topic Re: Round brackets without changing font in AutoCAD LT Forum

Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:55:25 GMT

So i've already seen a post for this but didn't found out yet the answer or the solution. When i have my alternative dimensions active, imperial and metric i want rounded backets in the alternative dimensions. I can do that if i change the suffix and prefix but that changes my font as seen in the attach file. Is there a solution for this? To keep like the number 1 dimensions but with rounded brackets?

Im using the Autocad LT 2025 version

Re: Round brackets without changing font

paullimapa — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:55:00 GMT

Yes this solution doesn't changes your alternate dimension's font to match with what's set under DDIM's> Text> Text style setting: How to change dimension brackets to parenthesis in AutoCAD

But try this at command prompt:

Dimstyle or DDIM

Select Style & click on Modify

Primary Units>

Suffix: \f

Alternate Units>

Prefix: \X\f;(

Suffix: )\f

Placement: After primary value

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:54:55 GMT

Yes, that didn't change my font but i really wanted that in front and not below it.

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Brock_Olly — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:59:26 GMT

Then remove the \X and it won't go to a new line

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:33:45 GMT

But like that it changes the font. It goes back to my main problem

Re: Round brackets without changing font

paullimapa — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:36:08 GMT

I tried various combinations and could not find one that would keep the font and stay on the same line with parentheses instead of brackets. Now that you have an idea of what to do you can try more combinations on your own to see if you can end up with the result you want. But if not you’ll have to decide if you really want the parentheses instead of brackets then either end up with different fonts or having the alternate show below the primary. Sounds like a wishlist item to submit to Autodesk.

Re: Round brackets without changing font

pendean — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:40:42 GMT

Share your actual DWG file here please @Joao5W7MQ

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:45:52 GMT

There it is @pendean

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:46:58 GMT

Thanks! It's weird that doesnt work easily.. lets hope it works in the future..

Is there a way to submit something to Autodesk?

Re: Round brackets without changing font

pendean — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:55:14 GMT

@Joao5W7MQ wrote:
...Is there a way to submit something to Autodesk?

If you want Autodesk to "fix it", you and a few 100/1000 other subscribers have to ask for it in the same level of detail and clarity constantly (none of this 'once and done' thing) over and over again over here at a different site:
https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback

This looks nothing like your screenshot: try again? You need to show us how you got there please

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Brock_Olly — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:01:48 GMT

Off-topic but I truly wonder how people work with in the imperial system, it would drive me crazy.

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:05:11 GMT

Sorry, this is the one.

Re: Round brackets without changing font

jskalaXDDX5 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:13:23 GMT

It's at least 31/32 better than our political system...maybe even 63/64...😐

Don't Report me, I agree with you...whatever you think...

Re: Round brackets without changing font

paullimapa — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:12:37 GMT

Imperial foot inch system is definitely something you have to get used to especially working in architecture where everything goes back to the inch but needs to be set to scales that are also based on feet. But for the metric system what drives me crazy is when you have the option of not only drawing in mm but also cm or meter. But then in layout everything goes back to mm.

Re: Round brackets without changing font

h_s_walker — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:58:57 GMT

@Joao5W7MQ Try the workaround ringed in the 1st image below.

My company uses a font which does not have the approximate symbol in it, so I needed to create a dimension which would show the approximate symbol and my dimension.

In the second image you can see our normal dimension on the top in the middle is the dimension with the prefix set and the bottom dimension I just decided to put everything into the text override

Re: Round brackets without changing font

paullimapa — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:47:49 GMT

Thanks for the clue @h_s_walker

Since @Joao5W7MQ is using Arial as the font then the formatting would then look like this under Alternate Units:

Re: Round brackets without changing font

Joao5W7MQ — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:51:10 GMT

@h_s_walker @paullimapa Guys, for real, thank you so much! That indeed worked!

Re: Round brackets without changing font

michellem — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 23:06:01 GMT

Hello;

This is certainly a kludge on AutoDesk's part.

The /f and /F is an Mtext formatting code for a change of font. It has the syntax of: \f<font>|<font attribs>; where everything but the "\f" and ";" are optional. So the kludge is to put the "\f" at the end of the of Primary Units Suffix and the ";" in the beginning of the Alternate Units Prefix. This gets rid of the opening "[".

Putting the "\f" at the end of the Alt Unit Suffix will get rid of the closing "]".

Testing has shown that instead of just "\f", this kludge would work just as well if one used "\fArial". Note that the \fArial does not change the font of anything following the ";" in the Alt Unit Prefix.

Testing has shown that a \X can be used in place of the ";" in the Alt Unit Prefix. It does not look like other Mtext formatting codes will work that way.

Michelle

PS: I have pdf with an extensive listing of Mtext formatting codes.