Marker Definition error -147

[KChyld]

Hi,

I am having trouble using the marker definitions with a template that I have created. The shape file will convert fine if I don’t use the template however when I do use the template I get the following:
ERROR Saving file: X:\000-Jobs Pending\GIS\arc2cad\W_Fh.dwg
Error code is -147. Is the file open in another application (e.g. AutoCAD)?
We are on v5.0 A.17

Please let me know if you need any additional information

[GuthCAD Software Support]

Hi,

Please update to the latest version (5.0 A.33 as of this post.) It should hopefully fix the problem. Download here.

If you still get errors, try remaking your template DWG as a 'clean' drawing. I.e. start with a new empty DWG, and copy and paste the Blocks that you need into the new drawing.

best regards,
Software Support

[KChyld]

Thanks for the quick reply, that worked. I seem to be having another issue now. I have multiple shapes that I want to convert. Each shape has it’s own custom block that I have created for it that I wish to use as a marker definition. I have created a single DWG file that contains an instance of each of the blocks I will need. I have also created a single A2C file that contains all the switch information I will need. What appears to happen, is that only 1 of the block definitions is used across all the shape files. In the code example below the block X-INLET-10 is used on all shapes despite the fact that I have specified other block for them.

A2C Example:
; Storm Drain Inlet
/C0=8 \
/L=SD_Inlet \
/P=13 /PH=1.0 /PNB=X-INLET-10 \
/SV=14 \
"H:\GIS\arc2cad\SD_Inlet.shp" "H:\GIS\arc2cad\SD_Inlet.dwg"
; FIRE HYDRANTS
/C0=8 \
/L=0-GIS-W-FH \
/P=13 /PH=20.0 /PNB=X-Fh \
/SV=14 \
/TN=WWW_ID /TS=ROMANS /TF=ROMANS_.TTF /TH=1.600000 /TC=-1 /TO=1 /TOF=5.0000 /TL=1 /TLL=0-GIS-W-FH-TXT \
"H:\GIS\arc2cad\w_fh.shp" "H:\GIS\arc2cad\w_fh.dwg"
; WATER METER
/C0=150 \
/L=0-GIS-W-METER \
/P=13 /PH=20.0 /PNB=X-METER \
/SV=14 \
/TN=WWW_ID /TS=ROMANS /TF=ROMANS_.TTF /TH=1.60000 /TC=-1 /TO=1 /TOF=5.0000 /TL=1 /TLL=0-GIS-W-METER-TXT /TPB=5 \
"H:\GIS\arc2cad\W_Meter.shp" "H:\GIS\arc2cad\W_Meter.dwg"
; WATER VALVE - CONTROL
/C0=8 \
/L=0-GIS-W-VAL \
/P=13 /PH=20.0 /PNB=X-VALVE \
/SV=14 \
/TN=WWW_ID /TS=ROMANS /TF=ROMANS_.TTF /TH=1.600000 /TC=-1 /TO=1 /TOF=5.0000 /TL=1 /TLL=0-GIS-W-VAL-TXT /TPB=5 /TD=1 /TDP=0 \
"H:\GIS\arc2cad\W_Val_Ctrl.shp" "H:\arc2cad\W_Val_Ctrl.dwg"
; WASTE WATER MANHOLE
/C0=2 \
/L=WW_Mh \
/P=13 /PH=1.0 /PNB=X-WW-MH \
/SV=14 \
"H:\GIS\arc2cad\ww_mh.shp" "H:\GIS\arc2cad\ww_mh.dwg"

Again, let me know if you need more detail or if I’m taking the wrong approach to multiple shape processing.

[GuthCAD Software Support]

Hi,

There is a switch for specifying the dwg file that contains the custom BLOCKS. It is

/PB=pathname

where 'pathname' is the full pathname of the location of the dwg file.

Example:

/PB=c:\myblocks\customblocks.dwg

So in your script, whereever you have the switch /P=13, add after it the /PB switch. E.g.

/P=13 /PB=c:\myblocks\customblocks.dwg

Hopefully it will fix it!

Best regards,
Software Support