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bcsnyder2
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Text height

bcsnyder2
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AutoCAD 2021 Product Version: R.118.0.0 AutoCAD 2021.1.   I will be drawing and the Text command prompts will change right in the middle of the drawing session.  The standard prompts start out with an opportunity to change or accept the text height and the angle and then a prompt to enter the text.   Then, at some point in the drawing session, the text command prompts will change.  The prompts no longer offer the opportunity to accept or change the height and it asks for the first endpoint of the text baseline instead of asking for an angle.  Even though the prompt gives the current textsize as 0.1875, when I enter text it appears in the drawing as 2.1855 inches tall.  

 

In the first line of the prompt it gives justify as "align".  Previously is was "left".   This is being changed when the prompts change.

 

The textstyle is not changing and the height in the current textstyle is set at 0.  I'm at a loss as to what is going on.

 

I would appreciate some help.

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pendean
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Where are these prompts that you see exactly?
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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> The prompts no longer offer the opportunity to accept or change

>> the height and it asks for the first endpoint of the text baseline

>> instead of asking for an angle

I guess you are referring to 2 different types of text objects/commands.

One command is _TEXT and the other command is _MTEXT.

 

Am I correct with this assumption? If yes the please find the >>>details about _TEXT<<< as well as >>>details about _MTEXT<<< to see the difference and better know when to use which type.

 

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bcsnyder2
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Command entered:    text    or     _text

 

prompt:   current text style:   "Standard"  Text height:  0.1875   Annotative:   No   Justify: Align

TEXT Specify first endpoint of text baseline or [Justify Style]:

 

Command entered:   Mtext    or     _Mtext

 

prompt:   current text style:   "Standard"  Text height:  0.1875   Annotative:   No

MTEXT  Specify first corner:

 

As you can see, the text command yields a prompt similar to the mtext command except for the justification.

 

 

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bcsnyder2
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I hit the wrong reply button.  See post.

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bcsnyder2
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I hit the wrong reply button.  See post

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Kent1Cooper
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@bcsnyder2 wrote:

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In the first line of the prompt it gives justify as "align".  Previously is was "left".   This is being changed when the prompts change.

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That's because the way Aligned Text is defined in position and height and rotation is quite different from other justifications, so it asks for different things.  However that may have gotten changed [did you perhaps happen to hit A at the first prompt somehow?], just type an L at the first prompt to get back into Left-justified [or something else to get into some other justification you're accustomed to], and it should remain until you choose a different justification.  You don't even need to invoke the Justification option, but can just put in the L directly.  If it's really changing without your having done it accidentally, something else is going on -- note exactly what you're doing when it happens, if you can.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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