topic Re: Batting linetype display problem in AutoCAD Forum

Batting linetype display problem

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:43:39 GMT

I found some older posts on this topic, but none of them helped. I am using autocad 2013.

I have problems with batting linetype that I use to draw insulation. Since it's graphically really nice and readable, I don't want to change it.

I some drawings at some point it starts displaying the batting linetype as little dots instead of a curved insulation line. Sometimes I think it happens when I import some other geometry from other drawings, but not always.

Settings:

LTSCALE = 1.0

CELTSCALE = 1.0

PSLTSCALE = 1

MSLTSCALE = 1

Any idea how to fix this? See attached screen shot

Thank you

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:54:53 GMT

Hi,

I would try:

command _REGEN
command _3DCONFIG and turn off hardware acceleration

If that does not solve the issue please upload your dwg-file so we can look into the files settings and that objects with this linetype.

- afred -

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:02:47 GMT

Thank you

It doesn't seem to help. I upload the file. The batting line are under layer SR.

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:12:08 GMT

Hi,

strange, I can reproduce the issue.

It looks like that file kills the existing loaded information from LTYPESHP.SHX for the AutoCAD session.

Why I'm thinking that show these steps:

start AutoCAD
create an empty drawing
command _LINETPYE ==> Load ==> select ACAD.LIN or ACADISO.LIN
load BATTING and use it
all works well

Now open your file

command _LINETPYE ==> File ==> select ACAD.LIN or ACADISO.LIN
==> reports that linetypes are defect, those that use symbols from LTYPESHP.SHX (reason behind ... it does not find the symbols inside the LTYPESHP.SHX any more, no idea why)

Even worse, the file where we tested before the linetype, also can't display BATTING correct then.

To get a correct BATTING linetype shown again in a different drawing needs to restart AutoCAD

I have no idea whats going on here. Sorry to say that for now I don't have a workaround, even not inserting your file into a new one with an already loaded linetype BATTING.

- alfred -

PS: tested with AutoCAD 2020.1.2

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:14:48 GMT

Thank you,

yes I know, I have other drawings where batting works and having them opened with this one at the same time causes the problem there aswell.

Re: Batting linetype display problem

vinodkl — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:16:41 GMT

Hi,

The problem is with the block, EXPLODE the block and PURGE the drawing save it and reopen it again. The linetype should be back to normal.

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:33:05 GMT

Hi,

>> The problem is with the block, EXPLODE the block and PURGE

>> the drawing save it and reopen it again

Wow, any idea what's inside the block which makes other drawings defect with that linetype?

Anyway, you even don't need to explode the block, _PURGE and purging the unused linetypes is enough to get it working, then save the file, close AutoCAD, start AutoCAD and open that file ... looks good now.

Interesting thing to load one drawing and killing the linetypes of other open dwg-files though.

- alfred -

Re: Batting linetype display problem

vinodkl — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:44:03 GMT

@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

Wow, any idea what's inside the block which makes other drawings defect with that linetype?

Even I have no clue of that. Once I did have the same issue and this trick worked then 🙂

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:15:47 GMT

Thank you,

Well I can't really purge the linetypes, even if I go directly into the linetype directory I can't delete all the not used ones. Actually it says that they are all being used. WBLOCK didn't help. Any idea?

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:33:03 GMT

Hi,

>> Well I can't really purge the linetypes

I also was not able to purge ALL linetypes. The ones used in the dwg-file never can be cleaned out.

But I had then saved your dwg, closed AutoCAD, started AutoCAD and loaded the cleaned dwg-file ... linetype BATTING worked well then.

- alfred -

Re: Batting linetype display problem

tskiles — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:05:15 GMT

Purging linetypes, saving, reopening worked. However, I did load ltypeshp.shx prior to that (since that is in the linetype definition) to see if it resolved things but failed to restart AutoCAD after that. So not sure if that had anything to do with the fix.

Re: Batting linetype display problem

lu877178 — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:45:31 GMT

Hi,

Whenever I go to _LINETYPE ==> File ==> and select the file and error message pops up and says "Bad definition of FENCELINE1 at line 119 of file. Any ideas?

Re: Batting linetype display problem

Kent1Cooper — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:45:48 GMT

If you pick OK, does it go on with the same message about some other linetypes [FENCELINE2, TRACKS, BATTING, ZIGZAG], but eventually reach the list of available linetypes? You are probably missing the LTYPESHP.shx file, or it's in a folder where AutoCAD does not know to look. If the file containing a specified Shape definition is not available, and likewise with Text-inclusion linetypes if there is no Text Style with the specified name in the drawing, that's the message. That linetype is the first one in ACAD.lin that uses a Shape inclusion, which would be why it's the one that first triggers the message.