Font mapping not working...

[orlando1]

I need to bring in AutoCAD details in Revit with simplex.shx, romans.shx fonts etc., and I have hundreds of 2D details.

I have changed the shxfontmap.txt and it converts the .shx fonts to .ttf fonts, but only when I explode the imported AutoCAD file. I could live with that but it creates dozens of additional font styles with the prefix of the AutoCAD file name. Can the fonts be converted without exploding? Or can the additional font styles be avoided?

When using the 'Link CAD' funtion, the fonts listed the shxfontmap.txt are ignored and substituted with something unknown. Is there a way to tell Revit which font should it use as a substituion?

[orlando1]

Still looking for an answer... Does the font mapping work only when the imported .dwg is exploded in Revit? Is there a way to get it to work without exploding?

Attached is my font mapping file.

Thanks.

[anna.oscarson]

It looks like the font name is misspelled in the attached shxfontmap.txt file, "Arrial Narrow" should probably be "Arial Narrow" or?

[orlando1]

It works now...thank you!

The issue is/was also that the converted font for some reason appears fattish on the screen and it kind of prints that way when using that raster setting in the print function. Once printed using the vector setting it printed ok.

[Duncan Lithgow]

In Revit 2012 the location of the shxfontmap.txt file has moved to UserDataCache. Others also moved, see: http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/04/who-moved-my-files-important-file-location-changes-for-revit-2012.html