Linetype File Whacked?

If I open my acad.lin they are all still there, but when I go to load a new linetype I do not see all of the available linetypes in the "Load or Reload Linetypes" dialog. I'm not able to figure it out thus far. Please give aid.

Maybe you're looking at the wrong file (duplicate perhaps)?

Type this at the command line exactly as you see it:

(findfile "acad.lin")

Then press Enter. This will give you the true path to the exact file AutoCAD uses.

OK weird. If I go to my linetypes pulldown, click other, then click load and file to see the directory it shows the normal acad installation directory, but when I did the (findfile "acad.lin") it says it's reading the acad.lin in "my documents" folder. What the?

Yeah, they've been doing that for a few years now... supposedly so that if someone else messes with AutoCAD in their profile it doesn't mess yours up. It's where all of your support files are now stored... don't know why it should be lookin in 2 different places tho'.

because Autodesk love to complicate things i guess

I've been using '08 for a good while now and it wasn't until last week that this happened. I don't know what initiated it, but I'd really like to reverse it so it's always defaulted to the proper file. I guess I can just copy the right file to that directory. I just don't want to do it that way.

Couldn't you just "Tell" AutoCAD where to look?

It is properly designated in there to read the default installation directories, but for some reason it's looking in the "my documents" folder for the .lin file.

skipso,

the "working path" is a sub set of the one above it. You add paths in the "Support" set and if AutoCAD can find it on start-up it is duplicated in the working set. Before this was added it was a real pain when a network directory wasn't present as AutoCAD only remembered the directories it found - which meant rebuilding your list every time the network failed (which was often)

Both appear to be set correctly so why is it looking in "my docs"?

K so I just deleted the .lin file in "my docs" and boom now it reads the right file. What the heck man.

it reads files in a definite order. I think current folder then steps through the working list. If it encounters one it stops looking elsewhere. I guess "my docs" was further up the food chain than the correct location. How the rogue file got there is probably down to you.

Thanks 4 the headsup there dave - that'll save me goin crossed in confusion so often now.