Hello:
The POF files were the little image preview files; not the linetypes themselves. [/shakes cobwebs out of brain]
The linetypes were always all lumped into one file, called Dcad.LIN (in the DOS days...). If you can find this one, and can import it, then you'll get a separate LinetypeName.DLT file for each included definition.
If you don't have these, it is very easy to recreate linetypes in v11 -- and you can probably make improvements on them. Try out the Linetype Creator: work from left to right, and draw the spacing at the scale that you want it to appear -- and set the spacing to be the same length as the repeat in the definition.
Just draw one repeat segment from left to right, click the begining point, select the entities, set the spacing to the same as the repeat segment length, pick the end point, name it -- and you're done.
AJ Blasio (aka Tony)
DataCAD 18 (DataCAD User since v5)
Windows 10
Intel CORE i5
8GB Ram
DataCAD 18 (DataCAD User since v5)
Windows 10
Intel CORE i5
8GB Ram
The linetype manager seems to only work on the Dcadwin.lin file.
All the linetypes in DataCAD 11 are in the file, Dcadwin.lin. All the linetypes in DataCAD 7 are in the file, Dcad.lin. These are both text files. Using Notepad, Copy the contents of Dcad.lin, Paste these contents at the end of Dcadwin.lin. Then use the linetype manager to select the linetypes you want. This will duplicate all standard linetypes in the Dcadwin.lin file.
To avoid this, open 2 instances of Notepad, one for each file and copy/paste your custom lines from Dcad.lin to Dcadwin.lin. Each new linetype starts with an ">". See illus. below. Save the Dcadwin.lin, open DataCAD 11, and use the linetype manager.
All the linetypes in DataCAD 11 are in the file, Dcadwin.lin. All the linetypes in DataCAD 7 are in the file, Dcad.lin. These are both text files. Using Notepad, Copy the contents of Dcad.lin, Paste these contents at the end of Dcadwin.lin. Then use the linetype manager to select the linetypes you want. This will duplicate all standard linetypes in the Dcadwin.lin file.
To avoid this, open 2 instances of Notepad, one for each file and copy/paste your custom lines from Dcad.lin to Dcadwin.lin. Each new linetype starts with an ">". See illus. below. Save the Dcadwin.lin, open DataCAD 11, and use the linetype manager.
Daniel Kaczor
DataCAD user since the big Cadkey fire sale.
DataCAD user since the big Cadkey fire sale.
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