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waynelem 
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Posted: 19.Mar.2018 at 22:23 |
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I need to make a custom line type using a 36" o.d. and a 15" i.d. donut. or a filled circle.
I have been trying to first make a shape with the donut and this does not seem to work.
Also tried to use two circles and a fill, still does not work.
Any ideas?
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Wayne
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John Connor
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Posted: 19.Mar.2018 at 22:42 |
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How about two circles and an exploded (dense) hatch pattern?
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waynelem
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Posted: 19.Mar.2018 at 23:29 |
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Tried that. Did not work.
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waynelem
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Posted: 20.Mar.2018 at 02:37 |
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Can't believe this is that hard to make happen. It will work if the area is not filled.
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Mar.2018 at 10:27 |
Almost there but not quite. Yeah, the hatch pattern isn't dense as this was just a test. The problem to solve is getting rid of the spurious little line segments circled in red. I called mine DonutHoleLT.lin. The magenta color donut at the top is the shape file. 
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 20.Mar.2018 at 17:07 |
 John Connor wrote:
.... The problem to solve is getting rid of the spurious little line segments circled in red. ....
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I'm afraid that's not a problem that can be solved, it being the nature of anything open-ended drawn with any non-continuous linetype to "fill out the ends," beyond full cycles of the linetype definition, with continuous extensions [in closed objects, it can make adjustments]. You can minimize them by adjusting the length of an object [when that's not made impractical or impossible by other considerations], but you can't get rid of them entirely.
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 20.Mar.2018 at 19:22 |
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How critical is the relationship between the 36" vs. 15" dimensions? Could you use an embedded-Text linetype instead of an embedded-Shape one? For example, the 0xA3 character in the Wingdings font looks pretty much just like that (when I make one 36 units wide outside, its inside diameter is about 14-1/2 units), and it's truly solid-filled, so you don't need to fake that part.
Edited by Kent Cooper - 20.Mar.2018 at 19:24
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John Connor
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Posted: 21.Mar.2018 at 08:33 |
Good suggestion Kent. 
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waynelem
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Posted: 21.Mar.2018 at 15:39 |
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I only has to be close, give or take a couple of inches.
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John Connor
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Posted: 21.Mar.2018 at 15:46 |
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Then follow Kent's suggestion.
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