topic Re: set same text color to multileaders in AutoCAD Forum

set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:39:34 GMT

Hello,

is there an option to set the same color for texts in all multileaders?

i solve the problem with fonts, but now I am bothering with the colors...

Thanks

Re: set same text color to multileaders

vigram.sivakumar — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:34:17 GMT

You can set the text colour in Multileader Style.

Type "MLEADERSTYLE" on the command line
Go to the "Content" tab
Set the Text colour of your choice. It will update the text colour for that specific Multileader style.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

TheCADnoob — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:51:44 GMT

Use quick select to select all multileader and then using the properties palette change the multileader color.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:59:36 GMT

it doesnt affect the text color

Re: set same text color to multileaders

pendean — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:08:39 GMT

@salelukov Share your actual DWG file here, make sure it is clear what the intent is in there.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:10:39 GMT

I am pretty sure you missed to inform us about important facts,

perhaps

v1) you are talking about existing mleader?

v2) the Mleaders are of BLOCK style (instead MText style)?

Share a sample DWG (delete all except the objects you are talking about),

this is what you should do as first, because the DWG is answering 100 question in seconds

and the DWG cannot dismiss or misunderstand the question.

If v1) is the case, it seams your existing mtext-mleaders contain an internal Mtext-format,

this is possible but not easy to fix by native commands.

Search for STRIPMTEXT

Share the file and we can see 100% what's going on.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:51:33 GMT

Here is the dwg. I want to set all text color in the multileader to be cyan. I can't do it with match prop. I can't do it with change text style in multileader properties, although I set wanted color in mleaderstyle

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:53:15 GMT

i tried with stripmtext, but it turn back color to color 8 (gray). It helps me with font style, but not with colors

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:59:04 GMT

Read my answer above again, your case is v1.)

I wrote what it is and how to get rid.

Manually you can change the color, but you can not set it back to a real "byblock".

Use the StripMtext I talked about (hopeful mleader isn't an of my personal edition only)

Someone added internal formats

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:03:46 GMT

@salelukov schrieb:

i tried with stripmtext, but it turn back color to color 8 (gray). It helps me with font style, but not with colors

Oh,

I tested it and you are right, the last published (original) version is 5.0c

and this version can not fix the mleader-mtext-format.

Sorry.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

pendean — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:04:25 GMT

@salelukov wrote:

i tried with stripmtext, but it turn back color to color 8 (gray).

That's because you have a manually override on each to be color 8 (aka gray):

May I ask, are you very new to AutoCAD? it appears you don't know your way around the basics, it might help others help you by directing you to some good online tutorials so you can self-diagnose these simpler issues.

HTH

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:23:18 GMT

i am not so new to cad, working 2 years in cad. Have 2017 version. How can I set different color to override?

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:26:48 GMT

how did you strip the leaders? now I can change their color. When I strip them, I cannot change the color of text.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:29:05 GMT

Explaination from your original file state:

Doubleclick the text to edit

CTRL+A to select the whole Text content

Change the color.

Explaination from my (fixed) file :

Select the mleader and change the color of this mleader.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:34:30 GMT

>>"how did you strip the leaders?"

@cadffm schrieb:

(hopefully mleader isn't an of my personal edition only)

@cadffm schrieb:
Oh,
I tested it and you are right, the last published (original) version is 5.0c
and this version can not fix the mleader-mtext-format.

Means: I used my own evolution version of StripMtext (some "bugs" solved and additional features added)

and you are right - it isn't possible with 5.0c and older versions.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:36:33 GMT

@cadffm wrote:
Explaination from your original file state:
Doubleclick the text to edit
CTRL+A to select the whole Text content
Change the color.

Explaination from my (fixed) file :
Select the mleader and change the color of this mleader.

And how did you fix my file?

Re: set same text color to multileaders

pendean — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:47:25 GMT

@salelukov wrote:

i am not so new to cad, working 2 years in cad. Have 2017 version. How can I set different color to override?

Sadly, that is not reflected in your posted DWG file in many ways, including these where your active MLEADERSTYLE definition does not even match these already in the file

Did you copy/paste from another DWG file?

Or is this content not from AutoCAD?

I suspect you are going to need more that STRIPMTEXT lisp to fix your many overrides, sorry. Start manually editing each in the meantime after you create an actual MLEADERSTYLE that conforms with actual settings you want (270mm high text in a mm units DWG file seems odd for example, that is normally 2.5mm high).

Sloppy all over.

Re: set same text color to multileaders

cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:55:38 GMT

To Pendean

Your Screenposts are from MY dwg, not from TO files, or?

(and note: In my DWG there is NO color override inside, the 8 is the color of the mleader-object - nothing else)

salelukov like to edit the original file content to - what I uploaded, but this can't be done by StripMText5.0c or any other native way.

@salelukov Offtopic: If your Product is 2017, you shouldn't use dwg2010 format

Re: set same text color to multileaders

pendean — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:06:21 GMT

@cadffm wrote:

To Pendean

Your Screenposts are from MY dwg, not from TO files, or?

Great!

Re: set same text color to multileaders

salelukov — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:13:00 GMT

@pendean wrote:
@salelukov wrote:
i am not so new to cad, working 2 years in cad. Have 2017 version. How can I set different color to override?
Sadly, that is not reflected in your posted DWG file in many ways, including these where your active MLEADERSTYLE definition does not even match these already in the file

Did you copy/paste from another DWG file?
Or is this content not from AutoCAD?

I suspect you are going to need more that STRIPMTEXT lisp to fix your many overrides, sorry. Start manually editing each in the meantime after you create an actual MLEADERSTYLE that conforms with actual settings you want (270mm high text in a mm units DWG file seems odd for example, that is normally 2.5mm high).

Sloppy all over.

i get the previous dwg from another bureau, and i need to edit the previous state to a new state. That means to set all colors in mutileaders to cyan, and to set font to arial. It's time consuming, so I wanted to shorten that procedure.