AutoCAD P&ID

[#1]

I studied the former post regarding this issue found here, but found no working solution to this problem.

It appears that any text that is mirrored within Plant 3D 2013 runs a high possiblity of showing up as bold; however, this is not always the case. Sometimes text that is not mirrored will randomly appear as bold as well. The best example of this is with Off-Page Connectors since they auto-mirror when placed - based on the flow direction of the line.

Can anyone offer any practical solutions to this?

Thanks for your time,

Craig

[#2]

Hi,

This is actually an AutoCAD issue that also exists in P&ID.

If the suggestion in the other post did not help try using the FLATTEN command as that often fixes the display of the bold text.

Thanks,
Dan

[#3]

I tried that, but get the following results:

Command: flatten
Select objects to convert to 2d...
Select objects: Specify opposite corner: 538 found, 11 groups
Select objects:
Remove hidden lines? <No>: n
bad argument type: lselsetp nil
Command:

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Craig

[#4]

Hi,

Your steps look OK to me.

Does that error occur in all drawing when you use FLATTEN?

Thanks,

Dan

[#5]

Yes...everytime I've tried to use it from drawing to drawing, it yeilds the same results.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Craig

[#6]

Hi,

Could you upload a small example drawing for me to test with?

Thanks,

Dan

[#7]

Sure thing...see the attached file.

Thanks!

[#8]

Hi Craig,

I don't get the same error with the FLATTEN command, but it doesn't fix the bold text in the drawing anyway.

I think if you are experiencing this issue with bold text frequently you should consider switching to an SHX font rather than using TrueType.

Unfortunately I don't have any other workaround to offer you.

Thanks,

Dan 

[#9]

Thank for your time and effort Dan; I appreciate it!

Craig