topic Betreff: Dimension Text Width Factor in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

Dimension Text Width Factor

john.uhden — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:16:03 GMT

I don't see any property for this in 2002. Might it have been added in newer releases? It appears to be totally dependent on the text style definition.

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cadffm — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:39:50 GMT

The text width depends on the text style, as long as there is no internal MText formatting.

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cadffm — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:44:40 GMT

Its normal for MText, not specially for Dimension (M)text.

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john.uhden — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:02:27 GMT

I hadn't thought of dimension text being treated the same as mtext. The only thing I ever override is to add a suffix or a second line for a brief note, as in:

|<-----<>\X(25' min.)----->|

But the 2002 Multiline Text Editor for dimension text doesn't seem to have an option for changing the width factor of selected characters.

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cadffm — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:31:31 GMT

Not treaded like MText, it is a MText (and lines and arrow-insert together in a anonym *Dnnn dimension Block and you see the the insert of them.

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john.uhden — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 02:21:56 GMT

You lost me. I have no idea what an anonym or Dnnn is, except that perhaps the former has no name and the latter has a bad stutter.

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cadffm — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 08:53:41 GMT

SORRY, you know about my english (and Acad) knowledge.

Anonym named objects (layer, blocks...)
Thats system objects there names start with an asterisk (*)
These objects are normally not listed for users.

Dimensions are displayed inserts of such a Block,
there names are *D1234 *D7352 and so on.
My nnn stand for "Number".

Check DXFcode 2 of a dimension!
(entget (car (entsel)))

For Mtext (inside the Block of DXFcode 2) direct
(entget (car (nentsel)))

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john.uhden — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:14:21 GMT

AHA!

There is no DXF code for width factor, but just like mtext you can add formatting codes to any or all of the text string.

Many thanks!

Actually, I haven't succeeded yet with "all" but it did work with the part I added.