Intelligent Text
- Last UpdatedApr 27, 2023
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Intelligent text allows data to be automatically extracted from the Design, Catalogue or Drawing databases and entered on a Drawing. Intelligent text uses codewords, which all begin with a # character.
Example
’Standby pump #NAME’
The advantages of intelligent text are:
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If the data in any of the three databases changes then when the Drawing is updated the correct new values are automatically obtained and entered upon the Drawing.
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You do not have to navigate through the relevant database, retrieve the data, return to the Draw database and input the data manually.
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The same text string with its embedded codewords can be used many times to generate text strings that are similar in format but different in detail.
The text strings where you can use intelligent text are:
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DMTX |
dimension line text (of Dimension Points and Directions, |
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PLTX |
projection line text (for example, ADIR, APPT, DPOI, DPPT, DPBA) |
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BTEX |
general text string of General Labels (GLAB) and Template (TXTM). Refer to Text Strings for further information. |
Related Links
- Codewords
- Access Data from the Design or Catalogue Databases
- Access Data from the Draw Database
- Access Dimension Data
- Access UDA Data
- Access Administrative Data
- Access PML Global Entities from within Intelligent Text
- Codewords with Special Functions
- Substrings
- Array Index
- Transform Position/Direction Data
- Extract Attribute Data from any Specified Element
- Distance, Position and Bore Data Output
- Position Output Formats
- Customize Error Text
- Intelligent Text Syntax - Summary
- Notes
- Summary of Commands