TBSystemFonts

Description

It is a known issue that the old legacy fonts do not function very well in AVEVA Marine 12. These fonts are:

• TBSystemFont0

• TBSystemFont1

• TBSystemFont2

• TBSystemFont3

• TBSystemFont4

• TBSystemFont5

• TBSystemFont6

• TBSystemFont7

• TBISOFont101

• TBISOFont105

The issue is that these fonts cannot be used for text elements stored in the PADD database. This is for example all texts created with the "Insert\Text" function in Marine Drafting. TBSystemFonts will in this case be replaced with a default true type font.

In 12.1 we have introduced a way to map a TBSystemFont with any true type font available in the project. The mapping is primarily intended to be used when migrating drawings from M3 to 12.

The font mapping is setup in a file with a simple format, where each TBSystemFont can be associated with a true type font (separated by a blank or a TAB). The name of the file is assigned to the environment variable "TB_SYSTEMFONT_MAP". This is a sample file:

TBISOFont101 Arial Unicode MS

TBISOFont105 Lucida Sans

TBSystemFont0 Arial Unicode MS

TBSystemFont1 Times New Roman

TBSystemFont2 Times New Roman

TBSystemFont3 Times New Roman

TBSystemFont4 Courier New

TBSystemFont5 Courier New

TBSystemFont6 Lucida Sans

TBSystemFont7 Times New Roman

The font mapping will affect the text font when:

• Migrating a drawing with the SY013 migration utility.

• Importing a drawing with the "File\Import\SDB" utility.

• Importing a drawing with the Copy Assistant utility.

Benefits

TBSystemFonts can be replaced with any true type font available in the project, not only the default font.

Compatibility Constraints

None.

For More Information

Only noted here.

Affected Programs

Hull Design, Marine Drafting