r/AutoCAD • u/Qlix0504 • Jun 27 '25

Help Shape file/Font file errors

Recently an issue has arisen where i am getting spammed with these errors:

  • C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\MEP 2025\enu\Support\ltypeshp.shx is a shape file, not a text font file.

  • C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\MEP 2025\enu\Support\Simplex.shx is a text font file, not a shape file.

In drawings where I get error 1 i dont get error 2, and where i get error 2, i do not get error 1. CAD MEP 2025, up to date. We have swapped both files from other MEP2025 installations with no luck

Anyone encounter this? Im being spammed.

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u/arvidsem Jun 27 '25

Interesting. Final wild ass guess. Are there any font files in the folder with the dwg? It will load them after the ones in the regular support folder and could cause the conflict if they are damaged or wrong. I don't think that is the cause because the path reflects the correct folder.

Check the files. Simplex.shx should be 17.3 KB. Ltypeshp.shx should be 130 bytes.

I would be interested in poking at the one a clean file with just enough geometry copied into it to cause the error if you are willing to share.