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I think I've stumbled on an incompatibility with AutoCAD.
I want to use a < symbol with underline to mean less than or equal to.

In AutoCAD, I type in a text override such as y37%%u<%%u<>, and I get the y37 and the less than or equal to symbol, followed by the value of the dimension (e.g. 138).

In IntelliCAD I get y37138%u<>.

Apparently AutoCAD checks the next character after "<" to see if it is ">"
and only then prints the dimension value. IntelliCAD apparently doesn't do this check.

Is there a work around to get this to print correctly?[/u]

Hello dr_facto,

To create the effect you want just type "y37%%u<%%u". This will give you the y37 and the less than or equal to symbol. Then type the value of the dimension. Something like "y37%%u<%%u138"

Thank you,
JCAMPOS

The work-around does make the dimension look correct.

It has its limitations, though. When I export the file as a .DXF file, and open it in AutoCAD, these dimensions don't display correctly. I see the less-than symbol underlined, followed by %%U and the numbers I entered in the work around.

I know that IntelliCAD .DWG files are not compatible with AutoCAD, but it does seem that the DXF files should be interchageable.

It would be nice if there could be a fix to the underlying problem. Is there a way to bring this to the attention of the programmers? It would not be a complex code change to get the string parsed correctly.

dr_facto,

I know that IntelliCAD .DWG files are not compatible with AutoCAD, but it does seem that the DXF files should be interchageable.

IntelliCAD DWG files are compatible with AutoCAD. The provided solution is a workaround, not a truly solution and, because of this, it may work differently in IntelliCAD and in AutoCAD. However, it will be fixed in future releases.

Regards,
JCAMPOS