Re: complex linetypes

Oh.

Have you tried just inserting the shape into the drawing to PROVE that it's
definition is valid?

If it does, try an astronomical LTSCALE and look at your line.

-- 


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.com

"Kathleen Clevenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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?