McSwain: Since mtext entities can contain many strings, each formatted differently, you can use Match Properties to work on smaller chunks of a large mtext object. This works great in instances where I copy text from one drawing to another that might have a slight difference in formatting.įirst of all, you have to be in the MText editor next, select the text that has the desired formatting, then click the Match button.
(The button is also located on the MText editor dialog.) This tool applies the formatting of your selected text to characters within the same mtext object.
AUTODESK CIVIL 3D 2015 ANNOTATIVE TEXT HOW TO
Here’s a tip to explain how to use AutoCAD's match text formatting function, which is located on the contextual ribbon while in the MText editor command.
Tawfik points out some options that are a bit obscure.
McSwain: These are very good tips regarding AutoCAD 2015 and its new status bar. Regardless of the presence or lack of those built-in commands, since this tip starts by exporting geometry to the ESRI SHP file format, you have the bonus of being able to share these files with ESRI users. However, I don’t find them as quickly responsive as the traditional layout tabs at the bottom. Civil 3D 2015 and later includes an export KML command, and some earlier versions of Civil 3D may include the undocumented command named ExportGoogleEarth. The file tab (type Filetab to display it) is another way to navigate through layout tabs and plot/publish them. This will do exactly as it says and will expand the display of layout tabs across the whole screen.Ģ) In the rare case that you don’t need the status bar, set the Statusbar to 0 to hide it, or create a button or a keyboard shortcut to switch it between 0 and 1. When the value is negative, the autoscale functionality is turned off, but the settings are maintained: Newly set annotation scale is not added to annotative objects. So if your working situation requires you to switch frequently between many layout tabs, you might consider one of the following two suggestions:ġ) Right-click on any layout tab and select Dock above Status Bar. Updates annotative objects to support the annotation scale when the annotation scale is changed. Note: the size of the text frame is determined by the size of the background mask.
AUTODESK CIVIL 3D 2015 ANNOTATIVE TEXT UPDATE
Once placed, Civil 3D labels update automatically each ti. In the Properties palette, under the Text area, notice the new Text frame option and change it from No to Yes. Civil 3D label styles are capable of extracting (and annotating) data stored within Civil objects. don't resize themselves automatically anymore - but normal cad text, multileaders, dims still do. I can change the scale and all labels, profile views etc. If you are using AutoCAD 2015, you have probably noticed that the bottom area of the workspace has become thinner than before since the drawing status bar, the application status bar, and the layout and model tabs have been all merged into a single, busy bar.Īlthough this merge allows a slight increase in the drawing area’s height, it does considerably reduce the maximum number of layout tabs that can be displayed at one time. With AutoCAD 2016 Mtext can now have a text frame that dynamically sizes itself as you edit the text. My Civil 3d objects have suddenly lost the ability to automatically rescale themselves according to the annotation scale. In short you will need to use MAP as an intermediary to AutoCAD to get those annotation objects.