CAME-CMEA has a built in table for linetype matching. ME10 linetype names are always in English even if you are running a French, Germano or Italian version of ME10. AutoCAD scheme is a bit tricky: as you probably know there are some special files with linetypes definitions (ie ACAD.LIN). Unfortuntely this scheme is language dependent, it is to say that except for the “CONTINUOUS” linetype you have different names for different countries.


Since CAME-CMEA release 6.11 Linetype correspondance is interrelated with the AutoCAD language. Exact matching depends on the following parameter (AcMeConv.ini)


LinguaAutoCAD=XXX


Possible values are:


ENG        (English)

ITA        (Italian – AutoCAD 2000)

ITA14        (Italian – AutoCAD 14)

GER        (German)

FRE        (French)

ESP        (Spanish)


according to the following table


ENG

ITA

ITA14

GER

FRE

ESP

English

Italian

Italian rel. 14

German

French

Spanish

Border

Bordo

Confine

Rand

Bordure

morse_g

Center

Centro

Linea-Lineetta

Mitte

Axes

Centro

Dashdot

Trattopunto

Tratto-punto

Strichpunkt

tiretpt

trazo_y_punto

Dashed

Tratteggiata

Tratteggiata

Strichlinie

Interrompu

Trazos

Divide

Dividi

Tratto-punti

Getrennt

Divise

Morse_d

Dot

Punto

Punteggiata

Punkt

Pointille

Puntos

Hidden

Nascosta

Nascosta

Verdeckt

Cache

Lìneas_ocultas

Phantom

Fantasma

Linea-lineette

Phantom

Fantome

Vals


Next table explains how your translator matches linetypes (AutoCAD English International)



AutoCAD

ME10

Model

CONTINUOUS

0 - SOLID

_________________________

BORDER

4 - DASH_DOT_DOT

__ __ . __ __ . __ __ . __ __ .

CENTER

6 - CENTER_DASH

____ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___

DASHDOT

3 - DASH_DOT

__ . __ . __ . __ . __ . __ . __ .

DASHED

1 - DASH

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

DIVIDE

7 - CENTER_DASH_DASH

____ . . ____ . . ____ . . ____ . .

DOT

2 - DOT

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HIDDEN

9 - SHORT_DASH

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

PHANTOM

8 - PHANTOM

____ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ ____

DASHED_X2

5 - LONG_DASH


DIVIDE_X2

10 - LONG_DOTTED


CENTER_X2

11 - LONG_DASH_SHORT_DASH





INGOMBRI

7 - CENTER_DASH_DASH


ASSI

6 - CENTER_DASH


TRATTEGGIO

1 - DASH



A good translator should allow the user setting his own linetypes. This is actually necessary when you translate from AutoCAD to ME10 in case of out-of-standard linetypes  or drawings using a mixed country depending linetypes.


In both cases you have to force some linetypes to exactly match an ME10 standard linetype. This is achieved in two steps.


  1. Force the non-standard AutoCAD linetype in a standard linetype.
  2. Translate the standard linetype to ME10 according to the previous table.


You can do that using the setup program or working directly on the “AcMeConv.ini” file.

There are 10 customizable variables for non-standard - user linetypes. Each non-standard linetype will be converted in a standard linetype and then translated using the previous table.

Syntax is quite simple: every "TIPOLINEA_X_PERS" matches the "TIPOLINEA_X_AutoCAD" where X range from 1 to 10


ex.


TIPOLINEA_2_PERS=GEN3A

TIPOLINEA_2_AutoCAD=DASHED


Every entity with "GEN3A" linetype is translated using the AutoCAD "DASHED" and then the "DASH" ME10 Linetype



Using the setup dialog box you can adjust three kind of linetypes.






Write in edit box the linetype name according to ME10 and AutoCAD Linetypes definition system.





TIP


You can map more then three Linetypes. Opening the ".INI" file you can see  there are 10 linetypes you can match.