Irrigation Symbols

 

Irrigation Symbol Line Weights

 

Open the drawing Irrigation Symbols.dwg in the LandFX/Administration folder. This is 8½x11 sheet size drawings with the irrigation symbols provided by Land F/X, and will help familiarize you with Land F/X symbols.

 

After configuring and changing the line colors within Land F/X with BatchMan, as described in Configuration and Preferences, use the newly created plot style to plot this drawing as a test plot page.

§	If you are accepting the Land F/X default line colors, or are plotting this drawing prior to making the above mentioned batch file changes, use the LFX.ctb plot style, also located in the LandFX/Administration folder.

 

Review the output of the symbols. They will always have the same scale and size no matter what the scale of the drawing is. If the symbol output is, for example, with thicker line weights than desired, use the AutoCAD Layer Manager to reduce (or change as desired) the overall line weights of this drawing.

 

Use BatchMan to Change all of the Irrigation Symbol Line Weights

 

After determining a line weight change that is suitable, use the BatchMan batch file management tool to change the line weights on all of the irrigation blocks at one time.

 

Step 1: Open BatchMan, select the button Recurse DWG Dir at the Files in:. Then locate the folder LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation. Now ensure that only Layer Names and Colors, and Save As (selecting the appropriate file format) are the only actions that will be performed.

 

See the Plant Symbol Line Weight for examples on how to do this.

 

Step 2: BatchMan will open each irrigation symbol drawing and then provide a list of the layer names and colors. You will then highlight the layers to have the line weights changed, and change them in a similar fashion as indicated on Plant Symbol Line Weight above.

 

Adding User Defined Irrigation Symbols to Land F/X

 

The most logical approach to altering the irrigation component symbols is to open each symbol block drawing and alter or change it as necessary. The irrigation symbols are located in several folders under the LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation folder.

§	The symbols will be scaled for Model Space, so they are drawn to the size they will appear when they are plotted (or how they will appear in Paper Space).

§	The insertion point is at or near the center of the symbol, and should remain so.

§	Keep the layer naming convention with the X-IRRG-(modifier).

§	With many of the symbols, the text in the symbol is an attribute. You can change the font style as desired, but it is best not to delete it unless you add another attribute to replace with the same Tag, Prompt, and Value.