Texts
- Last UpdatedNov 28, 2025
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Purpose
Enabling the user to change text contents, text properties, move or rotate the selected texts (single-line or multi-line).
Instructions
Four text specific options for editing texts will be displayed when right-clicking on a text in the drawing. These are Edit, Properties, Rotate and Move.
When the Edit menu choice is selected, the selected text is presented in the Edit Text dialog and the user can change the contents of the text. By clicking Options, it is also possible to change the properties of the text.
By selecting the Rotate menu choice, the selected text can be rotated to a desired position by moving the mouse clockwise or counter clockwise, the position is then fixed by clicking the left mouse button. By clicking Options, it is also possible to give an absolute rotation angle.
When the Move menu choice is selected, it is possible to drag the text to a desired position and fix it there by clicking the left mouse button. By clicking Options, it is also possible to change rotation, properties etc
If the Properties menu choice is selected, a dialog box will be presented that allows modification of the current text properties. The properties are font, effects, size, color, aspect ratio, slant, interline space factor and layer. Click the Ok button in the Text Properties dialog to modify the text.
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Select font type from table of alternatives. |
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Select font style. |
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Select font size in millimeters (mm). |
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Strike-out & Underline. |
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Select color of the text. |
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Width/Height ratio of a text, default equals 1.0 for normal text. |
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Key-in slant angle, default equals 90 degrees. |
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Key-in interline space factor. |
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Key-in layer number valid between 0 and 32000. |
Note: In case the text belongs to a system component that is persisted, it is possible
to apply the modification on this component as a whole. This can be achieved if and
only if:
- the text belongs to a persisted system component (like dimensioning, label, etc);
- the modification makes sense on component level; and
- the default keyword DENY_UPDATE_OF_NON_PERSISTED_GEOM is set to YES.
Example
The user right-clicks a text belonging to a (persisted) linear dimension component and selects the Move option.
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If the default keyword DENY_UPDATE_OF_NON_PERSISTED_GEOM is set to "Yes", the text is moved, the new position is persisted in PADD and the dimensioning is re-evaluated.
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If the default keyword DENY_UPDATE_OF_NON_PERSISTED_GEOM is set to "No", only the text is moved. The modification will be lost after a subsequent re-evaluation of the dimensioning.