Making Linetype HELP Please!

[dcanfield]

Trying to create a line with an "SP" between dashes. I looked it up and learned how to create it using a basic text editor, the problem I'm encountering is that our standard text style at the company I'm at has a width factor of .75 and when I create the line it automatically pushes it back to scaled width factor of 1..... Any ideas?!

[lpseifert]

Don't use the text style Standard in your linetype definition.
If you use shapes instead of text in your linetype's definition you can avoid the problem.

Use Express tools' TXTEXP to explode the text and MKSHP to make the shape.

[dcanfield]

Thanks a bunch!

[tedg]

Don't use the text style Standard in your linetype definition.
.....

If you go with the text option, you can create a text style with the proper font and width you want.
if you started with this:

*SPECIAL, Special Line ---- SP---- SP ---- SP ----
A,.5,-.2,["SP",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
If you created a text style that works for you, change "standard" in the code to what you name your style (example YOURSTYLE):

*SPECIAL, Special Line ---- SP---- SP ---- SP ----
A,.5,-.2,["SP",YOURSTYLE,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.2
Remember to assign a height of zero to your text style.

Does that help?

[kennet.sjoberg]

Don't use the text style Standard in your linetype definition.
If you use shapes instead of text in your. . .

. . .others have pain in the . . .

How many of you out there haven’t pushed the cancel button over and over when opening an external drawing or xref because of the #@%&!.shx file is missing ???

You HAVE TO treat the shx file as an xref when delivering drawings with shaped fonts out of the office, otherwise lines becomes continues, and the open drawing process will #@%&! because of the #@%&!.shx file is missing.

No shaped fonts please until people know what they are doing !

: ) Happy Computing !

kennet

[irneb]

You HAVE TO treat the shx file as an xref when delivering drawings with shaped fonts out of the office, otherwiseUse eTransmit and extract all out of the ZIP file before opening the drawing ... that includes all SHX / TTF fonts / shapes. Never just give others the DWG file - it doesn't have all the necessary things included (even if you don't use xrefs / special fonts).

[kennet.sjoberg]

Use eTransmit and extract all out of the ZIP file before opening the drawing ... that includes all SHX / TTF fonts / shapes. Never just give others the DWG file - it doesn't have all the necessary things included (even if you don't use xrefs / special fonts).

That it is not a solution.
Millions of people do not use stuff like that, . . . they just send their drawings . . . they do not even know that this forum exist.
One solution would be if AutoDesk embedded the code in the dwg
in the same way as they do with dimension styles and ordinary line fonts.

But until that, stay away from shapes.

: ) Happy Computing !

kennet