Dimension Text Width Factor

[john.uhden]

I don't see any property for this in 2002.  Might it have been added in newer releases?  It appears to be totally dependent on the text style definition.

[cadffm]

The text width depends on the text style, as long as there is no internal MText formatting.

[cadffm]

Its normal for MText, not specially for Dimension (M)text.

[john.uhden]

I hadn't thought of dimension text being treated the same as mtext.  The only thing I ever override is to add a suffix or a second line for a brief note, as in:

|<-----<>\X(25' min.)----->|

But the 2002 Multiline Text Editor for dimension text doesn't seem to have an option for changing the width factor of selected characters.

[cadffm]

Not treaded like MText, it is a MText (and lines and arrow-insert together in a anonym *Dnnn dimension Block and you see the the insert of them.

[john.uhden]

You lost me.  I have no idea what an anonym or Dnnn is, except that perhaps the former has no name and the latter has a bad stutter.

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

SORRY, you know about my english (and Acad) knowledge.


Anonym named objects (layer, blocks...)
Thats system objects there names start with an asterisk (*)
These objects are normally not listed for users.

Dimensions are displayed inserts of such a Block,
there names are *D1234 *D7352 and so on.
My nnn stand for "Number".

Check DXFcode 2 of a dimension!
(entget (car (entsel)))

For Mtext (inside the Block of DXFcode 2) direct
(entget (car (nentsel)))

[john.uhden]

AHA!

There is no DXF code for width factor, but just like mtext you can add formatting codes to any or all of the text string.

Many thanks!

Actually, I haven't succeeded yet with "all" but it did work with the part I added.