Re: complex linetypes

Well, I started out with a LTSCALE of 1, which gave me a straight
line, and when up in increments of 5 from there. At LTSCALE 20 I
started getting a row of dots really close together. As I went up in
scale, the dots spread farther apart. No shape, no lines. It's almost
2:30 in the morning here. I'll try again tomorrow. Thanks again for
all of your help.

Kathy

"Michael Bulatovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> IINM, there are multipliers in that shape. It's too complex for me to go
> into today, but 3200 is a big LTSCALE. Why don't you try changing it to
> something quite a bit smaller and see if your shape shows up at some point?
> -- 
> 
> 
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.com
> 
> "Kathleen Clevenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Here is my linetype shape file:
> >
> > *135,86,REMC3
> >
> 4,133,4,75,3,174,3,64,002,9,(115,64),(0,0),001,9,(0,-127),(0,-1),(0,0),002,9
> ,(-76,127),(-1,1),(0,0),001,9,(0,-127),(0,-1)
> >
> (0,0),002,9,(39,127),(0,1),(0,0),001,9,(0,-127),(0,-1),(0,0),002,9,(-76,127)
> ,(-1,1),(0,0),001,9,(0,-127),(0,-1),(0,0)
> > 002,9,(0,64),(0,0),001,4,64,4,174,3,75,3,133,0
> >
> > I looked at the compiled file & it does have one for the REMC3
> > linetype shape file. I can send you a copy of the characters if you
> > want.
> >
> > My linetype scale is 3200. I am working on a drawing that is 14,000' X
> > 8,897'. I work for an electric company putting their mylars & scanned
> > drawings of powerlines to AutoCAD, among any other CAD work they can
> > throw at me.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > "Michael Bulatovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>  news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > A few things:
> > >
> > > Are you SURE the shape has been added to the shape file, and that the
>  shape
> > > file was COMPILED? We should have a look at your shape file.
>  (uncompiled)
> > >
> > > Your line starts off with a 6.35 segment, leaves a 2.54 gap, inserts a
> > > shape, leaves another 2.54 gap, and then ends with a 25.4 segment which
>  will
> > > lead to a 31.75 segment between gaps after the first one. Is this what
>  you
> > > want?
> > >
> > > What is your linetype scale? Your shape might be so big that you have to
> > > draw a huge mammoth line to see even one of them, or it may be so small
>  that
> > > it looks like a dot.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > >
> > >
> > > MichaelB
> > > www.michaelbulatovich.com
> > >
> > > "Kathleen Clevenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > OK, here's my .lin file:
> > > >
> > > > A,6.35,-2.54,[REMC3,ltypeshp.shx,x=-2.54,s=.1],-2.54,25.4
> > > >
> > > > Here is what the linetype is *supposed* to look like:
> > > >
> > > > ----||||----||||----||||----||||----
> > > >
> > > > I decided that the scale of my shape file may be too large and that is
> > > > why I have it set so small. I just changed that this morning to see if
> > > > it would make a difference and so far it hasn't.
> > > > Again, thanks guys so much for your help, without you, I don't know
> > > > what I would do. You have been a very big help so far & I truly
> > > > appreciate all of the assistance that you have given me and hope that
> > > > others appreciate you just as much.
> > > >
> > > > "Paul Turvill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>  news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > > > There's no way to guess without seeing what you're working with.
>  Show us
> > > > > what your .lin file looks like, along with a description of what the
> > > > > linetype is *supposed* to look like.
> > > > > ___
> > > > >
> > > > > "Kathleen Clevenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Any suggestions on what I may be
> > > > > > doing wrong?