c 100644
--- a/src/traces/contour/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/contour/attributes.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var heatmapAttrs = require('../heatmap/attributes');
 var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
 var colorscaleAttrs = require('../../components/colorscale/attributes');
 var colorbarAttrs = require('../../components/colorbar/attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
 var scatterLineAttrs = scatterAttrs.line;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ module.exports = extendFlat({}, {
             ].join(' ')
         }),
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
-        dash: scatterLineAttrs.dash,
+        dash: dash,
         smoothing: extendFlat({}, scatterLineAttrs.smoothing, {
             description: [
                 'Sets the amount of smoothing for the contour lines,',
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js b/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
index 02d50c76486..938a1d1c81a 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 
 var INCREASING_COLOR = '#3D9970';
 var DECREASING_COLOR = '#FF4136';
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ var directionAttrs = {
     },
 
     line: {
-        color: Lib.extendFlat({}, lineAttrs.color),
-        width: Lib.extendFlat({}, lineAttrs.width),
-        dash: Lib.extendFlat({}, lineAttrs.dash),
+        color: lineAttrs.color,
+        width: lineAttrs.width,
+        dash: dash,
     }
 };
 
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ module.exports = {
                 '`decreasing.line.width`.'
             ].join(' ')
         }),
-        dash: Lib.extendFlat({}, lineAttrs.dash, {
+        dash: Lib.extendFlat({}, dash, {
             description: [
-                lineAttrs.dash,
+                dash.description,
                 'Note that this style setting can also be set per',
                 'direction via `increasing.line.dash` and',
                 '`decreasing.line.dash`.'
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter/attributes.js b/src/traces/scatter/attributes.js
index 38b3015a4bb..d1bc72ba14c 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter/attributes.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 var colorAttributes = require('../../components/colorscale/color_attributes');
 var errorBarAttrs = require('../../components/errorbars/attributes');
 var colorbarAttrs = require('../../components/colorbar/attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 
 var Drawing = require('../../components/drawing');
 var constants = require('./constants');
@@ -163,20 +164,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 '*0* corresponds to no smoothing (equivalent to a *linear* shape).'
             ].join(' ')
         },
-        dash: {
-            valType: 'string',
-            // string type usually doesn't take values... this one should really be
-            // a special type or at least a special coercion function, from the GUI
-            // you only get these values but elsewhere the user can supply a list of
-            // dash lengths in px, and it will be honored
-            values: ['solid', 'dot', 'dash', 'longdash', 'dashdot', 'longdashdot'],
-            dflt: 'solid',
-            role: 'style',
-            description: [
-                'Sets the style of the lines. Set to a dash string type',
-                'or a dash length in px.'
-            ].join(' ')
-        },
+        dash: dash,
         simplify: {
             valType: 'boolean',
             dflt: true,
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js b/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
index ac0b957be63..7a74fd5b256 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
 var colorAttributes = require('../../components/colorscale/color_attributes');
 var errorBarAttrs = require('../../components/errorbars/attributes');
+var DASHES = require('../../constants/gl3d_dashes');
 
 var MARKER_SYMBOLS = require('../../constants/gl_markers');
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
@@ -114,7 +115,13 @@ module.exports = {
     connectgaps: scatterAttrs.connectgaps,
     line: extendFlat({}, {
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
-        dash: scatterLineAttrs.dash,
+        dash: {
+            valType: 'enumerated',
+            values: Object.keys(DASHES),
+            dflt: 'solid',
+            role: 'style',
+            description: 'Sets the dash style of the lines.'
+        },
         showscale: {
             valType: 'boolean',
             role: 'info',
diff --git a/src/traces/scattergeo/attributes.js b/src/traces/scattergeo/attributes.js
index 1b5ddeffc19..a341110e24f 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergeo/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergeo/attributes.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
 var plotAttrs = require('../../plots/attributes');
 var colorAttributes = require('../../components/colorscale/color_attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ module.exports = {
     line: {
         color: scatterLineAttrs.color,
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
-        dash: scatterLineAttrs.dash
+        dash: dash
     },
     connectgaps: scatterAttrs.connectgaps,
 
diff --git a/src/traces/scattermapbox/attributes.js b/src/traces/scattermapbox/attributes.js
index 1518093db19..c061f1141aa 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattermapbox/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattermapbox/attributes.js
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
     line: {
         color: lineAttrs.color,
-        width: lineAttrs.width,
+        width: lineAttrs.width
 
         // TODO
-        dash: lineAttrs.dash
+        // dash: dash
     },
 
     connectgaps: scatterAttrs.connectgaps,
diff --git a/src/traces/scatterternary/attributes.js b/src/traces/scatterternary/attributes.js
index b0c0d4a2acf..4e8c36c48a8 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatterternary/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatterternary/attributes.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
 var plotAttrs = require('../../plots/attributes');
 var colorAttributes = require('../../components/colorscale/color_attributes');
 var colorbarAttrs = require('../../components/colorbar/attributes');
+var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
 
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports = {
     line: {
         color: scatterLineAttrs.color,
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
-        dash: scatterLineAttrs.dash,
+        dash: dash,
         shape: extendFlat({}, scatterLineAttrs.shape,
             {values: ['linear', 'spline']}),
         smoothing: scatterLineAttrs.smoothing