Slanted Outlined Text Object - AutoCAD LT 2019

Slanted Outlined Text Object - AutoCAD LT 2019

braidenv
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Slanted Outlined Text Object - AutoCAD LT 2019

braidenv
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I know enough AutoCAD to do simple drawing but I'm now needing to get the text "BAIRD & WARNER" to have the same effect of appearing on the side of a panel as "DREAM TOWN" is shown. I've been Googling and searching YouTube and have found ways with active text, but nothing with outlined copy or object. Would appreciate any help or direction you can provide me.

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CGBenner
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@braidenv 

Welcome to the forums!  Would you be able to share the .dwg file here for the experts to take a look? Good luck!

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braidenv
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I've provided the requested.

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Kent1Cooper
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[Written before the drawing was posted -- sorry, but this won't work with what's in the drawing.  But if you can get it in Text/Mtext form....]

If that's an isometric 2D drawing, and not a view of a 3D construction, and if that's a TEXT object [not a drawn outline made of of other object types], then just select it, and in the Properties palette:

Kent1Cooper_0-1754587112524.png

[You can enter them as -30 if you prefer.]  The minus-30 rotation gives it the downhill slope, and the obliquing angle leans it back so the vertical parts of the characters in the font become vertical in the drawing.

If it's an MTEXT object, you need to do the obliquing in the Mtext Editor -- select all the content, and in the Formatting pull-down is an Obliquing entry:

Kent1Cooper_1-1754587638061.png

EDIT:  The text [once the containing Block is Exploded and the containing Group is Ungrouped] is Spline outlines.  How were they created?  I'm wondering whether you could do the rotating/obliquing to Text/Mtext first, and then do the conversion, whatever it is.  [If you do that using TXTEXP to make that into outlines, it can handle the altered form, but the outline will be 2D Polylines, not Splines, and the curves will be somewhat segmented.]

Kent Cooper, AIA
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braidenv
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The text came from Illustrator, exported as a .dxf file. I'll give that a go and see if I can manipulate it enough, then bring it back into AutoCAD like suggested.

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braidenv
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Manipulating the Object in my more fluent software of Illustrator and then bringing that back into AutoCAD worked in providing me the result I was looking for. I've attached an Image of the result. Appreciate the guidance you provided in figuring out a solution.

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