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zippypinhead 
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 Topic: Linetype problem
Posted: 04.Apr.2012 at 04:23 |
Help! I have another glitch showing up tonight... No matter what layer I'm on and what linetype it's set to, everything is coming out as a "HIDDEN2" linetype. For now, to finish the dwg. I'm just using the match properties paintbrush to fix things. It's only happening on the current dwg. If I open something else, everything works as normal. I figure I fat fignered something but have no idea what... AutoCad2011-I've been using it for almost a year now without this particular gremlin. Thanks in advance. Robin
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John Connor
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Posted: 04.Apr.2012 at 11:46 |
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Did you check that the linetype is set to "By Layer"? Sounds like it has been overridden.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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zippypinhead
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Posted: 04.Apr.2012 at 13:34 |
Thanks for that.... Now I'm wondering how the heck I ever fat fignered the change.... seems to take quite a few really specific keystrokes. AGain, thanks for the quick reply. It really did help.
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John Connor
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Posted: 04.Apr.2012 at 18:08 |
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Not sure how you managed it. Did you happen to use a custom lisp routine lately?
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zippypinhead
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Posted: 05.Apr.2012 at 04:48 |
Hell, I don't even know what a lisp routine is. Much less a custom one.  Although I've been using versions of AutoCad for almost twenty years, I'm a cave man. I tend to only learn enough to get my work done.... When I have projects stacked up, (like now) a 70 hour workweek is like a vacation....
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heinsite
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Posted: 05.Apr.2012 at 06:16 |
If you didn't run a LISP routine then you probably did a linetype override earlier in your work and just forgot about it.
Strange things happen when we get in a hurry! 
Dave.
Edited by heinsite - 05.Apr.2012 at 06:17
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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Kona International Airport
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John Connor
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Posted: 05.Apr.2012 at 12:14 |
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Lisp is a programming language. Some lisp routines are included with full AutoCAD. Example: FLATTEN which can be found in Express Tools. I'm very surprised that someone who has used AutoCAD for 20 years has not heard of AutoLisp or Lisp.
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dragona
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Posted: 11.Apr.2012 at 11:23 |
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Or you can restart the computer, then empty the cache to try?
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I heart which I could not help him
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John Connor
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Posted: 11.Apr.2012 at 11:50 |
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The "empty the cache" trick will not solve a linetype problem.
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heinsite
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Posted: 11.Apr.2012 at 23:09 |
Is this happening in *every* file you work on now, or just in this one particular file?
Have you run an AUDIT or a RECOVER operation on this problem file?
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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