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341

Errors: Site & Details

Error: The Polyline (or Polygon, Circle, etc.) Selected Contains Arcs or Segments (Placing a Hatch)
Error Saving File ... (Saving a Detail That Includes OLE Objects)
Error: Hatch Definition Not Found (Placing a Hatch)
ActiveX Server Returned the Error: Unknown Name: HATCHSTYLE (Applying a Gradient or TrueColor to a Solid Hatch)
You Must Select a Division (Saving a Detail)
Unable to Locate Target Hatch Pattern (Placing a Hatch)
INVALID Error (Attempting to Place a Plant or Other Block)
Unable to Snap to Geometric Center (Using Our POLYDIVIDE Tool)
0 Regions Created Error in Command Line (Using P-Hatch/PHATCH)
The Hatch No Longer Exists (Opening a Drawing or Placing a Custom Hatch)
Error: Unhandled Exception
Error Querying Data: landfx.blocks Doesn't Exist (Working With Plan Graphics or Other Blocks)
Error: AcRxClassName or Error: Exception Occurred (Placing a Reference Note Callout, MLeader, or Work Area)
No Valid Detail Title Block Found (Saving a Detail)
Error: File ... .dwg Was Created by an Incompatible Version of AutoCAD
Invalid Input Message (Placing Spot Elevations or Working with Groundcovers)
Error Creating Text Style "(Font)": Font File "(Font)" Not Installed (Using a Land F/X Tool, or Placing Text)
Error Creating Text Style '(text style name)': Font File '(font name)' Not Installed (Using a Land F/X Tool, or Placing Text)
Error: "Unhandled Exception in dcl-slideview-load ARX" (Placing a Plant, Irrigation Equipment, or a Site Object such as a Reference Note or Lighting Fixture)
Not a Valid Detail Boundary (Working With Detail Enlargement Tools)
This File is Opened Read-Only and Cannot Be Saved (Editing or Saving a Detail)
Error: Unable to Find Existing Detail in the Database (Saving a Detail)
That File is Currently Open. Would You Like to Open it Read-Only?
Error Executing Data Request (Saving a DimStyle)
Error Querying Data: Table 'landfx.details' Doesn't Exist (Adding, Placing, or Accessing Details)
This Project Does Not Have a Detail Folder Assigned. Would You Like to Do That Now? (Adding a Detail to a Project)
Error: Bad Argument Type: ListP (Running a Schedule)
Error: Not a Record in Master Detail Database (Placing or Editing a Detail)
Block [NAME] References Itself *Invalid* (Placing Details or Other Blocks)
Unable to Reload Detail *****.dwg. Automation Error. Self Reference (Placing a Detail)
This is Not a Land F/X Entity (Editing a Block or Hatch in Your Drawing)
1 Block Deleted (Placing a Detail or Other Block)
AutoCAD Variable Setting Rejected: "TEXTSTYLE"
You Must Save the Block into the ... Folder Tree (Saving a Block)
You Must Save the Block into a Sub-Folder of One of the Block Libraries (Saving a Block)
You Must First Save the Block into the Plan Graphics Library Using the Save Block Tool (Editing or Viewing Information on a Plant Symbol or Other Block)
Outside Limits Message in Command Line / Cannot Place Blocks / Blocks Not Visible in Model Space
Bad DXF Group (10) (Placing an Object in a Drawing)
Error: Unable to Find Main Dictionary / Could Not Start Speller (Typing Text or Using a Text-Related Tool)
Error: Saving Data (Creating a Detail Folder in Detail Explorer)
Error: 'Bad Argument Type: VLA-Object Collection, VLA Object' (Placing a Detail, Setting the Scale, etc.)
Polydivide Error: Angle Specified Does Not Intersect Polygon Appropriately (Using the Polydivide Tool)
Automation Error
514
343

Reference Notes

Custom 3D Symbols Are Not Showing Up When You Import from CAD Into SketchUp
Amenity Reference Note Coming in at the Wrong Size or Scale When Placed
Plants & Reference Notes: You're Only Able to Place, Call Out, or Highlight the Same Item Repeatedly
Buttons Are Grayed Out in Manager Dialog Boxes / Can't Make Edits
Error: Hatch Definition Not Found (Placing a Hatch)
Unable to Run a Schedule for an Entire Drawing that Contains Work Areas
Unable to Access Any Web Content (Can't Add Plants, Reference Notes, or Irrigation Equipment)
Adding Descriptions and Quantities for Gravel and Bark Mulches to Calculate on a Materials Schedule, Similar to Groundcovers
Place Plants or Site Amenities Based on Latitude and Longitude
Unable to Send Schedule to MS Excel Spreadsheet
Reference Notes Schedule Columns are Organized Incorrectly
Division or Subdivision Title Repeating in the Reference Notes Schedule
Copying Plants & Other Blocks: How To (and How Not To)
Reference Notes Schedule Showing Incorrect Quantities
Text Not Visible Within Callout Boxes, Callouts Have Background Color Fills or Masks (Valve Callouts & RefNote Callouts)
Custom Block Symbols: Preview Slide Does Not Display Correct True Color
You Want Your Schedule Text in Uppercase (All Capital Letters)
Unable to Snap to Geometric Center (Using Our POLYDIVIDE Tool)
Unable to Edit or Call Out a Reference Note (RefNote) Hatch
Importing Plants, Concept Plants, Details, Reference Notes, or Irrigation Equipment Using Cloud Data: AutoCAD Freezes or Crashes
Notation Reference Note Not Showing Up in Work Area Schedule
Match Properties With Similar Hatches: Rotation or Angle Does Not Change
Reference Note in Xref Not Showing Up in Schedule
Error: AcRxClassName or Error: Exception Occurred (Placing a Reference Note Callout, MLeader, or Work Area)
Error: File ... .dwg Was Created by an Incompatible Version of AutoCAD
Text Appears Scrunched or Squished Together in RefNote Callouts, Dimensions, or Other Callouts
Error: "Unhandled Exception in dcl-slideview-load ARX" (Placing a Plant, Irrigation Equipment, or a Site Object such as a Reference Note or Lighting Fixture)
Callouts / MLeaders Only Going to Left or Right Side of Leaders
Different Reference Notes Callouts Using Different Callout or Leader Styles
Unable to Delete a Reference Note
Unable to See Hatches or Colorized Plants When Viewing 3D Within AutoCAD
Work Areas are Not Recognizing/Calculating Hatches Correctly
Creating General Notes Using Reference Notes
Objects in Xrefs Are Not Being Counted or Calculated Properly
Block [NAME] References Itself *Invalid* (Placing Details or Other Blocks)
Unable to Reload Detail *****.dwg. Automation Error. Self Reference (Placing a Detail)
Schedule for Work Area Does Not Appear or Can't Be Placed
1 Block Deleted (Placing a Detail or Other Block)
Outside Limits Message in Command Line / Cannot Place Blocks / Blocks Not Visible in Model Space
Polydivide Error: Angle Specified Does Not Intersect Polygon Appropriately (Using the Polydivide Tool)
Non-Photometric Lights Message (Working With Insertion Scale or Placing a Block)
345

Hatches

Error: The Polyline (or Polygon, Circle, etc.) Selected Contains Arcs or Segments (Placing a Hatch)
CAD Freezes or Crashes With a Drawing that Includes Gradients
CAD Freezes or Crashes When You Try to Place a Hatch – But Only When Land F/X Menus are Loaded
Hatch or Block Preview Slides (Thumbnails) Are Incorrect or Duplicated
Unable to Locate Target Hatch Pattern (Placing a Hatch)
Selecting a Symbol or Hatch: Block or Hatch Not Available, or All Hatch / Block Colors Appear Blank
Unable to Snap to Geometric Center (Using Our POLYDIVIDE Tool)
Hatch Won't Place Correctly / Hatch Multiple or Island Issues / Can't See the Multiple Option
0 Regions Created Error in Command Line (Using P-Hatch/PHATCH)
The Hatch No Longer Exists (Opening a Drawing or Placing a Custom Hatch)
Unable to Edit or Call Out a Reference Note (RefNote) Hatch
P-Hatch (PHATCH) Deletes Existing Hatch
Match Properties With Similar Hatches: Rotation or Angle Does Not Change
Selection Dialog Box Opens When You Place a Land F/X Object or Pipe to Irrigation Equipment
Callout Arrows or Solid Hatches are Hollow, Not Solid, or Display as Lines Only
You've Copied Your Land F/X Objects to a New Layer and Would Like the Software to NOT Recognize Them (Remove Land F/X Data)
Hatches Causing AutoCAD or F/X CAD to Freeze
Stipple Hatch Does Not Fill Area Properly
Work Areas are Not Recognizing/Calculating Hatches Correctly
Unable to See Hatches or Colorized Plants When Viewing 3D Within AutoCAD
Annotative Scale for Planting and Site Hatches
Annotative Hatches Visible in Model Space but Not Paper Space
Hatch is Too Dense, or Not Dense Enough (Hatch Scale Issues)
Move Land F/X Objects to a Different Layer
Hatch Edit & Hatch and Gradient Dialog Boxes Not Displaying
Super Hatch & Land F/X
Editing Hatches: Changing a Hatch Description Creates a New Hatch With the Same Description
Hatches (Such as Plants or RefNotes) Not Available Offline
Colors Displaying Incorrectly in Model Space
This is Not a Land F/X Entity (Editing a Block or Hatch in Your Drawing)
Non-Plot Layers No Longer Visible in Paper Space
Polydivide Error: Angle Specified Does Not Intersect Polygon Appropriately (Using the Polydivide Tool)
Not a Closed Polyline Message (Trying to Place a Hatch After Using the NCOPY Command)
497

Blocks

Plants & Reference Notes: You're Only Able to Place, Call Out, or Highlight the Same Item Repeatedly
Graphics Missing or Unavailable in Dialog Box
CAD Freezes or Crashes With a Drawing that Includes Gradients
Duplicate Block Categories or Block Subfolder Names for Plan Graphics or Elevation Graphics
Hatch or Block Preview Slides (Thumbnails) Are Incorrect or Duplicated
Get the Latest Land F/X Blocks
Place Plants or Site Amenities Based on Latitude and Longitude
Significant Delay/Pause/Freeze When Selecting Blocks
Selecting a Symbol or Hatch: Block or Hatch Not Available, or All Hatch / Block Colors Appear Blank
Copying Plants & Other Blocks: How To (and How Not To)
Custom Block Symbols: Preview Slide Does Not Display Correct True Color
Concept Lines or Nodes Slide Previews Showing Too Large
Assign Data to Generic Blocks (Convert to Smart Land F/X Blocks)
Using Civil 3D: Callouts, Blocks or Details Scale Incorrectly When Placed After Editing
Error Querying Data: landfx.blocks Doesn't Exist (Working With Plan Graphics or Other Blocks)
Unable to Scale Generic Plants When Placing Them
Custom Line Text Not Scaling Correctly or Off Center
Railing Tool is Giving You Smaller Spacing Than You Want
Edit the Color (or Other Characteristics) of a Block or Concept Graphic
Selection Dialog Box Opens When You Place a Land F/X Object or Pipe to Irrigation Equipment
CAD Crashes or Freezes When Inserting a Block from Shortcut Folder on Server
You've Copied Your Land F/X Objects to a New Layer and Would Like the Software to NOT Recognize Them (Remove Land F/X Data)
Land F/X Blocks and Graphics Binder
Reshoot Thumbnail Preview Slides for Saved Blocks
Convert Shape Objects to Blocks
Place Blocks (Such as Plants or Site Amenities) at Locations of Data Points – CSVIMPORT Command
Move Land F/X Objects to a Different Layer
Block [NAME] References Itself *Invalid* (Placing Details or Other Blocks)
Colors Displaying Incorrectly in Model Space
Unable to Reload Detail *****.dwg. Automation Error. Self Reference (Placing a Detail)
This is Not a Land F/X Entity (Editing a Block or Hatch in Your Drawing)
1 Block Deleted (Placing a Detail or Other Block)
You Must Save the Block into the ... Folder Tree (Saving a Block)
Layers, Lines, or Blocks Mistakenly Plotting in Green or Red, or Opposite Spectrum Color
You Must First Save the Block into the Plan Graphics Library Using the Save Block Tool (Editing or Viewing Information on a Plant Symbol or Other Block)
Outside Limits Message in Command Line / Cannot Place Blocks / Blocks Not Visible in Model Space
Block Editor is Being Extremely Slow
Non-Photometric Lights Message (Working With Insertion Scale or Placing a Block)
Power Tip: Manufacturer Cloud Content Library
344

Callouts

Fixing Font/Text Style Issues in Callouts or Labels
Plants & Reference Notes: You're Only Able to Place, Call Out, or Highlight the Same Item Repeatedly
Font Overlapping from RefNotes Callout
Are Detail Bubble Callouts Associated With Data or a Database? (Copying Bubble Callouts)
Why We Don't Recommend Using Annotative Scale
Edit or Rescale Callouts, Site Blocks, or Plant Labels
Text Not Visible Within Callout Boxes, Callouts Have Background Color Fills or Masks (Valve Callouts & RefNote Callouts)
Unable to Edit or Call Out a Reference Note (RefNote) Hatch
Detail Callouts: Thumbnail Previews Showing Up Blank
Slope Callouts Come in Blank or Missing Text
Detail Callouts Scaling Issue
Using Civil 3D: Callouts, Blocks or Details Scale Incorrectly When Placed After Editing
Change Style of Detail Callouts or Placeholders
Error: AcRxClassName or Error: Exception Occurred (Placing a Reference Note Callout, MLeader, or Work Area)
Slope Callouts or Spot Elevations Oriented Incorrectly (Pointing in the Wrong Direction)
Callout Arrows or Solid Hatches are Hollow, Not Solid, or Display as Lines Only
Editing Spot Elevation Breaks the Slope Callout Tool
Text in Plant Labels, Site Callouts, Irrigation Callouts, or Detail Callouts Not Showing Up
Text Appears Scrunched or Squished Together in RefNote Callouts, Dimensions, or Other Callouts
Callouts / MLeaders Only Going to Left or Right Side of Leaders
Different Reference Notes Callouts Using Different Callout or Leader Styles
Callout or Plant Label Placed Within Work Area With UCS Aligns to the Work Area UCS and Not WCS
Text in Callouts / MLeaders Coming In with Wrong Text Style
An Error Has Occurred in the Script on This Page. ... Object Doesn't Support Property or Method 'forEach' (Using the Photo Callout Tool)
Detail Bubble Callouts Not Showing Numbers
You Try to Delete an Item from the Bubble Callout Schedule But It Keeps Reappearing
Customize Detail Bubble Callouts to Match in Size Between the Callouts and Schedule
Plant Labels, Callouts, or Dimensions Not Showing in Paper Space, or Text Missing
Objects in Xrefs Are Not Being Counted or Calculated Properly
Callouts or Annotations Appearing Behind Hatches in Paper Space
Some of My Labels or Callouts are Not Resizing When I Rescale
Correcting Scale With Callouts or Labels
Photo Labels or Callouts Not Working With Windows 10
498

Text & Annotation

Fixing Font/Text Style Issues in Callouts or Labels
Fonts Replaced with Simplex.shx When You Open a Drawing
DimStyle Elements Scaling Incorrectly (Too Large or Small)
Why We Don't Recommend Using Annotative Scale
How to Set the Number of Decimal Places in Annotation Objects
Text Not Visible Within Callout Boxes, Callouts Have Background Color Fills or Masks (Valve Callouts & RefNote Callouts)
A Placed Detail Does Not Show Dimensions, or Shows Dimensions at a Different Size or Scale from in the Saved Detail
Use the Old Text Leaders (Without MLeaders or Background Masks)
Slope Callouts Come in Blank or Missing Text
Custom Line Text Not Scaling Correctly or Off Center
Incorrect Text Style in Schedule Text or Title
Error: AcRxClassName or Error: Exception Occurred (Placing a Reference Note Callout, MLeader, or Work Area)
Slope Callouts or Spot Elevations Oriented Incorrectly (Pointing in the Wrong Direction)
Editing Spot Elevation Breaks the Slope Callout Tool
Invalid Input Message (Placing Spot Elevations or Working with Groundcovers)
Text Appears Scrunched or Squished Together in RefNote Callouts, Dimensions, or Other Callouts
Error Creating Text Style '(text style name)': Font File '(font name)' Not Installed (Using a Land F/X Tool, or Placing Text)
Error Creating Text Style "(Font)": Font File "(Font)" Not Installed (Using a Land F/X Tool, or Placing Text)
FX_SPOTELEVATIONZALIGN Does Not Change the Z Elevation of a Spot Elevation Callout
Fixing Font Issues in CAD
Text Coming in With All Caps (Capital Letters)
MText or Multileaders (MLeaders) with MText: Ruler (Arrows) to Adjust Text Box Not Available
Text and Leader Not Lining Up (Placing Inside UCS)
Error Executing Data Request (Saving a DimStyle)
MLeaders with Text Won't Update to New Point Size
View the Full Text Formatting Toolbar for Multiline Attributes
Text Appearing Too Large or Small / Scaled Incorrectly (Including Callouts and Schedules)
Creating General Notes Using Reference Notes
Text Styles or Fonts are Coming in Italicized
Unable to Place or Edit Text in Your Drawing
Plant Labels, Callouts, or Dimensions Not Showing in Paper Space, or Text Missing
Text is Not Showing Up on an Arc (ARCTEXT)
Boxes Displayed Instead of Text
Text Styles or Dimension Styles (DimStyles) Will Not Delete
Callouts or Annotations Appearing Behind Hatches in Paper Space
Correct or Change the Size of Existing Text in Your Drawing
AutoCAD Variable Setting Rejected: "TEXTSTYLE"
Leader With Text: Varying Text Sizes (Text Heights)
Find Text in Your Drawing
Site Dimension Tools Not Functioning Properly (Length Not Showing)
Dimensioning in Architectural Inches in a Decimal Feet Plan or Detail
Use Different Dimensions or Units for Northing/Easting Points
Site Dimensions Showing Incorrect Measurement, but Size is Correct in Properties Panel
Change Units Shown in Dimensions – Imperial
Show Center Marks in Radius Dimensions
Angular Dimensions Do Not Include Degrees Symbols
Dimension is Exploded When Placed – Number Becomes a Slash
Match Detail Dimension Text to the Detail Text Used by Leaders
Dimensions Are Moving or Becoming Displaced After You Detach or Unload an Xref (Associative Dimension Issue)
Dimensions Showing an Incorrect Length, Even When Units and Scale Are Set Correctly
SID Files and Land F/X
Text is Not Reflecting the Thickness of the Layer Color in the CTB When Plotting
496

Site & Details Schedules

411

Organizing Details & Detail Folders

495

Adding & Placing Details

Placing a Detail Template: Insertion Point is Off the Tick Marks
Details Missing from the Detail Manager but Visible in the Detail Explorer
Details Missing from Both the Detail Explorer and Detail Manager
Unable to Create a Project-Specific Detail Folder When Adding a New Detail or Assigning a Detail Folder to a Project
Details Scaling Incorrectly / Detail Out of Scale When Placed Into a Sheet
A Placed Detail Does Not Show Dimensions, or Shows Dimensions at a Different Size or Scale from in the Saved Detail
Detail Sheet Number Shows pxql;, pxqc;, or pxqr;
Cloud Data With Shared Online Folder: Details Keep Changing Directories, or Detail Manager Stops Working
Blank Screen When Trying to Select or Open Details
Remove or Unassign a Detail from Irrigation Equipment
Using Civil 3D: Callouts, Blocks or Details Scale Incorrectly When Placed After Editing
Detail Library on Shared Online Folder Location: All Custom Details Missing
Detail Number Stuck at 00
Change in Sheet Numbering Disassociates Placed Details
Error Querying Data: Table 'landfx.details' Doesn't Exist (Adding, Placing, or Accessing Details)
This Project Does Not Have a Detail Folder Assigned. Would You Like to Do That Now? (Adding a Detail to a Project)
Error: Not a Record in Master Detail Database (Placing or Editing a Detail)
Block [NAME] References Itself *Invalid* (Placing Details or Other Blocks)
Unable to Reload Detail *****.dwg. Automation Error. Self Reference (Placing a Detail)
1 Block Deleted (Placing a Detail or Other Block)
Detail Tips And Tricks
506

Creating, Editing & Saving Details

346

Customizing Site & Details



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