Category Archives: Text

How to Exit Text

Posted on August 18, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

You may know that after you finish editing or entering MTEXT, all you need to do to exit the MTEXT is to click outside of it. But if you do that when working with DTEXT (Single Line text) you will … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Text Box Width

Posted on August 13, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Sorry for not posting in a while. I now have a full time job. I get work with AutoCAD and help people with their AutoCAD problems – Which is something that I love. Anyways – This routine is a great … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Capital Text – Choose Some Not All

Posted on July 22, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

This routine is great because not every text object in a drawing needs to be capitalized and this routine lets you simply select the text objects that you want to be capitalized. It’s that simple… BTW – it works with … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Add a QRCODE To Your Drawing

Posted on July 20, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Lately, these high tech barcodes called “qrcodes” are becoming very popular. With certain cell phone apps, you can take a picture with your smart phone and the phone will quickly process the qrcode and can direct you to a website … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Blocks, Customization, Text, TIPS | 5 Comments

AutoLISP: Change Attribute Color to Bylayer (global)

Posted on July 4, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I have used this routine a lot. I sometimes get drawings that have attributes that have had their color changed to something other than “BYLAYER.”  This routine will change all attributes colors to be BYLAYER. Here’s How: After loading, simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, Blocks, Modifying, Text, TIPS | 5 Comments

AutoLISP: Add Leader to MTEXT or DTEXT

Posted on June 17, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quickie that lets you attach a leader to an existing MTEXT or DTEXT object. Here’s How: TL <enter> to start “Text Leader” Select Text object Specify start point (arrow) of leader Specify the angle of the leader … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Leaders, Modifying, Text | 7 Comments

AutoLISP: Add a Calendar To Your Drawing

Posted on June 5, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I don’t know how useful this is. I just think it is cool because I tend to not know what the date is and now I can have a date and calendar in my drawing… Here’s how: CALENDAR <enter> to … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Dim Text OverRide

Posted on June 3, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Although you do not really need a LISP routine to accomplish this task (as seen in THIS post). This particular routine is great because it also has an extra option to clear existing text overrides. I use this routine to … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Dimensions, Modifying, Text, TIPS | 8 Comments

Quick (Ghetto) Way To Scale Text

Posted on May 31, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

So I not proud of this method but there have been a couple of times when the recipients of what I was drawing were not going to receive or need the AutoCAD file so this method has  saved me a couple of … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Join MTEXT

Posted on May 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I recently found this little routine and I am sure going to be using it. Heck, I could have used it for a while now. It is simple. It joins MTEXT objects into a single MTEXT object. Here’s how: JMTX … Continue reading →

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