TXTEXP CHANGING COLOR?

[Anonymous]

Everytime I txtexp a Mtext to convert texts to polylines, it changes from the original Layer 0 (color white ByLayer) to Layer 0 but Color 139. Any idea why and how to change it? I tried checking that Drawing Window Color but I couldn't find it. 

I've been changing manually but I wonder it must be possible to change it somewhere, right? 

thank you!

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

on my side it changes the color to a color index, that is correct, even if the MTEXT had a true-color value assigned.

The color index that is assigned seems to me the one that matches the color of the MTEXT.

So if you get color index 137 as result, then I guess the MTEXT object (or the layer of that object) had color index 137 or true-color 38,76,76 (at least close to this value).

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Sorry Alfred, I'm not sure if I understood what you said. Where can I check the true color index and how can I set up for converting into the same color (white, ByLayer)?

thank you for your response! 🙂

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Where can I check the true color index

Select the object, then you can see in the property window

• a color name like red, blue, ...
• a color index value (value from 1 to 255)
• a true color value (3 values comma separated for red, blue, green like 128,240,139)

>> how can I set up for converting into the same color (white, ByLayer)?

You can't predefine a value "byLayer" for the converted polylines, the color they get is the color the MTEXT had (with the exception if the MTEXT had a true color value then AutoCAD converts it to a color index).

- alfred -

[pendean]

EXPLODE your MTEXT to eliminate any overrides then use TXTEXP on it.

[imadHabash]

Hi,

if you start a new empty drawing (Ctrl+N ) , any changes with TXTEXP ? if NOT fixed ... would you attache here a CAD drawing sample showing us the mtext before and after ? 

[Anonymous]

I see, but it is not the case. The mtext color name is white, it should convert to Color 7 or 0,0,0, isn't it? I'll post a picture with what is happening. Thank you!

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> I see, but it is not the case

Then please upload a dwg with one text that gets a different color assigned after TXTEXP than the text had before, and a second dwg-file that shows the result of TXTEXP of the above dwg-content.
Otherwise it's an endless discussion.

>> I'll post a picture with what is happening

Nothing attached ... plus: a picture does not help as we can't see the state before, the state after as we can't select the object and see the AutoCAD internal properties of that text.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Here it is attached.

I've been using our company's text style but with the new drawing and "Standard" text style happens exactly the same thing so I don't think it has something to do with the text style. 

ps: I selected the mtext and polyline in order to see the properties.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I've attached the pictures for the other person that had asked for it.

Here it is both dwg. Thank you for helping me! 🙂

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

can't reproduce the effect, I see that your result is set to color 139, however, when I open your Drawing1.dwg and run TXTEXP with that text, all goes to layer 0 color 7.

So the question is why is your version of AutoCAD work differently:

• it maybe another version of AutoCAD, i tried with AutoCAD 2020
• it maybe an overwritten TXTEXP command
• it maybe a loaded app/tool/plugin working inside AutoCAD

When you login with a new Windows user account and try AutoCAD (without customizations) and that drawing, does the same color 139 appear for these objects?

- alfred -

[imadHabash]

for me ... TXTEXP works normal . !!! would you please open the attched CAD drawing and see if the same happened ?

[dbroad]

Unlike the others, I can confirm the bug.  I used 2017 and 2019 versions so it must've been a long time problem.  In addition, I noticed another problem with drawings that have millimeter units.  Apparently, the txtexp drawing does an export and import (probabably wfmout and wfmin).  This is strongly dependent on the -dwgunits settings and also on how closely the text is zoomed.  If the text is relatively small on screen, the results are poor and jagged.  If the drawing is millimeters, the result is returned at 25.4 times the size of the source and off-screen.  This problems are easy to fix as long as they can be recognized but I would categorize them as nuisance problems.

Sounds like 2020 may have fixed at least the color issues.  I haven't installed that since I'm still on Windows 7.

[Anonymous]

About the scale, a colleague was able to figure that out and we did switch to inches, no problem as you said. 🙂

It is a bummer about the color, though. Thank you for confirming the bug, then sadly I'll stop trying to fix it until we update to a newer version.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Unlike the others, I can confirm the bug.

>> I used 2017 and 2019 versions 

I can't confirm that, neither 2019 nor 2017 shows a color other than 7

Any chance you

• are not running AutoCAD Vanilla, but a vertical instead?
• you have migrated settings and so maybe paths set to older versions of ExpressTools?

- alfred -

[RobDraw]

In the meantime, the command SETBYLAYER is a quick fix.

[Anonymous]

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Any chance you

• are not running AutoCAD Vanilla, but a vertical instead?
• you have migrated settings and so maybe paths set to older versions of ExpressTools?

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As far as I know, nobody has changed any settings since we've installed this version. 

That's why I wonder where is this setting so I check it up, but can't find anywhere...

[Anonymous]

In this case, it is actually easier to QSELECT by this Color 139 and simply change to white. Usually we have hundreds of them to convert...  Thank you all for helping!

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:

In this case, it is actually easier to QSELECT by this Color

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Have you tried SELECTSIMILAR? Depending on your right click settings it may be in contextual menu.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> nobody has changed any settings since we've

>> installed this version.

Can you please start command _ABOUT and show a screenshot from that dialog?
Also have you tried the new-user-account suggestion?

- alfred -