Topic: contour linetype generation

[mjfarrell]

I use the dashed linetype on all of my contours too. Clients seem to prefer that.
To finally answer your question, and not whine about AutoCad's short commings, you can make the dashews even lengths with the PEdit command. Pick the contour and note one of the edit options is "Ltype Gen". Apply that and your line and all should look fine. If all of your contours have this problem use the PEdit.....M (for multiple)...window all the contours and apply the Ltype Gen option.

uh...NO
you can't just use the PEdit command on a Contour Display Object within the Surface Object, as the contour is a(n) integral part of the Surface object and can't be manipulated using any autocad command.

As a Logic statement:
IF the Contours Are Extracted from the Surface THEN YES this process will work...otherwise NOT.

[reno]

i'm not sure what you guys are talking about. seems to work just fine for me:



perhaps it was fixed...

[mjfarrell]

no, it still looks a bit jacked in places....I see gaps where it appears there should be vertices...

[sinc]

The test is to see how it looks at different scales.  If you can go to large plot scales and still see linetype generation, then it's working.  Otherwise, you just happen to be lucky enough to have triangles that are big enough in relation to the plot scale that it looks OK.

[sinc]

And for what it's worth, the contours look like linetype generation is turned on for me in both 2010 and 2011.  (Didn't look at anything earlier.)

So I suspect it has something to do with those things coming forward from 2007, as you mentioned.

Now, linetype generation for Survey Figures, that's another story...  Autodesk has recently been asking for feedback about improvements to linetypes, though, so hopefully we'll be seeing a fix there soon.

[reno]

no, it still looks a bit jacked in places....I see gaps where it appears there should be vertices...

isn't that what LTGEN is supposed to do? put linetype gaps where vertices should be...

[mjfarrell]

no, it still looks a bit jacked in places....I see gaps where it appears there should be vertices...

isn't that what LTGEN is supposed to do? put linetype gaps where vertices should be...

LTGEN, or PLINEGEN, eye of newt...whatever variable or setting that should make this a non issue, isn't working optimally or the discussion wouldn't be happening.  And there is no indication as to the version at play here to further the discovery.

[sinc]

There was a mention that the only drawings that seemed to have any problem with linetype generation in contours involved a "2007 TIN"...  Not sure what exactly that means, however...

[mjfarrell]

There was a mention that the only drawings that seemed to have any problem with linetype generation in contours involved a "2007 TIN"...  Not sure what exactly that means, however...

I asked and there was no further information provided.  Either way the surface would be getting it's contours from whatever style was placed on it, with whatever version of C3D in use.  TIN, Points, Point File, Point Cloud, Data Ref or otherwise.

[reno]

that screen shot was taken from 2011...

[mjfarrell]

that screen shot was taken from 2011...

not your version...the person with the question/issue

(and it's still jacked)

[sinc]

Michael, why do you keep saying the contours in that screen shot are "jacked"?  It looks like linetype generation is working fine in that image, and I see no issues.

[drizzt]

You are correct. I only seem to have the problem when I import a TIN from 2007. Other drawings, where I created the surface in 2010 seem to work fine so far.

[mjfarrell]

Michael, why do you keep saying the contours in that screen shot are "jacked"?  It looks like linetype generation is working fine in that image, and I see no issues.

let's just say they could be better...

[sinc]

You are correct. I only seem to have the problem when I import a TIN from 2007. Other drawings, where I created the surface in 2010 seem to work fine so far.

Can you explain that further?  What do you mean by "import a TIN from 2007"?