I got these two files from a client along with indentical custom line types. The strange thing is that the lines show allright in one of them (OK), but not in another (NOTOK)! I tried every possible System Variable but nothing works! Can anyone find the problem?
I tried:
Measurement
Measureinit
Ltscale
Celtscale
Units
Fillmode
no one else has responded, so I will take a stab. I have not looked at your files, but be sure you have the
msltscale set the same for both and the psltscale
then you will need to look at the actual linetype file to see what is different. Something has to be.
Surveyor Lee
Thanks!
I've been using AutoCAD for about 8 years and still learning about all of these System Variables!
I'm sure I cleared all variables that connect to the line type even msltscale.
This problem should be related to something other than line type, but it indirectly affects how things show on screen!
I await more responses!
Have a good day!
Are you receiving any error messages regarding missing .shx files when opening the drawings?
@Neilw wrote:
Are you receiving any error messages regarding missing .shx files when opening the drawings?
OP: Be aware that it's possible that these warnings/errors are being suppressed.
Options>System>Hidden Message Settings
Here is what I suspect has happened. When I open the NOTOK.dwg in Microstation, I receive warnings about missing Architectural Desktop 2007 and Civil 3D object enablers. This tells me the drawing has been modified by an Autocad application after it was converted from Microstation. If so then likely the linetypes got changed when the drawing was modified.
When I compare OK with NOTOK, the lintypes between the 2 drawing are not identical. There seems to be a scaling problem with the linetypes in NOTOK. I think you'll need to investigate the history of the NOTOK file.
I should qualify this by noting that I had to use DWGTRUE convert to convert the files to ACAD 2007 format so I could open them in my version of Microstation. I don't know if that process caused the object enabler warnings, but I doubt it.
Hold the phone,
I just noticed that when I open OK I get the missing OE warnings also (Microstation doesn't present a waring dialogue so I missed seeing it in the message center). Still there are some additional messages in NOTOK that make me suspect something has happened to make it differ from OK.
When I open the drawings I get a "Drawing file not created by authorized Autodesk product... bla bla bla.
I cant help but think this has something to do with the problem
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Joe,
Noting the names of the .shx files included in the dataset I'm sure the files were created in and/or exported from Microstation. That still does not account for the difference between the 2 files.
Yeah, but is it possible the shx files are faulty due to their creation?
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