Intelligent Text
- Last UpdatedDec 09, 2025
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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.
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'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 will be 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 Draft database and enter 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 (that means, ADIR, APPT, DPOI, DPPT, DPBA) |
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BTEX |
general text string of General Labels (GLAB) and Template (TXTM). (See also Text Strings) |
Related Links
- Codewords
- Accessing Data from the Design or Catalogue Databases
- Accessing Data from the Draft Database
- Accessing Dimensioning Data
- Accessing UDA Data
- Accessing Administrative Data
- Codewords with Special Functions
- Substrings
- Array Indexing
- Transforming Position/Direction Data
- Extracting Attribute Data from any Specified Element
- Distance, Position and Bore Data Output
- Position Output Formats
- Customizing Error Text
- Intelligent Text Syntax - Summary
- Notes
- Summary of Commands