topic Re: Default Mtext Justification in Civil 3D Forum

Default Mtext Justification

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:06:16 GMT

I would like to set my Mtext to default to MC justification. Anyone know how to do this?

Re: Default Mtext Justification

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:15:53 GMT

there is no way to specify a default justification, it will always default to top left unless the Autodesk engineers see fit to give us lowly users that ability.

Re: Default Mtext Justification

rkmcswain — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:44:54 GMT

Do you want to change existing MTEXT in the drawing or change how the Mtext command works?

If the latter, you can create a menu macro for the Ribbon or toolbar, or a lisp routine to accomplish this.

Samples
Menu macro: ^C^C._mtext;\_j;_mc;
Lisp code: (defun c:mt ()(vl-cmdf "._mtext" pause "_j" "_mc"))

Re: Default Mtext Justification

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:12:55 GMT

I used the autolisp code you provided and that solves the justification problem. Thanks. Is there a way to do it so i can see what i'm typing on the screen?

Re: Default Mtext Justification

nbawden — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:22:49 GMT

@rkmcswain wrote:

Lisp code: (defun c:mt ()(vl-cmdf "._mtext" pause "_j" "_mc"))

This may come in handy

Is it possible to add extra code to this lisp to set the line spacing to something other than 1 (e.g. 0.85). I personally prefer to run multi line text with a tighter line spacing.

Re: Default Mtext Justification

rkmcswain — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:49:15 GMT

Is it possible to add extra code to this lisp to set the line spacing to something other than 1 (e.g. 0.85).

Sure. Give this a shot.

(defun c:mt ()(vl-cmdf "._mtext" pause "_j" "_mc" "_l" "_e" "0.85x"))

Re: Default Mtext Justification

nbawden — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:08:34 GMT

@rkmcswain wrote:
Is it possible to add extra code to this lisp to set the line spacing to something other than 1 (e.g. 0.85).
Sure. Give this a shot.
(defun c:mt ()(vl-cmdf "._mtext" pause "_j" "_mc" "_l" "_e" "0.85x"))

Cheers

Re: Default Mtext Justification

srleone — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:22:20 GMT

This is great!

This will still work if the command is mtext, not _mtext, right? I don't like entering my text on the command line.

Thanks!

Re: Default Mtext Justification

pendean — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:18:04 GMT

@srleone wrote:

This is great!

This will still work if the command is mtext, not _mtext, right? I don't like entering my text on the command line.

Thanks!

What do you mean please? the LISP once loaded is called by the abbreviation MT.

Or are you just unsure on how to autoload LISP? And you are now literally typing all of that one line code everytime you need it? Explain please.

Re: Default Mtext Justification

srleone — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:26:22 GMT

I am actually using Carlson with IntelliCAD.

I have successfully coded a ribbon button to make middle centered mtext,
but was not able to code my "quick key" (same as an alias) for MC
justification.

And no, I am unfamiliar with LISPs other than that they exist, and that
they are, I think, similar to macros in that they include a sequence of
events.

I would love to just type "T" and get a MC mtext box. Is this what a LISP
can do?