Mtext Background by layer

[dani_cs]

Hello all,

I am trying to set a mtext background color by layer, but that option is not available. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance

[imadHabash]

Hi,

It's NOT applicable.

[BudW]

Double click on MText to enter editor and then click on the little circle with the down arrow.  Down near the bottom of the pop out window you will see Background Mask, click on "use background mask" and also click "Use drawing background color".  Hope this is what you were looking for

[Valentin_CAD]

@dani_cs .

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@dani_cs wrote:

I am trying to set a mtext background color by layer, but that option is not available. Is that possible?

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There is NO ByLayer option for MText background, but you can select it manually and Match Properties if needed:

[Kent1Cooper]

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@dani_cs wrote:

.... I am trying to set a mtext background color by layer .....

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I'm wondering what the purpose of this would be.  If the Mtext content is colored ByLayer [as would normally be the case], and the mask is also colored ByLayer, the content will disappear into its surroundings.  Wouldn't you therefore need to impose more formatting to change the color of the content, so that it's visible relative to the mask?

[vladimir_michl · Accepted solution]

The background mask color can be set to BYLAYER (e.g. if you want to have a black text on differently colored backgrounds) but you cannot do that over the standard user interface. But if you change the entity DXF code 63 to 256, the color will be set to BYLAYER.

You can do it e.g. with the ModDXF utility:

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/moddxf-utility-for-bulk-modification-of-internal-dxf-properties-tip13938

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world  -  www.cadforum.cz

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

I find you can also do it this way, if 'ent' is the Mtext entity name:

(setpropertyvalue ent "BackgroundFill" 1)

(setpropertyvalue ent "BackgroundFillColor" 256)

[dani_cs]

Hello @BudW 

that is not what I am looking for exactly. I want to set a fixed colour (for example blue) to mtext string but I need to set background colour by layer, So, if I change the colour of the layer, just background will change.

[dani_cs]

Hello @Kent1Cooper 

Yes, it is a strange case: I usually set Mtext content by layer and I set a fixed colour to the mask, but in one drawing, I need to do the reverse case, so, I am wondering if it is possible.