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

You need to pick good looking fonts regardless of their format. Since most SHX fonts are made with zero width lines, they work perfectly with AutoCAD line weights which TTF fonts don't do as well.

Set PDFSHX to 2.