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Avoid name collisions between AutoCAD font- and symbol files (SHX).

A - answer AutoCAD DWG drawings may behave incorrectly (missing symbols in linetypes, missing texts) when containing text styles and symbols (including complex linetypes symbols) pointing to a single .SHX file.

Be careful when using generic names for your customized font- and symbol files - e.g. "Civil.shx". Text styles (STYLE) and references from linetypes (.LIN files) should not point to a common SHX file. Any SHX file is either a font file, or a symbol (shape) file - never can a single shx file contain both of these. Pointing to a single file indicates a conflict and such drawing may behave erratically.

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15.8.2017    7626×  

See also:
Tip 11146:Metric linetypes by ISO and complex linetypes for utilities.
Tip 6804:How to explode linetypes (to dashes)?
Tip 4920:Where can I find the missing GENLTSHP.SHX file?
Tip 4233:How to add center-line symbol in AutoCAD texts?
Tip 2924:What are the font control characters in MTEXT text?


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