DTEXTS

Function:

Controls the material description part of item descriptions

Description:

A complete item description in a material list consists of the geometric description (derived from the attributes of a DTEXT element) and the material description (derived from the attributes of an MTEXT element).

The text in MTEXT and DTEXT elements is defined in Paragon by setting the attributes of MTEXT and DTEXT to the text required. Both elements have three attributes which can contain text:

The three attributes of DTEXT are RTEXT, STEXT, and TTEXT;

The three attributes of MTEXT are XTEXT, YTEXT, and ZTEXT.

The default attributes whose text will be displayed on the material list are RTEXT and XTEXT. If the other attributes have been set in the DESIGN database, the user can choose to display the STEXT or TTEXT using the DTEXT command, and the YTEXT or ZTEXT using the MTEXT command.

The DTEXTS IGNORE command allows the user to suppress the geometric description completely.

Different attributes can be used, for example, to store descriptions in different languages.

Examples:

DTEXts Stext

Sets the description to the text held in the STEXT attribute.

DTEXts Ttext

Sets the description to the text held in the TTEXT attribute.

DTEXts Rtext

Sets the description to the text held in the XTEXT attribute. This is the default.

Related Commands:

MATERIALLIST MTEXTS

Command Syntax:

>--- DTEXts ---+--- Rtext* ---.

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|--- Stext ----|

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|--- Ttext ----|

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‘--- IGNORE ---+--->

Querying:

Q DTEXT

Q OPTions