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Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:54:59 GMT

I'm relatively new to programming. I'm using Visual Studio 2012. The department is using AutoCAD 2013

I'm working on a program that adds the general notes to our drawings. The program does what I need it to do with one exception. The notes consist of multiple MText entries. When I click the "GENERAL NOTES" button to insert the notes, all the entries are compiled and inserted, but all at 0,0,0. I'm stuck at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

fieldguy — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:08:57 GMT

Are you setting the location property?

Dim myMText As New MText
myMText.Location = new point3d(x,y,z)

You will have to confirm the correct syntax.

Re: Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:23:09 GMT

Thanks for your response. I was setting a location property but not by using a specific 3d point. I was using "middle top". Using a 3d point makes much more sense to me. Nothing like over looking the obvious. Do you have a method that will allow me to establish a specific space between each MText item?

Thanks again!

Re: Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

fieldguy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:21:11 GMT

I have not done that in code. I often make manual changes using the property dialog, The screen shot shows an example of how you might do it. Any property with a "set" method *should* be available.

Re: Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:11:40 GMT

Thanks...

I'm going to the office on Wednesday and will let you know how your solutions workout. Thanks again for your help.

Re: Adding MText to AutoCAD using Visual Studio 2012

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:07 GMT

I wanted to let you know your solution works perfectly. I managed to work out the method for spacing the MText items using a value from the VBA program the new program is going to replace. At any rate, thanks for your help!!