AutoCAD 2010 :: MTEXT Bounding Box Width With Background Mask

Jun 14, 2012

If I create one MTEXT object with the Background Mask set to Yes, then COPY it to several locations, and lastly edit the text for each one, does the width of the bounding box have to be adjusted for the width on each individual peice of MTEXt, or is there an "autofit" option? 

The Background Masks are either too narrow or too wide on the copied items.

View 7 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

AutoCAD VB :: Add MTEXT Background Mask In VBA?

Oct 8, 2013

I am trying to add an MTEXT background mask in vba I know it may be easy to do in lisp but I already have a working vba code for creating the MTEXT just need to add the background mask into the text.

all the codes I can find in the internet are doing it in lisp.

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Mtext Width Not Edible

Jan 27, 2011

I have a drawing with mtext objects. I can not edit the the defined width through the properties palette. I think this is just some setting but I haven't been able to recall/ find it.

View 6 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Background Mask Used With MText?

Apr 9, 2009

Any way to change the default settings for the background mask used with Mtext?

View 9 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2013 :: Default Mtext Background Mask

Mar 4, 2013

Is there a way to change the defaults?

Presently, the Fill Color defaults to "Red" and I have to check "Use drawing background color" every time.  Certainly there must be a way to change this?

While I am at it, how about line space distance?  Ditto on default justification, height, etc., etc.?

View 3 Replies View Related

AutoCAD LT :: Multileader Mtext With Automatic Background Mask

Sep 19, 2012

How to make a multileader style with automatic background masks?  How to select all the multileaders in a drawing (via a script or macro) and turn on the background masks?

I know I can quick select the mleaders in a drawing, but I'd rather just run a script or macro to correct the mleaders.  

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Changing Mtext Width Of Multiple Objects?

Jun 21, 2011

Is there a way - or 3rd party app or lisp- to change the width of multiple Mtext objects all at once?  I have several drawings where the width of all Mtext objects is 1.25, and I would like to change all of them to 1.

View 8 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: MText Column Width And Properties Revert

Jun 3, 2013

I am using AutoCAD 2011.  I have been reading of similar problems with MText: I format the text in the drawing to my desired appearance and once I close and reopen the drawing, the column widths have compressed and muddled the text legibility.  After reading other similar posts, I set MTEXTCOLUMN to 0 and changed all MText to "No Columns."  MTEXTCOLUMN  is still set to 0, but the other properties have reverted back to dynamic columns, so I am still having this problem.  To check against this being a problem on my specific workstation, a coworker opened the file on his workstation and experienced the same text compression.

View 9 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Create New MTEXT In Drawing - Changing Set Width?

Jun 26, 2012

When I create new mtext in my drawings I normally like to have a zero width.

Instead I'm creating new mtext and it has a set width that I am unable to change in the properties window.

I have no problems with changing the justification point.

Is this a setting that I can change?

Plus is it posible to change the default so that I don't have to worry about changing it every time?

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCAD LT :: Permanently Send Mtext (with Background Mask) To Front

Nov 19, 2013

I have set mtext (with background mask on) to the foreground (using draw order: front, and draw order: above objects) but those settings do not 'stick' and often have to go back and reset all those values over again.

I've also tried using Draw Order on the objects under the text (draw order: behind) which also results inthe text randomly behind in front of or behind objects.

Is there a way to set mtext to be in the foreground permanently and not have to go back and mess with Draw Order all the time?

View 2 Replies View Related

AutoCad :: Width Of Text Property And Background Mask?

Jan 18, 2012

When you click a piece of text in AutoCad and look on the properties pane, there is a 'width' variable. Why does the background mask for the text still work when the width property for the text is set to 0 or are these totally unrelated? What purpose does the width property of text actually serve (when it seemingly works fine when on 0)?

View 3 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Print / Plot :: Background Mask Plots Partial Black On MText

Oct 16, 2012

I have this problem with my MText Background Mask. You can take a look at the two attachments. Each one gives me the same issue, but with different MText objects. I'm also plotting to a KIP5000 and a SHARP All in One, and I get similar results, except in some of the MText, they come out in a random color as well. The pc3's for all devices are set to Lines Merge.

The text is actually part of an xref file, and if I plot directly from the file they are in, I have no problem. I did a test where I copied the text into the sheet file, and got similar results when the text is in modelspace, and I got my intended results when the text is in paperspace. Now, this is the way I want to go...but the company standard is to draw it all in the xref, so I have to figure out how to get around this.

I've gone back and forth with the Merge/Overwrite options in the pc3, and when plotting to PDF and SHARP, I get the correct output with Overwrite, but the KIP just completely ignores the background mask with Overwrite. 

View 4 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Enable MTEXT Background Using LISP And DXF Codes

Jun 27, 2012

Simple LISP routine to enable the background mask of a single mtext object using dxf codes?

View 4 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Background Masking In Mtext To Cover Up Mechanical Piping In Drawings

Jun 5, 2013

I have been using background masking in Mtext to cover up the mechanical piping in our drawings. It works fine in AutoCAD, but we convert the drawing to pdf and then send the pdf to the printer to make prints. Now

the background masking is not working. You get a line going through the text.

View 7 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Background Mask In Dims

Oct 27, 2011

I used to be able to edit the dimension to include background mask and suddenly cannot.

i really need the BGM. 

View 9 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Set Mleader Background Mask?

May 4, 2010

I am trying to use a lisp that will turn on a background mask on selected mleaders. I found the attached lisp here [URL]. it works good except the mask border offset factor is set to 1.5. I need the offset to be 1.0. When I look thru the lisp code it says the default is 1.0 but can be changed.

how I can use the lisp and get mask offset factor to be 1.0?

C3D 2010
3G RAM
XP PRO, SP2

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCad :: Expand / Shrink Bounding Box Around Tag Block Depending On Text Width

Aug 29, 2013

I have a tag block that calls out details. The attributes are the detail number and the page the detail is located. I was wondering if there was a way that the bounding box around it could grow or shrink depending on the width of the text.

Tag.jpg

View 0 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Background Mask For Text In Multileader?

Sep 13, 2010

I am just wondering how is possible to set up a Multileader style that creates text with a background mask.

I have been trying to get this feature in the Multileader style manager and I could not find it in order to avoid to set up background mask every time I create a Multileader

View 6 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Background Mask Default Settings

Apr 23, 2012

In AutoCAD 2012 or 2013, can I set MText to default to any or all of the following conditions:

1.  background mask = Yes
2.  background mask = drawing background color
3.  black outline around the background mask "box"

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Multileader And Text Background Mask

May 29, 2009

Actually We are trying AutoCAD 2010 and i have a question about multileader i cannot find in the manual.we are used to set a bright background mask under our text (including Mtext, Qleader, Dimensions) this way the printed text can be seen much better in dark area.

Now i'm am upgrading from AutoCAD 2007 and discovering Multileader (and i cannot find the Qleader button on the ribbon) so i conclude the new "standard is multileader", this is annoying because i cannot find anywhere how to put text mask background inside text in mleader. any option available? i would like to begin to use this function, but the text background is mandatory here.

View 8 Replies View Related

Illustrator :: How To Fit Text To A Bounding Box Width

Jun 24, 2013

I would like to fit text to a bounding box's width.

So for example, if I have a bounding box with the with 10 cm, I should be able to type text in it, multiple lines, and the text should then fit itself to the width of the bounding box by going up/down in size, so the height of the text also changes accordingly.
 
Does it make sense?

View 3 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: Convert Multiple Text Items To Mtext Without Combining Into 1 Mtext?

Jan 31, 2012

I have multiple singular text objects on my screen and I want to convert them to mtext so I can use the Background Mask option within mtext on my drawing. how to quickly select all the text and convert it to mtext without it combinin ginto 1 mtext?

View 9 Replies View Related

AutoCAD 2010 :: MTEXT Is Rotated When Try To Edit Any MTEXT

Jul 12, 2011

Why is this happening?

The dwg was fine, then it crashed while changing from modle space to paper space...

When i recovered the dwg, EVERY MTEXT I try to edit becomes rotated vertically and stays that way when i close the edit box...

I do not recall hitting any buttons or making any keystrokes without my knowing...

Is there a way to get my text back to Horizontal and stay that way?

I tried setting the MTEXTFIXED to: 0, 1 & 2.

NONE of these options changed anything.

I NEED to have this fixed. more importantly, i need to know why this is happening sop that i can take steps to prevent this happening in the future...

I am currently working with the latest CAD available.

View 7 Replies View Related

AutoCAD LT :: Mtext Box Width Changes When Others Open A Drawing

Jul 12, 2013

When I create a drawing with Mtext and my co-worker opens the drawing the width of the box defaults to 0 and the grips to enlarge the box are all snapped to the insertion point.  How do we get the text boxes to stay the same??

View 8 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Mtext Column Width

May 3, 2012

Any way to make Acad C3D hold the value for MTEXTCOLUMN = 0?  I am having issues with it resetting my column width to 0, even after I have formatted all the Mtext to read how I want it shown.  Once I close a drawing and open it again, the formatting changes that I have previously set return to "dynamic" and column width = 0.  I just want to turn off the dynamic setting so it stops messing up the formatting, but I can't get it to retain the dynamic setting. Currently running C3D 2012. 

View 4 Replies View Related

AutoCad :: Changing MText Defined Width In Drawing

Jul 18, 2012

How do I globally change the defined width of a group of mtext entities in a drawing? If I select a few mtext entities that I want to make the same width then go to Properties, the Defined Width box says "varies" and is not editable. Seems like long ago I used to be able to do this, but not now. I'm running 2011 autocad.

View 6 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Annotative Mtext Changing Location And Width

Apr 4, 2011

I have annotative mtext that keeps changing width and location.  See pic.  When gripped, they're in the correct location but wrong scale.  I experienced this on a few drawings with C3d 2010 and now 2011. 

View 7 Replies View Related

AutoCad 2D :: Automatically Updating Defined Width Attributes For MTEXT?

Dec 8, 2011

I was curious to see if there's a way to set up Autocad (2010) to recognize when MTEXT objects are edited, and have it adjust their defined width automatically (both single- and multi-line)--versus having to click on the arrow every time to snap the text box "margin" to the actual text. I'd like to do this to keep my background masks the exact width of the text; I just hate it when the mask doesn't cover enough of the text, or when it covers more and the background is unnecessarily obscured. I'm careful about keeping things neat, but my coworkers aren't .

View 1 Replies View Related

AutoCAD LT :: Text Editor Missing Ruler To Adjust Width And Length Of Mtext Objects

Feb 17, 2012

I lost the ruler to adjust the width and length of mtext objects in the editor settings. 

How can I get this ruler back?

View 2 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Architecture :: Mtext Column Width - Placement Changing After Saving / Closing File

May 2, 2011

I've been having this issue happen repeatedly, but not consistently. In a new file, I adjust the width of an mtext box so that the text wraps into multiple lines. When I next open the file, all mtext boxes are back at a wider width so that the text is all on one line. The start of the text is also usually in a different location. This was happening on 2011/XP and now on 2012/Windows7.

View 5 Replies View Related

AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Background Mask (Text Mask) Editable In 2012?

Mar 22, 2012

how to manipulate the size of the wipeout for a text mask. 

Simply selecting the masked text in C3D 2011 provided pick boxes at the four corners of the wipeout, making it very easy to manipulate the size of the wipeout box.  I'm hoping to do the same in C3D 2012, but the wipeout seems to be treated like a block and lacks the pick boxes.A system variable maybe?

View 5 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved