Working with linetype .lin file in text format

[cyberflow]

Hi group,

I've been googling and reading a lot on Linetype creation for the past years but this over here caught my attention trying to figure out what these parameters are :

In red : BAS_TALUS

In green : HAUT_TALUS

What does : 

*HAUT_TALUS,Limite de haut de talus
A,0.12,-0.48,0.12,-0.24,[HOTALU,mtq,S=1,R=0],-0.24,0.12,-0.48

*BAS_TALUS,Limite de bas de talus
A,0.12,-0.48,0.12,-0.24,[BATALU,mtq,S=1,R=0],-0.24,0.12,-0.48

The [BATALU,mtq,S=1,R=0] is the part i'm trying to understand; what is "BATALU" ?

Is it a variable ?

Usually we se a string between quotation marks but in this case no.

[Patchy]

Shape file (.shp .shx)

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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@cyberflow wrote:

Usually we se a string between quotation marks but in this case no.

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String between quotations is for a predefined string when used, as explained in HELP:

No string between quotes would indicate a shape file, also from HELP

HTH

[cyberflow]

@pendean  thx !

I was googling for that but i had that in my help file -_-