topic Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text. in AutoCAD Forum

Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

Michael.PopescuEUCKD — Mon, 02 May 2022 20:38:47 GMT

I have a drawing with about 100 instances of unstacked fractions. My job is to stack them diagonally. This dwg's defaults are to stack horizontally. No problem, I thought. I'll change the stack properties to be diagonal, and set it to autostack. Then i go to the next text, highlight the unstacked text, right click, select "stack" and it stacks horizontally by default again, making me highlight again, and manually change to diagonal. How can I permanently change the stack settings to stack diagonally every time?

Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

pendean — Mon, 02 May 2022 20:48:36 GMT

Is your MTEXTAUTOSTACK variable turned on?

Are you making the setting change one time, implementing it one time, closing out of that MTEXT after the first setting change, then going at will for as often as you want to change all the non-stacks to stacks in all other MTEXT across all other drawings and AutoCAD sessions?

Or do you have a startup routine or some 3rd party add-on that may have taken control over your

Screenshot of your ABOUT command pop-up please, and confirm your OS when you can.

TIA

Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

Michael.PopescuEUCKD — Mon, 02 May 2022 20:54:22 GMT

Here is my about popup. Im running Autocad 2022 on Windows 10.

My procedure is this: I see one instance of mtext with an unstacked fraction. I double click to edit. I highlight the unstacked fraction, right click, and select stack in the dropdown. It stacks horizontally. i highlight again, select stack properties, and change to diagonal. the stacked fraction then changes to diagonal. i exit out of the mtext editor. I edit another instance of mtext with unstacked fraction. i highlight it, right click, select stack, and it stacks horizontally.

What i'm asking for is some way to permanently change the setting to always stack diagonally when i right click an unstacked text and select "stack" .

if there is also some way to mass stack existing fractions in a drawing, im all ears.

Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

pendean — Mon, 02 May 2022 21:03:58 GMT

Thanks for the screenshot, and thanks for the step-by-step methodology: there is no fix AFAIK, it's a flaw that's not been fixed yet from what I can tell.

Unless someone else replies to correct me of course.

And no, nothing in the core commands or subsets will go around auto-convert text to stacks like that.

Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

Michael.PopescuEUCKD — Mon, 02 May 2022 21:09:15 GMT

It is what it is... thanks for the info!

Re: Stack properties reset with each instance of text.

doben — Tue, 03 May 2022 04:11:44 GMT

Hello,

There is a way to set the default to diagonal for new text although it won't change it in your case, maybe a bug as Pendean mentioned.

Here's a method that might be a bit quicker to what you are doing: Use find/replace on all the text and replace the slash "/" to the pound symbol"#" . Then double click each piece of text, highlight the text to be stacked then click on the stack button and it will stack diagonally.