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Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

G2theP — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:36:10 GMT

Hi. I have a template which uses Arial font, I need to change every instance of arial font in the template to isocp. Is there a way to do this globally rather than having to change my text style, label styles, profile label styles, profile view label styles, section view label styles etc etc one by one in toolspace?

I read around and tried using STYLE in the commandline but I can't apply any change to the font there.

Cheers

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

Pointdump — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:26:11 GMT

Settings Tab >> Right Click on Drawing Name >> Edit Label Style Defaults:

In the Label Category, change or override your Text Style, turn off any Child Override, and Lock.

Dave

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

G2theP — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 01:32:09 GMT

Dave for president! Cheers mate.

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

AllenJessup — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:18:03 GMT

Dave's way is probably the best. But I'll post this FYI.

You could also redefine the Arial text style to use the isocp font. ~~Then rename the Arial style to Isocp~~. No that would probably cause trouble.

Our templates are set to use the Standard text style so we just need to assign another font to that style if we need to. Usually it's set to use Tahoma.

Allen

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

Timothy.McCombs — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:38:45 GMT

Where are you getting this settings Tab from? I do not have a Settings Tab at the top of my screen.

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

AllenJessup — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:46:37 GMT

On the settings tab of the Toolspace. Right click on the drawing name.

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

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Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

Timothy.McCombs — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:51:01 GMT

I am using Civil 3D 2018, I right click on the drawing name and the only options I have is Close, Exportxml, and Refresh.

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

ChrisRS — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:39:04 GMT

You are so close! You are currently on the Prospector tab of the Toolspace Palette. Look to the right and click on the Settings Tab.

Now, right click on the drawing name!

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

neilyj666 — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:05:18 GMT

Jeff or Jerry Bartels over at Civil Immersion did a three video series on changing defaults at various levels e.g global, drawing, feature. They are well worth a look and the method suggested by @Pointdump is one of them

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

Timothy.McCombs — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:45:22 GMT

ChrisRS it must be my setup, because I have no Settings tab there. I have Prospector Survey and toolbox.

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

Pointdump — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:02:31 GMT

Timothy,

Click on the Wrenches or type "Settings" on the Command Line.

Dave

Re: Globally change default font in Civil3D drawing template?

ChrisRS — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:02:54 GMT

sorry, @Timothy.McCombs, I didn't know/rememgber that could get turned off so easily. @Pointdump to the rescue!