Linetypes Shapefiles??
Linetypes Shapefiles??
(OP)
I am trying to create a complex line type. I have found some advice via the nett about how to do it. This refers to shape files in the line type 'name.shx' - this is where I am confused. I always thought shapes were .shp.
Can anybody explain to me the relationship here (between shx and shp) and how one creates a shx file (or views it properly because its just a load of symbols).
Can anybody explain to me the relationship here (between shx and shp) and how one creates a shx file (or views it properly because its just a load of symbols).
Cheers. Sean.





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RE: Linetypes Shapefiles??
Use the AutoCAD "compile" command to create a .shx from a .shp.
RE: Linetypes Shapefiles??
the *.shp file ist the symbol-definition, an ASCII file.
ACAD needs a *.shx as a symbol file to show the linetype.
Look into the other posts and into the ACAD-help...
Lothar
ADT 2004
RE: Linetypes Shapefiles??
Cheers. Sean.