AutoCAD Dynamic Blocks :: Stretching Multiline Attribute Text Box

Aug 24, 2011

Attached is a block that I use a lot. Originally I had two separate single line text attributes for the "title". I modified it to have a single multiline text attribute instead. I want this attributes text box width to stretch along with the line below it, so that long text strings will automatically adjust to single or multiple lines as necessary and not run off the end of the line. As it stands now I have to stretch the line and then adjust the width of the text box to match.

Also it would be nice if the bulk of the text would stay on the bottom line and only the "overflow" would move up to the next line.

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Jul 26, 2011

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Is there an advantage to having it installed?Do I need to uninstall it? or not?

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Feb 6, 2009

I have been trying to convert my offices blocks to dynamic blocks and this one is giving me a hassle.

Essentially we have a line with an arrow at the end of it to show drainage pathways. I added a multiline attribute so we can add the percentage along the line with a mask. The line, arrow and attribute all need to be able to be aligned perpendicular or tangent to a given line. Everything looks great until the arrow flips sides to work from the other direction and then the text is mirrored backwards.

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I tried adding a flip, but then the mirrortext settings work just fine and the text won't flip back.

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Jul 26, 2013

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Say it would be a “panel” of 5500mm it would be 5 segments of 1100mm, and a “panel” of lets say 3750mm would make 4 segments of 937,5mm.

I made a drawing to illustrate what I mean, A dynamic block for this will save a lot of time!

(here is the example)

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Jan 5, 2012

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Jan 17, 2012

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Nov 14, 2012

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What is suppose to happen is, when you insert the block, you stretch the conveyor to the size desired, and the rest of the block should scale to match. Then you select the angle of "turn", and you're good to go.

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Oct 18, 2012

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But I'd like to be able to have the beam stretching so the bottom flange of the beam can stretch relative to the top to give an angle to the beam end, and also have the lines representing the flanges (whose position will vary depending on the steel size) can also be stretched to give a neat cutoff.

Stretching the bottom of the bottom flange is easy, but I can't figure out how to stretch the inner lines? They would have to be moved a proportion of the distance which will vary between beam sizes/flange thicknesses, so putting in a fixed multiplication factor won't work. The mathematics to set a multiplication factor based on other elements of the dynamic block is easy, but is it possible to have such implemented on a varying basis?

Elevation showing what I want to do, and the block itself attached.

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Jan 30, 2012

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Nov 21, 2011

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Jun 3, 2011

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Nov 10, 2011

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May 5, 2011

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I can:
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I can't:
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1. block is inserted
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5. block is flipped again, in order to demonstrate the continued jacked-uppedness of the attribute

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Find file attached.

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Nov 19, 2013

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