Help With Symbols

[corvette63]

I received a CAD file prepared by a surveyor. Existing tree are shown on the lot. The trees are showing up on my system as a "d". Can somepne help me to figure out how to get the trees to show up with the intended symbol.

 

[Exxit]

Hi corvette,

can you highlight a tree? Which kind of Acad-object is this "d"? Block, xref, shape, image....? Which system is the surveyor running? Did you get a dxf?

L.

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[corvette63]

I can highlight the "d". Listed as text when I inquire as to properties. I received as a .dwg. I am running CAD 2005, don't know the version that the surveyor is using.

 

[Exxit]

Hi,

I don't know a way, how you can gat a tree from a text...

Sorry

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[CarlB]

You can get various symbols for text depending on the font file used. For example look at the "Wingdings" font. When you check the tree's (d's) properties what is the font name, maybe the surveyor used a special font file which AutoCAD had to substitute something else for.

 

[AFab]

When someone sends you a drawing file your best bet is to have them use the e-transmit option. This way any fonts, x-refs, and plot styles are attached along with the drawing.

 

[CadAndy]

Coming from a surveyor that is his symbol for tree.

There's nothing you can do unless you have his database
file that translates code into symbols. This is a big
problem in Civil Engineering and transferring data between
surveyors and Engineering firms.

Chances are he has Carlson Surveying Program, most survey
companies use Carlson.

Just get a tree symbol from your symbol manager if your
using Land Desktop otherwise make your own tree symbol
and replace the 'd' with a tree.

Andy