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Text issue - ACAD 2022

Text issue - ACAD 2022

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Text issue - ACAD 2022

john.p.addy
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‎10-11-2023 05:35 AM

I'm confused now.  I always thought there were just Dtext and Mtext.  I don't know what the difference is or if there is any difference between the 3 that I have shown.

 

As you see in the pictures below.    I use my grips a lot.  Well in the first picture if you noticed how the grips are set up and then the 2nd and 3rd pictures.  It is showing the first picture the grips are set up for Mtext.  The next two pictures it seems to show as Dtext. but when going into DDedit the middle picture is shown as Mtext.  I guess what I'm confused about is why is it showing differently?

 

I hope I didn't confuse anyone on what I'm confused about.

 

 

 

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John Addy
Electrical Engineering Tech.
Department of Defense
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Kent1Cooper
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‎10-11-2023 05:57 AM

Probably your middle Mtext has a "Defined width" [look in the Properties palette] of zero, meaning no word wrapping no matter how long the content string.

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john.p.addy
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‎10-11-2023 06:00 AM

Its the top one what has a " defined wide "

 

could you please explain what that is for?

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John Addy
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user181
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‎10-11-2023 06:03 AM

Looks to me like the top mtext has columns turned on. 

 

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Kent1Cooper
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‎10-11-2023 06:05 AM
@john.p.addy wrote:

Its the top one what has a " defined wide "

could you please explain what that is for?

All Mtext has a defined width.  My assumption [without a drawing file to verify] is that the top one has a non-zero defined width, marked by the little pointer at the right, meaning a point at which it will word-wrap if the content goes beyond that width.  You can change that width by picking & dragging that pointer, or in Properties.

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Kent1Cooper
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‎10-11-2023 06:17 AM
@user181 wrote:

Looks to me like the top mtext has columns turned on. 

Good call, and that grip pattern is characteristic of dynamic columns specifically.  There is no such thing as columns of either type with zero defined width, but:

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john.p.addy
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‎10-11-2023 07:00 AM

Can I ask what you mean by columns ?

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John Addy
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Department of Defense
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john.p.addy
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‎10-11-2023 07:06 AM

The top one has a "Dynamic" columns.  Which I don't know what those are actually for

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John Addy
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user181
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‎10-11-2023 07:32 AM

Here is a link to a video that shows the use of columns:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EFSQvug_c 

 

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john.p.addy
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‎10-11-2023 07:37 AM
Thank you I'll check it out
Thank you,
John Addy
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Department of Defense
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