Detach queried text from parent object data

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I used mapimport to bring in parcels as polylines with object data from a .shp file. Then I queried the taxlot numbers and owners of the taxlots. Next I similarly used mapimport in another drawing to bring in address numbers for the taxlots. These came in as closed polylines with the address numbers in the object data for the poly lines. Again I queried the text and made a text style so that the address numbers would display. I went to check how the address numbers would align with the taxlot numbers. So I attached the taxlot drawing as an XREF, but the queried text did not display.  I tried using basic modify copy of the taxlot numbers but nothing occurs. I did a select all of the taxlot numbers and copied to clip board. I used paste to original coordinates but nothing occurred. 

It appears that in the og drawings the queried text is not actually a text object but a label that only displays in the og drawing. This is going to be a problem since the purpose of these is to make a base map xref for infrastructure designs.

Is there a way to detach the text such that it behaves as strictly a text object? Drawings are attached. 

Thank you,

Ammon

Attached are the two drawings I described. Owner has the parcel polylines and address is only the address number polylines.

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

Thank you for providing a thorough explanation describing situation. Unfortunately, the workflow you are using is not the most efficient way to accomplish your goal. A simpler and more intuitive workflow can be used in lieu of the one you're using now. Don't get me wrong, I use queries frequently and like all the horsepower behind them. It's just the reason you're using a query in the first place: to pull data from the shapefile to make mtext labels. There's a built-in tool to do just that and it's much simpler to use. Try MAPLABEL2ANN command. (Or the ribbon, go to Annotate tab=>Map Annotation Panel=>Label to Text Icon)

1. Start new drawing=>Assign coordinate system
2. Using Data Connect Palette, connect to your parcel shapefile (don't bring shapefile in using MAPIMPORT).
3. Create a label from the the parcel shapefile. Map Task Pane=>right click shapefile layer=>Edit Style=>Feature Label and add a label e.g. PIN. The individual PINs will appear as labels on their respective parcel. You may change the label text height if you like.
4. Using mouse wheel, zoom in until the parcel PIN numbers can be seen inside each parcel footprint. You don't need to see all parcels on your monitor, a portion is good enough. You are simply zooming-in to determine the zoom level where the PINs will fit inside a parcel. Even though you don't see all parcels, your zoom level will dictate when the PIN font is small enough, relative to each parcel, to display without overlapping the next door neighbor's PIN. The goal is to zoom-in close enough so all parcels are capable of displaying  a label. Even the 'off-screen' parcels have labels, you just can't see them because they're off-screen.
5. Use MAPLABEL2ANN command. (A) Convert Labels to=>Mtext, (B)Selection scope=>All existing labels from the selected feature layer, (C) Keep all other options at their default setting (they are not critical in your particular workflow). Finally, click OK. 

The PINs will now be mtext. A new AutoCAD layer will be automatically created and the PINs will be placed on this new layer. The new layer's name will take the name of your parcel shapefile. You may give the new layer a new name and new color. You may select all mtext PINS and go to Properties Palette to adjust the mtext height and the mtext text-style. Detach or disconnect the original shapefile and keep just the PIN labels in the drawing. Name and save this drawing containing the new mtext. Since this drawing is georeferenced, you may use it as an xref.

[Anonymous]

That workflow worked. The mapimport workflow certainly felt like using a chainsaw instead of a can opener. I'll have to inform myself better of this 'connect to data' paradigm.

Thank you,

-Ammon

[АлексЮстасу · Accepted solution]

Hi, Ammon,

Option for dwg.
You probably do not need to detach Object Data, but you need to turn Map 3D text labels into regular AutoCAD texts.
This can be done by MAPTODWG or MAPTOACAD.

[Anonymous]

This works as well, thanks.