Replies: 3 Last Post:PM.How do you manage that? Configurazione percorso file riferimenti esterni. I was always disappointed John B "You can't convince a believer of anything for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep-seated need to believe. When I can I'll use the ones in the standard ltypeshp. I hate keeping track of extra shape files and they would need to be loaded for anyone using them in their linetypes. While it requires Romans to be a loaded textstyle and would look diferently if Romans. While there were several methods available I was able to do the Linetype definition I posted before to his specifications in about two minutes. If I remember correctly, you just draw polylines to represent the shape and Make Shape will turn them into a shape for you. This can cause the text in the linetype to change size, font, oblique angle, etc. I have heard many people complaining about linetypes that use text styles because the text style properties can affect the linetype. I would recommend using dood's example with the shape file. Make sure you have a Romans Text Style then try this: Code. Of course you'll have to play with the size, rotation and x,y offset to get it to look right. You may need to convert the new shp file to an shx, I don't recall if that step is necessary or not. From memory Might get you started, need to draw your circle with SF in it and create a shape, shpout is the command I think. Brenda Richardson Oh, so do I stick that in my Google. I've tried creating a shape file with little success. What I would like to see is a continuous line with a circle with "SF" in it and then continue on with a continuous to the next circle with SF". I've been trying to create a linetype for silt fence. Thread: Create a custom Linetype - silt fence.