When using TCIRCLE text does not adjust with variable selected

When using TCIRCLE text does not adjust with variable selected

Christine.Davisson
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When using TCIRCLE text does not adjust with variable selected

Christine.Davisson
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I have text that I am using TCIRCLE to add a slot to.  I am leaving the offset at .35 and choosing variable.  However, when I update the text the slot does not adjust to the length of text.  Any recommendations?

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Ed__Jobe
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The slot is just a polyline. It doesn't update. Just redo the TCIRCLE command. Or create a dynamic block like the one attached.

 

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Christine.Davisson
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If I read that right, you are saying the variable option when creating a slot doesn't actually work the way it is intended to? It is the same as the constant option?

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Ed__Jobe
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I think you are misreading the "intent". The size that's being referred to is when you create multiple circles. For example if you use the command with the constant option, each circle will be consistent regardless of the size of each text. Using the variable option means that the size of the circle will fit the size of each text. It doesn't mean that it will update when you edit the text. This is a very old lisp routine that was made before dynamic blocks were invented.

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Kent1Cooper
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@Ed__Jobe wrote:

... if you use the command with the constant option, each circle will be consistent regardless of the size of each text. ....


And likewise with the Slots option -- it makes them around multiple Text objects all at the same size as required to fit around the biggest one:

Kent1Cooper_0-1668016761484.png

That is all "constant" means.  Likewise "variable" means only that each one gets a slot suited to itself, but only at the time of the command.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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pendean
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@Christine.Davisson On a tangent here... are you perhaps looking for this type of functionality http://www.lee-mac.com/assoctextbox.html (yes, its free too).
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Christine.Davisson
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Exactly the functionality I was looking for, thank you!

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