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Font in line style does not show up

Paul Haffmans
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We have an application Optimize_Draw_NLCS (Dutch civil standard), which is delivered with a workspace with specific NLCS dgnlibs, .rsc's and .shx resources. Now I have a customer dgn with NLCS  line styles and NLCS_ISO fonts. The line style is a dash-gap stroke pattern where the dash is combined with two //. When opening the dgn in the proper workspace the line style is displayed with the right stroke pattern, but the symbol is displayed  as a ? (a question mark) instead of the two //.

If, in the same workspace, a new file is created, and a line with the same line style is placed, it is completely displayed, including the right symbols (two //). The same as the 'wrong file' is attached as a reference and the elements are copied or merged into the new dgn. As soon as the elements are copied in the new dgn, the line style is updated with the right symbols.

In my opinion this is not a 'line style' issue because the stroke patterns are displayed in the right way (in a default MicroStation workspace the lines are displayed as continues lines, telling me that there is no linstyle .rsc or dgnlib available). To me it looks like the problem is more into fonts or point symbols, but can't fin the clue. What do I miss?

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    It sounds like the Symbols used in the Custom Line Style were a characters of a specific Font instead of just line work. If you Drop the Line Style (key-in “Drop LineStyle”) and then select the elements of the Line Style you will find that the // are text characters instead of line work/shapes. This is why it is highly recommended that in the Symbols, Text elements are Dropped into line work or shapes before the Symbol is made in the Custom Line Style .rsc. That way even if the font is no longer available the Custom Line Style will look OK. You have to recreate the Line Style with a Symbol without Font characters being used. Just line work and shapes to represent the //. Otherwise whoever is displaying that Custom Line Style with the Font Characters, has to have that particular Font available in their Workspace.

    I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This!  (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)

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