Isogen Font.fif file

[AplantAdmin]

Are any of you isogen users using the Font.fif file to use other fonts in isogen?? I have read that i can use other Autocad fonts besides monotxt.shx in my configuration but i don't have the font.fif file anywere on my machine. I have checked all of the installed directories by bentley and no luck finding it.

[wuzhongbo]

Extract the enclosed file as FONTSTD.FIF.

[AplantAdmin]

thanks

this was what i was looking for. Thanks again

[bcbnine]

Problem. When I added the font file, the elbows now plot out rounded. We want them to be squared. They were squared before I added the font file. I checked the ddf file and it is set to square.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[AplantAdmin]

If you remove the font file does it go back to normal?? This is something i would test. I just looked at all my configs and we have them set to round. Sorry i've never changed the ddf file to square.

[bcbnine]

Has anyone ran into issues with the BOM text after using this font file? For exapmle, my component description should be one text string but it is breaking up into 2 text strings.

[lirong]

In the MLD file ,we can difine the length of the description string.Like:
'DESCRIPTION' 248 30 L.And the '30' is the length of the string.So please check if the value is too small.

[bcbnine]

Thanks for the response. I think I found it. Thanks to a suggestion by Packin31. My final.dwg was saved to 2004. So I saved it as 2000 but I think it was my final.dxf which was saved to 2004 which needed to be saved as R12.

Thanks,
Blake

[JamIt KAD]

Hi,

I have been trying to accomplish this font mapping unsucessfully. I am using AutoPLANT 8.6 piping and isogen. And have the following configurations:

------------------isogen.fls------------------
FONT-INFORMATION-FILE K:\ZTEST\c_common\isogen\control\fontstd.fif

------------------fontstd.fif------------------
ISOGEN-FONT 2
FAMILY A
FILENAME isocp2.shx
DESCRIPTION ISOCP2
TYPEFACE ISOCP2

------------------final.opl------------------
4 2001028 ! Character Size on isometric picture

i have also created a style in my backing sheet called "isocp2" font isocp2.shx
with no luck. isometrics are still dropped out with the font type stored under the style "STANDARD"

does anyone know why this is happening???

i was also wondering how it is possible to change the text style of the text contained in the main drawing area?? is this through the pos file??

Thanks in advance

JK

[BigBee73]

First off is your backing a version 12.dxf (I assume you are using autocad)? If not you will have greater success with it. Next, the Font style to standard. Change the Font name to the desired font (i.e. isocp2.shx) and set current being sure to save as version 12 "backing sheet name".dxf.
This should affect the entire drawing.

[Paul1984]

Extract the enclosed file as FONTSTD.FIF.

Can you explain me what the characters in fontstd.fif means?

For examle:

ISOGEN-FONT 75
FAMILY T
FILENAME italic__.ttf
DESCRIPTION Italic (True Type)
TYPEFACE Italic
KANJIWIDTH 30000
FONTNUMBER 75
OFFSETS
4 10000 0 15 0 0 0 0 2
16 10000 0 15 0 0 0 0 2
17 10000 0 15 0 0 0 0 2
8 9500 0 -15 0 0 0 0 2
18 9500 0 -15 0 0 0 0 2
21 9500 0 -15 0 0 0 0 2
19 9500 0 -15 0 0 0 0 2
20 9500 0 -15 0 0 0 0 2
CHARACTERS
32 8937
33 6411 !
What is 8937 6411?

[autoplantadmin]

You change your iso text style on the .opl file. Go to Switch #4 you can tick the user defined fonts file if you have your .fif mapped to the project and pick the font from there.

[Paul1984]

Thanks, but I have another problem. ISOGEN doesn't "understand" cyrillic characters.
In *.fif file numbers from 32 to 127 is the index numbers of english symbols in ASCII code. How can I associate numbers from 128 to 255 with cyrillic symbols?

P.S.
sorry for my "brilliant" english)))

[autoplantadmin]

As far as I know, you can't create or change any new fonts into the .fif file. It only recognises existing fonts. There is a pretty good manual on the font file on your %network root%\Help\Isogen\isotrain.zip\fonts.ppt. Maybe give that a read and see what you find.