Andy, maybe you missed this portion of my post;
snip>So that's what leads me to stay in opposition to the Wish - if the
result
would be along the lines of LDT's Special Lines at the bottom of the
Lines/Curves menu.
end of snip>
Please notice my "if" in that sentence. Which was followed by my reason why;
snip>They are indeed useless, unless of course one enjoys having to
edit(ing - sp?) them
after further data returns from the field necessitating a change.
end of snip>
I would much rather have far more "control" by using a Linetype, versus a
combination of (numerous) Lines and (numerous) Text entities.
But we can differ to our heart's content over this matter. It sounds to me
that each of us has decided which method suits our style.
I'm really not looking for another convert - whatever floats your boat, to
coin a popular phrase.
HTH
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"Audie Osgood"
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I'm confused! If you have text conflicts, and we all do, and there is
another/easier way to correct those conflicts, why would you be opposed?
Isn't that like saying, "I don't use the tangent-tangent-radius option to
draw a circle so I don't want anyone to have the option"?
I'm very much in favor of the request. I think one of the hardest/most time
consuming things about completing a set of plans is making it truely
readable and eliminating ALL the text/linework conflicts. How could anyone
not be in favor of a tool that would simplify this process?
Additionally, if the text truely mimics the contour labels, the text would
be able to rescale and reorient to the current viewport. No more having to
label the water line twice so it can read properly in two different plan
views.
I'll admit I am just getting started on C3D this week (finally!!), but
unless there's something out there I haven't heard about this seems like a
great idea!
Audie
"Don Reichle" wrote in message
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I guess I'm of the opinion that I've seen conflicts of this nature in the
"few" range in my experience. I've dealt with them exactly in the manner you
described. Or just trimmed them as needed to avoid the conflicts, keeping
them in their Linetype Generation ON state.
I would consider this "issue" just a part of putting together a set of plans
in the least amount of time. My experience is that the "linetypes"
accomplish that end.
So that's what leads me to stay in opposition to the Wish - if the result
would be along the lines of LDT's Special Lines at the bottom of the
Lines/Curves menu.
They are indeed useless, unless of course one enjoys having to editing them
after further data returns from the field necessitating a change.
Sorry.
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"Allen Jessup" wrote in message
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Don,
I think what he was talking about is that if you make a linetype with Text.
If the text is blocking something on the plan that needs to be seen it is
difficult to make that happen. You can take some time with wipeouts and
draworder. But that has its own problems.
What I usually do it to make the line into a polyline. Then turn the
linetypegeneration for that PLine off. Then insert a vertex close to the
text I want to move. Then grip the vertex and move it along the PLine until
it looks like it will be clear. Finally I snap to a nearest point on the
PLine.
One problem with that is that it will move all the text along the line and
might cause other conflicts. Then more vertices would have to be inserted.
So basically I'm in favor of the Wish.
Allen
wrote in message news:5129034@discussion.autodesk.com...
OK I won't mention them.
As long as you use a LTSCALE of 1, those items will stay the way they need
to be.
What happened to turn you against those items use?
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