topic Re: Text explode in AutoCAD Forum

Text explode

TuncayBAKKAL01 — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:14:38 GMT

I need exploded text. I use explode command on mtext object.

Message is 1 was not able to be exploded.

Thank you for support.

Re: Text explode

tmccar — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:26:27 GMT

If you have Express Tools, you can do this with the "_TXTEXP" command.

Re: Text explode

Albert_Rius — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:30:49 GMT

Hi TuncayBAKKAL,

Welcome to the AutoCAD answer day!

I understand that you can't explode Mtext elements to text, right?

Can you post a sample file to check what can be wrong? by default the explode command should convert all mtext lines in text.

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Text explode

TuncayBAKKAL01 — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:40:31 GMT

Explode command not working on mtext and text for AutoCAD 2016.

txtexp command working.

file is attached.

Re: Text explode

Albert_Rius — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:34:21 GMT

Hi,

The Explode command converts MTEXT to TEXT, it was not defined to convert text to a group of lines/arcs that defines the character boundary, for this you need to use the TXTEXP as mentioned.

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Re: Text explode

TuncayBAKKAL01 — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:43:44 GMT

Thank you for support.

Re: Text explode

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:51:23 GMT

It doesn't look like this command comes with AutoCad 2015 LT for MAC

I was familar with txtexp on my previous system and now the command doesn't exist?

Is there a work around to convert mtext to lines and arcs?

Re: Text explode

Patchy — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:29:51 GMT

Maybe this:

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?87751-Convert-Explode-Text-to-Polylines-in-LT

Re: Text explode

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:25:19 GMT

I don't have access to the wmfout; wmfin commands.

Re: Text explode

Patchy — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:34:50 GMT

Ask the Mac forum to see if they know how.

Lt using Windows has it.

Re: Text explode

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:12:43 GMT

I definitly don't have it.

Below is a screen shot of available commands for the version of AUTOCAD i'm running.

I definitly don't have the txtexp either..which is what i was used to.

Re: Text explode

Patchy — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:35:30 GMT

Mac doesn't have Express Tools

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-is-AutoCAD-for-Mac-different-from-AutoCAD-for-Windows.html

So TXTEXP doesn't work, time to use Windows platform if you really need more commands.

Re: Text explode

jackshield — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:57:03 GMT

I thought all the "LT" products were void of express tools?

Re: Text explode

Patchy — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 22:04:01 GMT

Lt Both Mac and Windows don't have ET

I doubt that he said he uses that command (TXEXP) before is true.

But WMFOUT to explode text can be used with LT for Windows.

Re: Text explode

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:29:54 GMT

I used it before on a PC older version of windows.

Re: Text explode

Anonymous — Sat, 27 May 2017 03:36:48 GMT

If you want the Roman Simplex font, one alternative is to generate the text online with this tool:

http://wildsparx.com/textlines

This gives you a dxf which you can INSERT.

Re: Text explode

gustavo.medinaWQGRY — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:09:32 GMT

I found something... (I neither have the Express tools)

I plotted a MTEXT as .PDF, then that .PDF convert to .DWG

Capooomm!!!

#explodetext

Re: Text explode

rimalu — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:47:48 GMT

"There is a small trick that will do the job: set the MIRRTEXT system variable to 1, mirror the labels by a vertical axis and do the WMFOUT --> WMFIN procedure again on the mirrored copies. Since such labels were not supported in WMF format, AutoCAD will export them as curves. For sure, after import, will need to mirror them back."

Solution proposed by MSasu - thank you.

It works perfectly and what's more it doesnt't require any additonal LISP procedures.

#explode MTEXT

#explodemtext