Mtext Width Factor

Anyone know of a way to change the width factor of MTEXT? For example, if
the text style is defined with a 0.8 width factor and you create an MTEXT
object but later you want to change it to have a width factor of 1.0, Can
this be done without exploding the MTEXT object to TEXT?

 

MTEXT will echo the width defined in the style, changing it there will be reflected in the drawing. If want to change just one instance o fMTEXT or just one word in a paragraph, use the \W modifier.

 

That's the idea I had in mind but I cannot find the control codes (\m)
documented. Where can they be found?

reflected in the drawing. If want to change just one instance o fMTEXT or
just one word in a paragraph, use the \W modifier.

 

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That's it. Thanks all.

In 2002,
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Look in "HELP" in "AutoCAD User's Guide" under "Format multiline text in a text editor"

Use the following table to create a document with formatting codes.

\0...\o Turns overline on and off
\L...\l Turns underline on and off
\~ Inserts a nonbreaking space
\\ Inserts a backslash
\{...\} Inserts an opening and closing brace
\Cvalue; Changes to the specified color
\File name; Changes to the specified font file
\Hvalue; Changes to the text height specified in drawing units
\Hvaluex; Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height
\S...^...; Stacks the subsequent text at the \, #, or ^ symbol
\Tvalue; Adjusts the space between characters, from .75 to 4 times
\Qangle; Changes obliquing angle
\Wvalue; Changes width factor to produce wide text
\A Sets the alignment value; valid values: 0, 1, 2 (bottom, center, top)
\P Ends paragraph Autodesk

Formatting codes along with text INSIDE "curly" brackets {} only that text receives coding, in the example below "WIDE TEXT" has a width factor of 2, the "normal width is defined in the style.

This is normal text, this is {\W2;WIDE TEXT}, this is back to normal.

 

and all that cool formatting gets whacked by the first rookie that tries to
edit it with the built-in.

(just grumbling.......and warning a little)

text editor"

 

<<and all that cool formatting gets whacked by the first rookie that tries to edit it with the built-in.>>

Works fine for us, we haven't had any trouble, unless the rookie changes the format code to something wrong.

But before he sits down, he gets a training session, and his editor is set to:

:lisped#C:/WINNT/SYSTEM32/NOTEPAD

by default, so he'd have to go a long way to use the internal editor anyway.

 

yikes, you guys use notepad ALL THE TIME for mtext?

i'm too much of a wysiwyg kind of guy to work thru that. the built-in still
has issues for wysiwyg, but is better than the alternative. i'm probably
one of the few that likes (and utilizes) that transparency thing.

i'm moving to mtext for just about everything and find the internal better
suited for most of the work.

i've tried wordpad/notepad and found it too cumbersome for things like
background masking and not quite indicative enough of the final result,
especially when working with mtext width values. true, these things are
about the only way you can get that special formatting going on, but
thankfully i don't need that too often.

i have toolpac's mtext editor, which is about the same, and ill use it some
(mostly on large bodies of notes), but even that fine product will only get
the dust blown off it periodically. its nice in that it functions as an
internal editor without replacing it. i get a choice, which is cool.

to edit it with the built-in.>>

the format code to something wrong.

anyway.

 

<<yikes, you guys use notepad ALL THE TIME for mtext?
Not really, only for text that has more than 32 characters, that what the :lisped# takes care of. If it's less than 32 characters it pops up in a dialog box that's just like the ddedit single line text box.


<<i'm too much of a wysiwyg kind of guy >>

Which is why I dislike the "internal" editor, what you see is nothing like what you get.


<<i've tried wordpad/notepad and found it too cumbersome for things like background masking and not quite indicative enough of the final result,>>

And you think the internal is?? okay, carry on.

BTW, we rarely, if ever, use background masking.


<<toolpac's mtext editor>>

Something else, we'd have to buy and maintain, Notepad came with the box.

 

What's to maintain?
Install it and go.
Instant 700+ tools at your disposal.

 

<<What's to maintain?
Install it and go. >>

Installation on over 150 seats, utilizing different versions of AutoCAD and several other 3rd party software, plus in-house customizations requires maintenance to avoid collisions with and maintain compliance with office/client standards/customizations.
Besides, a major chunk of those 700 tools we'd never use, and we have tools in place for most of the rest, the $195 per seat wouldn't get us much we don't have already.

 

snip

what you get.

i'll agree that i'm not happy with it, but i can't imagine an outside text
editor is better (in 2005).

i'm in the civil field and we are plagued by reviewers who insist on seeing
everything on one plan. inevitably we get the comment "its too cluttered to
read", usually after the comment "turn on all the existing feature layers,
and the resource layers, and the........."

properly placed masking is an effective clutter management tool.

sn

i understand the reluctance to overdo it on the 3rd party stuff, but toolpac
is easier to maintain and and update than most.

i suppose the 3rd-party-seat-cost versus overhead-customizing ratio depends
on corporate size. we're small and find it more effective to buy our addons
rather than have it done in-house.