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{Direction} Static Labels - Leading Zero?? (Version 2008)

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John
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{Direction} Static Labels - Leading Zero?? (Version 2008)

Platform: AutoCad Land Desktop 2008

I am just about at my wits end on this one. I use the Label Static lines and even create the line tables. No problem. But the Bearing shows up as the following example:
N 89°3'51" E
And I want something like the following:
N89°03'51E

The difference is the space after the N and before the E since I prefer to have it eliminated. And I would like to have the leading Zero before the 3 in the minutes portion. I had to write a lisp routine to remove the spaces but do I really have to write another lisp routine to provide the Zero? I have checked justs about every system variable already but no success. Any input is greatly appreciated before I write another lisp routine just to handle something that I think should be a style format of AutoCAD. - Thank you.

This problem also appears with the Line Tables. Please help. I did not have this problem prior to Land Destop 2008. The prior versions did just fine.
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Message 2 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: John


It sounds to me that your 1st Lisp could
easily become your 2nd Lisp to do the job of adding the zero where necessary,
since the Angular Units button provides the capability to remove those pesky
Text Spaces John. Please see attached PNG file for confirmation.

[img src="@152133"]

 

Just make sure it's un-checked, and then
Save the Label Style you're editing.

 

The rest of them should then follow suit for
you.

 

But then there's those "missing" zeroes
you'll need to revise your Lisp file to add.

 

I got used to them w/o the zeroes, was my
"out". ;0)


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<John Hamilton> wrote in message

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face="Bookman Old Style">Platform: AutoCad Land Desktop 2008

I am just
about at my wits end on this one.  I use the Label Static lines and even
create the line tables. No problem.  But the Bearing shows up as the
following example:
N 89°3'51" E
And I want something like the
following:
N89°03'51E

The difference is the space after the N and
before the E since I prefer to have it eliminated.  And I would like to
have the leading Zero before the 3 in the minutes portion.  I had to write
a lisp routine to remove the spaces but do I really have to write another lisp
routine to provide the Zero?  I have checked justs about every system
variable already but no success.  Any input is greatly appreciated before I
write another lisp routine just to handle something that I think should be a
style format of AutoCAD. - Thank you.

This problem also appears with the
Line Tables.  Please help.  I did not have this problem prior to Land
Destop 2008.  The prior versions did just fine.
Message 3 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: John

But...

Since the previous Labels are Static instead of Dynamic, then they will all
need to be "done over". 😮

I'm a fan of Dynamic Labels for this very reason, but that's just me.

Though as I think about it right now, for the use of that Lisp file, I guess
they have to be Static don't they. Other wise they'd all change "back" the
way they were - prior to the use of the Lisp, the next time you opened the
dwg file they're a part of. 😞

--
Don Reichle
"The only thing worse than training your staff, and having them leave is -
not training your staff, and having them stay." 😮
A reminder taken from Graphics Solution Providers' Calendar page
-------------------------- ------------------------------------------
!! Please discuss whatever we tell you with your SysMgr !!
!! They appreciate staying in the loop 🙂 !!

LDT-2K4
AMD Athlon64 2.2GHz 2GB RAM
XPPro 32bit SP2
WD Raptor 10K-rpm 37GB HD
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB

"The only Constant is Change".

"Don Reichle" wrote in message
news:5567851@discussion.autodesk.com...
It sounds to me that your 1st Lisp could easily become your 2nd Lisp to do
the job of adding the zero where necessary, since the Angular Units button
provides the capability to remove those pesky Text Spaces John. Please see
attached PNG file for confirmation.
[img src="@152133"]

Just make sure it's un-checked, and then Save the Label Style you're
editing.

The rest of them should then follow suit for you.

But then there's those "missing" zeroes you'll need to revise your Lisp file
to add.

I got used to them w/o the zeroes, was my "out". ;0)

--
Don Reichle
"The only thing worse than training your staff, and having them leave is -
not training your staff, and having them stay." 😮
A reminder taken from Graphics Solution Providers' Calendar page
-------------------------- ------------------------------------------
!! Please discuss wh atever we tell you with your SysMgr !!
!! They appreciate staying in the loop 🙂 !!

LDT-2K4
AMD Athlon64 2.2GHz 2GB RAM
XPPro 32bit SP2
WD Raptor 10K-rpm 37GB HD
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB

"The only Constant is Change".

wrote in message news:5567192@discussion.autodesk.com...
Platform: AutoCad Land Desktop 2008

I am just about at my wits end on this one. I use the Label Static lines
and even create the line tables. No problem. But the Bearing shows up as
the following example:
N 89°3'51" E
And I want something like the following:
N89°03'51E

The differ ence is the space after the N and before the E since I prefer to
have it eliminated. And I would like to have the leading Zero before the 3
in the minutes portion. I had to write a lisp routine to remove the spaces
but do I really have to write another lisp routine to provide the Zero? I
have checked justs about every system variable already but no success. Any
input is greatly appreciated before I write another lisp routine just to
handle something that I think should be a style format of AutoCAD. - Thank
you.

This problem also appears with the Line Tables. Please help. I did not
have this problem prior to Land Destop 2008. The prior versions did just
fine.
Message 4 of 14
jeff.nichols
in reply to: John

We too are having this problem. Why did it change? What's the solution?
Message 5 of 14
johnu
in reply to: John

This is not an issue with the angular units setting. That is one of the first things our office checked to see if this box was now checked by default. It appears that 2008 changed the way these labels are formatted, much to the dismay of apparently quite a few individuals.

John, we like our bearings to be labeled EXACTLY the way you do, and the previous versions did this just fine. If anyone finds a solution, please post it.
Message 6 of 14
johnu
in reply to: John

Okay, so typing UNITMODE and setting it to <1> instead of <0> will eliminate the space. If I find anything on the missing <0> I will definitely reply.

BTW,

Draw a line due north and add a static OR dynamic label - instead of N00d00'00"E, it just says "N"
Message 7 of 14
dkhale
in reply to: John

Thanks for the UNITMODE command it helped. However I am catching some flack about ACAD suppressing the zero's, has anyone figured this out yet. If so please help.
Message 8 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: John

I've made AD support aware of this issue. Hopefully it is changed back in the service pack.
Message 9 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: John

We are aware of this issue and will be issuing a LDT 2008 hotfix shortly.

Mathews Mathai
AEC Civil Product Manager
Message 10 of 14
cobradood
in reply to: John

subscribing

issue or issues?

force bearing for north, south, east and west instead of a single letter
Leading zeros
make labels come in at current annotation scale Message was edited by: cobradood
Message 11 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: John

The LDT 2008 hot fix planned to be made available very shortly will address a few issues around labelling including addressing the leading zeroes issue. Several other issues will be resolved in the upcoming LDT 2008 SP1 planned for mid-July.

Mathews
Message 12 of 14
cobradood
in reply to: John

ok so I installed sp1 and can't see that my bearings are getting the leading 0 for single digit units in the bearings. I did figure out the space between the letters.

What am I missing to get the leading 0?
btw unitmode=1 fixes the spacing issue

on a side note another question. How can I get the labels to come in at the correct size? For some reason the labels are defaulting to non-annotative and I have to switch them to annotative and reset the height each time.
Message 13 of 14
mholden
in reply to: John

Any ETA on the hot fix for leading zeros? The natives are getting restless and starting to boil oil!
Thanks
Message 14 of 14
judgedana
in reply to: John

You should download and install Service Pack 1. The fixes are included.

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