CarlB, Thanks for the help. I solved the problem. (The capital letters that you mention save the name into memory and if they are lower case it does not.) I had an error in my shape file even though it was compiling.
I have made some shape files and compiled them. I then tried to incorporate the shapes into some new linetypes but, when I try to load the linetype I get an error "bad definition on Lin1Signal at line 29 of file z:\acad14\linetypes\pid.lin." Here are lines 28&29 from my complex...
Your viewport window does associate a scale factor to it even though you have zoomed extents in the window. If you list your viewport window it will show a Scale Relative to Paper Space. To understand my point type a piece of text in paper space and then scale it by the number you got from the...
I think we are having trouble understanding one another. Could you tell me if this is an accurate summary of your problem? You are dimensioning in model space, your overall scale in the dimstyle is set to 1 and your dimensions are comming out huge. Is that correct? (Stick with the 1 not 1'.) In...
I needed to do some shading on a floor plan recently and I wanted the colors to be more transparent. (I am using AutoCAD R14) I used a solid hatch on the areas and made them as close to the color I wanted them to be. The best I could do to get that color was go to settings, printers, select my...
Is your dimscale set to match your scale in model space before you create the dimension in model space and then when you go back to paper space are you setting the dimscale to match your scale in paper space?
I went to the autodesk knowledge base to see if they had any information for plotting pastel colors. Since you are using AutoCAD 2000 you can screen your colors to get lighter shades when you plot. Go to the autodesk web page and then to the knowledge base and type in 'pastel colors in AutoCAD'...