Nordic charachter in a script

[pooya.jalilian]

Hi,

I've been having problems with some Nordic charachters like ä, Ä, ö, Ö, å and Å when trying to add them to a block or in plotting script. Even using quotation marks doesn't help.

Here commes an example:

-PLOT
;Detailed plot configuration? [Yes/No] <No>:
Yes

;Enter an output device name or [?] <DWG To PDF.pc3>:
DWG TO PDF.pc3
;Enter paper size or [?] <ISO A1 (841.00 x 594.00 MM)>:
ISO A1 (841.00 x 594.00 MM)
;Enter paper units [Inches/Millimeters] <Millimeters>:
M
;Enter paper units [Inches/Millimeters] <Millimeters>:
Landscape
;Plot upside down? [Yes/No] <No>:
No
;Enter plot area [Display/Extents/Layout/View/Window] <Extents>:
Extents
;Enter plot scale (Plotted Millimeters=Drawing Units) or [Fit] <1:1>:
1:1
;Enter plot offset (x,y) or [Center] <Center>:
Center
;Plot with plot styles? [Yes/No] <Yes>:
Yes
;Enter plot style table name or [?] (enter . for none)
"Helenius_50_färg.ctb"

which AutoCAD intrepret it as below and returns an error.

"Helenius_50_färg.ctb"

Does anybody have any solution?

[Moshe-A]

@pooya.jalilian hi,

i do not think autocad care about characters as long as you install the Nordic language and your OS is configured with your language and you set your current region right, it should work.

also make sure AutoCAD can find the ctb file (in plot styles folder)

??

Moshe

[pooya.jalilian]

That's not the case.

My OS is in Swedish and the language is configured accordingly.

It seems like some charachter encoding problem.

[Moshe-A]

what is the error message?

[pooya.jalilian]

In the process of plotting it stops after that line that I mentioned.

As you can see in the line that it asks for plot style name:

;Enter plot style table name or [?] (enter . for none)
"Helenius_50_färg.ctb"

it changes the ä character as ä and can't find the correct plot style.

[CodeDing · Accepted solution]

@pooya.jalilian ,

Weird. It seems to be working fine for me. Try using the Unicode character. Sometimes I get better luck with that method:

"Helenius_50_f\\U+00E4rg.ctb"

Best,

~DD

[pooya.jalilian]

Well! Thanls for the suggestion.

It worked. 👍