why doesn't lineweight=lineweight with .stb?

[kemp]

When I set up my stb file I created a lineweight of .013". I then save
the plot settings to retain this stb file within the drawing layout.

After exiting the plot dialog when I run the "lineweight" command some
of the lineweights that I have set up are not included in this list.
Instead it is rounding up to .014.

WHY?

This also causes the -layer command to prompt me with "Lineweight
rounded to nearest valid value of 0.014." I believe this may be causing
autocad to crash in a lisp routine I am building...

kemp

[Gordon Price]

"kemp" <kemp@dontemailme.com> wrote in message
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When I set up my stb file I created a lineweight of .013". I then save the
plot settings to retain this stb file within the drawing layout.

After exiting the plot dialog when I run the "lineweight" command some of
the lineweights that I have set up are not included in this list. Instead
it is rounding up to .014.
You are talking about two different creatures here, not that AutoCAD makes

that obvious. In your STB, you can create your own lineweights, and apply
them to a named Style. If you then put an object on a layer that uses the
PlotStyle set to .013" you will get a .013" line. Even if your force the
lineweight to something else in AutoCAD, because PlotStyle lineweight takes
precidence. Or, in AutoCAD you get a set list of lineweights to use, but
they only apply if you are using a PlotStyle that sets lineweight to Use
Object Lineweight.

This also causes the -layer command to prompt me with "Lineweight rounded
to nearest valid value of 0.014." I believe this may be causing autocad
to crash in a lisp routine I am building...

Never seen AutoCAD do this. Uness I am all wrong about the interaction
between STB and AutoCAD lineweights (or the lack thereof, as I believe) then
I would be looking for some other problem. Or are you saying your lisp is
trying to set a lineweight of .013? In which case I would expect AutoCAD to
round, as the .013" you set in the STB doesn't apply to the native AutoCAD
lineweight.

Anyway, clear as mud?

Best,
Gordon