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Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

masumiNYMDW — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:43:36 GMT

Hi,

I need to change everything in this drawing to color dark green (114). I change layer colour, then even set them by layer, but these text remained in the color assigned by civil engineer.

I cannot change their colour from property because there is no colour tab, and the only way I found is double click into the text and activate text editor in the ribbon and change colour one by one for the text.

Is there an easier way to change colour at once for all the text?

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cadffm — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:25:27 GMT

Hi,

someone used MText internal format overrides (color override)

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Because of the internal color override, the displaying color will not follow the MText-color property.

Since LT2024:

Solution: Search for STRIPMTEXT 3.09

use APPLOAD, load this file, run command STRIPMTEXT

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pendean — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:59:40 GMT

@cadffm wrote:
...."only in" LT2024 and LT2025:
Solution: Search for STRIPMTEXT 3.09
use APPLOAD, load this file, run command STRIPMTEXT

https://cadabyss.wordpress.com/2007/04/01/stripmtext-v309/ is a dead link, do you have another?

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

pendean — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:36:37 GMT

@masumiNYMDW wrote:
...Is there an easier way to change colour at once for all the text?...

Not yet (nor verified) in LT through version2025. You need to be inside each MTEXT in the editor, select everything, right-click then select one of these options

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cadffm — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:00:05 GMT

Some

for example this sourcecode (prooft, the original - incl the wrong foot note, what I fixed in attachment) CLICK!

or 3.08 from cadtutor , where you can find the needed "stripmtext[3].dcl" too

For LT, users i will upload one .zip with both files included.

Requires that .dcl file is located in one support path (and trusted path)

(I'm slipping into the stone age here with the internet accessibility, the technician is coming a second time next week, but at the moment it's a matter of luck whether the internet access works or not, cry).

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

masumiNYMDW — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:35:14 GMT

Thank you! I downloaded the zip file.

I didn't really get this meaning : "Requires that .dcl file is located in one support path (and trusted path)"

I extracted the folder and saved it in my Autodesk file under program Files. This is where I keep all the LSP files.

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\LISP FILES

I got this error. Could you explain where I should be saving the .dcl file in?

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

paullimapa — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:16:29 GMT

Don’t extract the files into a subfolder. But save both the lsp and dcl directly into your

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\LISP FILES

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

masumiNYMDW — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:27:40 GMT

No it still shows the same error, cannot load the dcl file.

I saved the dcl file in the same folder as the lsp file. I have no idea why....

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

paullimapa — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:02:10 GMT

Make sure you add C:\Program Files\Autodesk\LISP FILES to Options > Files > Support File Search Path and to Trusted Locations

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

masumiNYMDW — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:42:53 GMT

Now it's officially working! Thanks so much!!!!!!

Re: Is there a easier way to change text color at once for multiple texts?

paullimapa — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:47:02 GMT

It was a team effort and thanks to @cadffm for the lisp…cheers!!!

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pdonald001 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:54:02 GMT

You are a hero 🙂

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BANI_INDICA — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:37:31 GMT

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