Linetype Help

[Anonymous]

I recently upgraded my AutoCAD from 2019 to 2022. I noticed while working on a drawing one of my linetypes no longer looked the way it was created. It was a continuous line with empty dots/bullets, but now the line is no longer continuous and a dash is in place where an empty dot/circle was supposed to be. I tried to create a new linetype but I'm not having the best of luck with it. I also tried to add it into the file I import my linetypes but I seem to mess up since I get error messages about line definition.

Now that I learned the difference between a BUS connection & DCS connection I wanted to edit one linetype and create a new linetype. Attached is an image of the line types as they are now.

DCS connection should look like (--0--0--0--0--0--0) with empty dots/circles and no line going through the circle and the dashes are not separated.

BUS connection should look like (--0--0--0--0--) with filled in dots/circle also dashes are not separated. •

The thing is I would like to keep both dots the same size and have the fill in be the difference between them.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

Irving

[dbroad]

Did you use a special font for the "o" and bullet symbols?  If so, is the path to that/ose font/s on your support files path?  AutoCAD linetypes will always end and begin the the line part though, not a symbol.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure if it was a special font, it was created before I started working in the company. The path and support files all migrated when I upgraded to 2022 but everything else is fine just this one line type, which I believe was a custom linetype to begin with.

[dbroad]

Open the .LIN file and look at the symbol coding. If the style isn't standard, then perhaps the style doesn't exist in your drawing.

[Anonymous]

When I go to the .LIN file, it is not there but AutoCAD has in the line type properties. The style is not standard like I said I believe the previous drafter created it, I just don't know how he did it with no path.

[vinodkl]

Hi @Anonymous 

Looks like the linetype has been embed into the drawing. Try this lisp(see attachment) to extract the line types from the drawing to .lin file 🙂

[dbroad]

That's nice.  You can also use vlide -> view -> browse drawing database -> browse tables -> <linetypes> -> pick linetype and see the code.

[Anonymous]

So I used "vlide" and found the code, I attached it at the bottom. Do I add this to the AutoCAD definition file? 

[dbroad]

Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you anything about the complex portions of the linetype.  For that, try using @vinodkl 's code or the following, if you're wary about zip files.

;;;To get basic linetype information, either use the vlide method or
;;;copy/paste the code below into either the vlide console or the command line.
(tblsearch "ltype" "<linetype name>")
;;;Example:
(tblsearch "ltype" "DCS")
;;;This doesn't tell you anything about the complex components.

;;;To get the complete complex linetype information use this
;;;To interpret the data, look at a dxf manual
(setq info (entget (tblobjname "ltype" "<linetype name>")))
;;;Example:
(setq info (entget (tblobjname "ltype" "DCS")))
;;;To get the first text style information from the linetype use this after the above
(setq style (entget (cdr(assoc 340 info))))

;;;Code 3 will tell you the font name.  Code 2 will tell you the style name.

[Anonymous]

@dbroad I followed what you advised and this is what I pulled up. Problem is when I try to follow the path from code 3 I run into issues. DWG folder doesn't exist, but projects does, so I followed it until I got to Blocks. After I clicked into blocks, the computer folder was not there.

Attached is that I pulled up.

[Anonymous]

@vinodkl When I tried your link it downloaded as a vxf file not a zip. I could not open nor extract anything.

[dbroad]

I think you're out of luck unless you can find the folder.

To recreate the linetypes, at least for the filled dot, I would recommend finding a TTF font that is on your system and has the character.  The process for re-creating a shapefile and linking that to a linetype is complex.

The process of coding a complex linetype isn't difficult.

Sorry I can't help more.