I am trying to create a ROW linetype with the text in the middle of the longer dash
*ROWphanton,ROW with dashes ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _
A,.625,-.125,.125,-.125,.125,-.125,-0.02,["ROW",TEXTSTYLE,S=0.08,R=0.000,X=0.000,Y=-0.035],-0.30
I've attached an image of what this definition looks line now. Can anyone help me out? Thanks
@MKH-VB wrote:
I am trying to create a ROW linetype with the text in the middle of the longer dash
Just to be sure I understand, does that description mean this?
including having the longer dash running through the Text?
[By the way, the zero before the decimal point is not needed for values less than one, as you have it in some but not all places. And zero is zero without any decimal -- R=0.000 can be simplified not only a little to R=0.0, but all the way down to R=0 only.]
@Kent1Cooper wrote:
Just to be sure I understand, does that description mean this?
including having the longer dash running through the Text?
....
On the assumption [if you're still watching] that the answer to that question is Yes:
[The definition in Message 2 makes the green parts.] The yellow parts were made with this definition:
A,.125,-.125,.3125,["ROW",STANDARD,S=.08,X=-.13,Y=-.04],.3125,-.125,.125,-.125
["STANDARD" text Style is defined for Arial Italic without fixed height. Use your appropriate Style name.]
No R entry -- if it's zero, you can just omit it. Consider using the U option instead, for more upright text regardless of drawn direction.
The longer dash is actually in two touching pieces, with the text "between" them. The negative X value [fine-tune the number for the length of the text] "backs off" the starting point of the text inclusion by half the text length in the back-off from the direction the path is headed at that point, which makes for better alignment along curves [compare those in the yellow Arc to the one in the green Arc].
@MKH-VB Just use my code to create all the linetypes you'll ever need : ). It will spit out the line definition to the command line if you'd like to put it in a file.
*ROW,ROW» --- - - ---ROW--- - - ---ROW--- - - ---ROW--- - - ---
A,0.3,-0.08,0.08,-0.08,0.08,-0.08,0.3,-0.2375,["ROW",Standard,S=0.125,R=0,X=-0.1875,Y=-0.0625],-0.2375
@MKH-VB wrote:
.... long dash, short dash, short dash, long dash, text. ... with the text in a gap, not covered by a line.
A,.625,-.125,.125,-.125,.125,-.125,.625,-.175,["ROW",STANDARD,S=.08,X=-.13,Y=-.04],-.175
makes:
That's with your original dash and gap sizes and text height, and with a full long dash on either side of the text -- I assume that's what you meant, but all is adjustable.
