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Question about a %% code

labtechjc — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:40:39 GMT

I have a drawing that is showing a "?" for a symbol. I have no idea what the symbol is, but when I look at the properties for the "?", it says the text is %%146. Then I have another "?" that has the properties of %%141. Does anyone know what symbol those codes are pointing to? I can't seem to find what it is. All I can say on it is the complete line of text is RF ?, ? IN/OUT. First "?" is %%146, second is %%141.

Re: Question about a %% code

Patchy — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:58:11 GMT

Could be fraction, %%141 is for 7/16 and %%146 is 1/32

if you use FRACTION.shx

Re: Question about a %% code

Valentin_CAD — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:18:16 GMT

@labechjc ,

Is this an AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD Electrical drawing?

Since it contains RF, and IN/OUT - it could represent numbers.

Fonts display incorrectly in AutoCAD Products

If the code is meant to be a symbol, then it could be some ASCII Character Code like those in these links:

Similar to what AutoCAD uses for Symbols and Special Characters:

Text Symbols and Special Characters Reference

Re: Question about a %% code

rkmcswain — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:00:20 GMT

Those are codes pointing to a particular character in a particular shape based font, IMO.

So if you don't have the right font, or you have a substituted font that does not contain those characters, you get "?"

Re: Question about a %% code

labtechjc — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:13:20 GMT

Looks like the RF relates to Radio Frequency.

Re: Question about a %% code

labtechjc — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:26:37 GMT

Got lucky. Someone was able to find a picture version of the file that had the correct symbols on it. Managed to figure it out from there. %%146 was Σ and %%141 was Δ. Thanks for you help. Good to know that those do equal something in case it pops up elsewhere!