TEXT LOCATION

TEXTSTYLE Similar to layer concept, dimstyle concept....Similar to layer concept, dimstyle concept....

The STYLE command lets you create new text styles and The STYLE command lets you create new text styles and modify existing ones. Each text style uses a particular modify existing ones. Each text style uses a particular font, to which you can apply a fixed height, an font, to which you can apply a fixed height, an expansion/compression width factor, and an obliquing expansion/compression width factor, and an obliquing (slant) angle. You can also select backward (mirrored (slant) angle. You can also select backward (mirrored right to left) or upside-down (mirrored top to bottom) right to left) or upside-down (mirrored top to bottom) text generationtext generation..

If you specify a If you specify a fixed heightfixed height as part of a text as part of a text style, you are style, you are not askednot asked to specify the height in to specify the height in each line text. But you each line text. But you will be askedwill be asked to specify to specify the height for each time you create text line the height for each time you create text line if if you set 0you set 0 for the height in the text style for the height in the text style definition.definition.

MTEXT

You can create multiline text for long multiple entries.You can create multiline text for long multiple entries.

MTEXT command allows formatting individual words or MTEXT command allows formatting individual words or characters within a multiline text object. characters within a multiline text object.

These include application of underlining, fonts, color, and These include application of underlining, fonts, color, and text height changes to individual characters, words, or text height changes to individual characters, words, or phrases within a paragraph. phrases within a paragraph.

DDEDIT

FOR MODIFICATIONFOR MODIFICATION

You can change the text according to your choice; you can You can change the text according to your choice; you can retype the text, or make some corrections or necessary retype the text, or make some corrections or necessary additions. DDEDIT command repeats the prompt until you additions. DDEDIT command repeats the prompt until you press enter to finish the command. In the multiline text press enter to finish the command. In the multiline text editor, as explained before, the format of the text can also editor, as explained before, the format of the text can also be changed by using the commands in the character, be changed by using the commands in the character, properties, line spacing or find/replace tabsproperties, line spacing or find/replace tabs

OROR

Properties dialog boxProperties dialog box

QTEXT

Text entities can take a long time for AutoCAD to generate. Text entities can take a long time for AutoCAD to generate. The QTEXT command sets "quick text" mode for speeding up The QTEXT command sets "quick text" mode for speeding up text display.text display.

OFFOFF text items are fully drawn text items are fully drawnONON a rectangle is drawn approximately with the a rectangle is drawn approximately with the

same boundary size as the text-areassame boundary size as the text-areas

A professional engineering drawing may contain A professional engineering drawing may contain considerable amounts of text, in which case it may be considerable amounts of text, in which case it may be beneficial to turn on QTEXT. beneficial to turn on QTEXT.

REGENREGEN

Special Characters%%% single percent sign 88%

%%p plus/minus symbol 88

%%u underline mode on/off 88

%%o overscore mode on/off 88

%%c diameter symbol88ø

%%d degree symbol 88°

BLOCK

•Block

•Wblock

•Insert

What is a “BLOCK” ?

• A grouping of entities, which enable you to repeat them easily and efficiently in one or more drawing files.

BLOCK & WBLOCK

BLOCK vs WBLOCK

• WBLOCK creates a block on disk which can be inserted in the drawings you wish. The block will be saved as a normal drawing file.

• BLOCK turns the entities you select into a block. You select the objects to be converted into block, define a block name, an insertion base point, which is the reference point that you later use to put the block in a new location.

• Block defined is identified and can be accessed within that file only.

INSERT

• Insert block

• Insert X-REF