MTEXTS

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).

MTEXT has three attributes: XTEXT, YTEXT, and ZTEXT. By default, the text which appears in the material list is the XTEXT attribute, but this can be changed so that the text stored in the YTEXT or ZTEXT attribute is displayed. This can be used, for example, to store descriptions in different languages.

The MTEXTS IGNORE command allows the user to suppress the material description to give a more concise material list entry.

Examples:

MTEXts Ytext

Sets the description to the text held in the YTEXT attribute

MTEXts Ztext

Sets the description to the text held in the ZTEXT attribute

MTEXts Xtext

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

MTEXts IGNORE

Suppresses the material description completely.

MTEXts ON

Resets the material description to the text previously set. (XTEXT by default.)

Related Commands:

MATERIALLIST DTEXTS

Command Syntax:

>--- MTEXts ---+--- IGNORE ---.
               |              |
               |--- ON -------|
               |              |
               |--- Xtext* ---|
               |              |
               |--- Ytext ----|
               |              |
               ‘--- Ztext ----+--->

Querying:

Q MTEXT

Q OPTIONS