Create custom Line type - upside

[GISdude]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a custom line type for our in house folks. I'm trying to make a line type to look like so, "---2 SRV4" ---". For informations' sake, the 2 is the number of conduits, and the 4" is the diameter size of the proposed conduits. 

I've attached a screen shot of the resulting product - and it's upside down. I dunno why it would do that - other than operator error.

I attached the .lin file as well.

Thanks

acad.lin

[tombu]

For inch use either %%34 or \U+0022

Change 

["4-S4'' ",Standard,s=0.1,r=0,x=-0.145,y=-0.05],-0.25

to

["4-S4%%34 ",Standard,s=0.1,r=0,x=-0.145,y=-0.05],-0.25

or

["4-S4\U+0022 ",Standard,s=0.1,r=0,x=-0.145,y=-0.05],-0.25

though I'd remove the space at the end of the text and adjust the x value.

[eldon]

It matters to AutoCAD in which direction a line is drawn, and in your picture the line with the upside-down writing has been drawn from right to left.

 

However don't despair, there are now ways of coping with it. In your linetype definition, you should include the factor U=0. This is the upright factor which was included since version 2011.

[eldon]

If you look at the complex linetypes with letters, supplied in your posted acad.lin  (Hot Water Supply and Gas Line) you will see the U factor has been added already.

 

Be warned that all text fonts are not the same sized characters, so when you make a text feature in a complex linetype, your x, y and s factors might need to be tweaked for different fonts.