Obect data 'Radius of ARCALIGNEDTEXT is always way off - how to get true radius?

Obect data 'Radius of ARCALIGNEDTEXT is always way off - how to get true radius?

hencoop
Advisor Advisor
870 Views
2 Replies
Message 1 of 3

Obect data 'Radius of ARCALIGNEDTEXT is always way off - how to get true radius?

hencoop
Advisor
Advisor

I have discovered that the 'Radius property of ARCALIGNEDTEXT objects has nothing to do with the radius of a circle through any of the definition points of the individual text characters.  It has been in the neighborhood of 50X the actual radius (+-5X or so) for the objects I have examined and it is not the actual radius multiplied by DIMSCALE or anything else I've thought to try.

 

Does anyone know how to extract the actual radius of ARCALIGNEDTEXT objects?

 

Thanks!

AutoCAD User since 1989. Civil Engineering Professional since 1983
Product Version: 13.6.1963.0 Civil 3D 2024.4.1 Update Built on: U.202.0.0 AutoCAD 2024.1.6
                        27.0.37.14 Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D 2024.0.1
                        8.6.52.0 AutoCAD Architecture 2024
0 Likes
Accepted solutions (1)
871 Views
2 Replies
Replies (2)
Message 2 of 3

Ranjit_Singh
Advisor
Advisor
Accepted solution
(cdr (assoc 40 (entget (car (entsel "\nSelect arc-aligned text :")))))
0 Likes
Message 3 of 3

hencoop
Advisor
Advisor

Simple - to the point, thanks!  That'll serve my needs very well...

 

But then my OCD asks, why is (VLAX-GET-PROPERTY (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT (car (entsel "\nSelect arc-aligned text :"))) 'Radius) returning 2509.14?

when (cdr (assoc 40 (entget (car (entsel "\nSelect arc-aligned text :"))))) returns 43.7928?

 

Do you know why there is a difference?

AutoCAD User since 1989. Civil Engineering Professional since 1983
Product Version: 13.6.1963.0 Civil 3D 2024.4.1 Update Built on: U.202.0.0 AutoCAD 2024.1.6
                        27.0.37.14 Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D 2024.0.1
                        8.6.52.0 AutoCAD Architecture 2024
0 Likes