The Options Dialog Box; The AutoCAD Command line is like a combined control panel and index of all AutoCAD commands you run – and have run – on your drawing. When you type a keyboard command, you're using the Command line. It's also the source of prompts that are embedded into AutoCAD commands. Use the shortcut CTRL+9 (CMD+3 in AutoCAD for Mac) to toggle on the command line. Type in the COMMANDLINE command. It may be necessary to enable Dynamic Input to do this (see How to enable or disable dynamic input in AutoCAD): Right-click on either Dynamic input or Object Snap in the Status Bar and select Settings. AutoCAD 2016 - Placing a box around text; AutoCAD 2018 - Convert DWF to DWG; Vault Performance Issues caused by ESET NOD32; Revit - Using the Measure Tool; AutoCAD 2016 – Inserting an Excel Spreadsheet into a Table. But if you do that when working with DTEXT (Single Line text) you will not exit the text but rather start a new line of DTEXT wherever you pick. Here is a great way to exit whatever type of text you are in without having to go back to your mouse. When you are done entering or editing text, simply hold the CTRL button and then hit.
Creates a single-line text object.
You can use single-line text to create one or more lines of text, where each text line is an independent object that you can move, format, or otherwise modify. Right-click in the text box to select options on the shortcut menu. While you are in the TEXT command:
- Click elsewhere in a drawing to start a new set of rows of single-line text
- Press Tab or Shift+Tab to move forward and back between the sets of single-line text
- Press Alt and click a text object to edit a set of text lines
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Once you leave the TEXT command, these actions are no longer available.
If TEXT was the last command entered, pressing Enter at the Specify Start Point of Text prompt skips the prompts for paper height and rotation angle. The text that you enter in the text box is placed directly beneath the previous line of text. The point that you specified at the prompt is also stored as the insertion point of the text.
If the TEXTED system variable is set to 1, text created using TEXT displays the Edit Text dialog box. If TEXTED is set to 2, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed.
You can enter special characters and format text by entering Unicode strings and control codes.
The following prompts are displayed.
Start Point
Specifies a start point for the text object. Enter text in the In-Place Text Editor for single-line text.
The Specify Height prompt is displayed only if the current text style is not annotative and does not have a fixed height.
The Specify Paper Text Height prompt is displayed only if the current text style is annotative.
Justify
Controls justification of the text.
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Aligns text from the horizontal center of the baseline, which you specify with a point.
The rotation angle specifies the orientation of the text baseline with respect to the center point. You can designate the angle by specifying a point. The text baseline runs from the start point toward the specified point. If you specify a point to the left of the center point, the text is drawn upside down.
Right-justifies the text at the baseline, which you specify with a point.
Specifies both text height and text orientation by designating the endpoints of the baseline.
The size of the characters adjusts in proportion to their height. The longer the text string, the shorter the characters.
Aligns text at the horizontal center of the baseline and the vertical center of the height you specify. Middle-aligned text does not rest on the baseline.
The Middle option differs from the MC option in that it uses the midpoint of all text, including descenders. The MC option uses the midpoint of the height of uppercase letters.
Specifies that text fits within an area and at an orientation defined with two points and a height. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
The height is the distance in drawing units that the uppercase letters extend from the baseline. Designated text height is the distance between the start point and a point you specify. The longer the text string, the narrower the characters. The height of the characters remains constant.
Left-justifies text at a point specified for the top of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
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Centers text at a point specified for the top of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Right-justifies text at a point specified for the top of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Left-justifies text at a point specified for the middle of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
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Centers the text both horizontally and vertically at the middle of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
The MC option differs from the Middle option in that it uses the midpoint of the height of uppercase letters. The Middle option uses the midpoint of all text, including descenders.
Right-justifies text at a point specified for the middle of the text. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Left-justifies text at a point specified for the baseline. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Centers text at a point specified for the baseline. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Right-justifies text at a point specified for the baseline. Available for horizontally oriented text only.
Style
Specifies the text style, which determines the appearance of the text characters. Text you create uses the current text style.
Entering ? lists the current text styles, associated font files, height, and other parameters.
For this post I wanted to share some tricks that I use when using Mtext in AutoCAD. There are a few system variables that I use frequently and have come up in my workflow over the past several weeks.
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Do you miss that toolbar that was shown above MTEXT in a previous version of AutoCAD? You can get that back with the MTEXTTOOLBAR system variable. The MTEXTTOOLBAR (shown below) system variable controls the display of the Text Formatting toolbar. I like to have this set to 1 which will display the toolbar directly above your mtext for quick formatting.
The settings for the MTEXTTOOLBAR are as follows:
0: The Text Formatting toolbar is never displayed. The contextual Ribbon (shown below) will show up no matter what setting you use for this variable.
1: The Text Formatting toolbar is displayed upon selection of an MTEXT object.
2: The Text Formatting toolbar does not display when the ribbon is on.
Next up is how we edit and view text when double clicking the mtext object. Have you ever double clicked an MTEXT object and the text appear very large or off the screen? Well, this is where the MTEXTFIXED variable comes in handy. The MTEXTFIXED system variable sets the display size and orientation of multiline text in a specified text editor.
0 or 1: Displays the In-Place Text Editor and the text within it at the size, position, and rotation of the multiline text object in the drawing.
2: Displays the In-Place Text Editor and the text within it at the size, position, and rotation of the multiline text object in the drawing. Text that would otherwise be difficult to read (if it is very small, very large, or is rotated) is displayed at a legible size and is oriented horizontally so that you can easily read and edit it.
The last one is just a little fun. Do you want your text to default to your name or something else you think sounds cool? The MTJIGSTRING system variable sets the content of the sample text displayed at the cursor location when the MTEXT command is started.
Type MTJIGSTRING at the command prompt and enter your desired text. For this example I used CADproTips.
The next time you launch the Mtext command the text string is displayed in the current text size and font. You can enter any string of up to ten letters or numbers or enter a period (.) to display no sample text.
Those are just a few system variables to help you control how you use and work with Multiline text in AutoCAD. The following video will show you how to go through the steps in editing these system variables.
Less than one month away and I will see some of you in Las Vegas at Autodesk University 2017. I am helping several friends out in the lab this year with Civil 3D and AutoCAD classes. I am looking forward to helping and being a part of this awesome event.
Until next month, Sam