| Alias | Command Description | Yerfdog Command |
|---|---|---|
| T | Text 1.5 high | c:pjg:text_15 |
| T1 | Text 1.8 high | c:pjg:text_18 |
| T2 | Text 2.5 high | c:pjg:text_25 |
| T3 | Text 3.5 high | c:pjg:text_35 |
| T5 | Text 5.0 high | c:pjg:text_50 |
| T7 | Text 7.0 high | c:pjg:text_70 |
| ED | Mtext Editor | ddedit* |
| INC | Increment Text | c:pjg:text_inc |
| INC- | Decrement Text | c:pjg:text_inc- |
* - Standard AutoCAD command
Yerfdog provides several commands for drawing text of varying sizes from 1.5 to 7.0 units high. All text is drawn as mtext for ease of subsequent editing. The text is drawn in style romans-80 which should already be defined in the drawing. If there is no romans-80 text style present in the drawing, the text is drawn in style standard. You can define romans-80 as whatever you like, although it needs to be defined with a variable height (i.e. defined with a height of zero.) The name romans-80 naturally refers to a style with font romans.shx and a width factor of 0.80.
The layer on which the text is drawn depends on
the height of the text and is determined by the yerfdog.ini configuration file.
This file may be edited in any text editor, for example Windows Notepad. The
relevant sections are:
pjg:Layer_Text_015mm for text 1.5 high
pjg:Layer_Text_018mm for text 1.8 high
pjg:Layer_Text_025mm for text 2.5 high
pjg:Layer_Text_035mm for text 3.5 high
pjg:Layer_Text_050mm for text 5.0 high
pjg:Layer_Text_070mm for text 7.0 high
Justification of mtext is set to middle centre, since this tends to give the most pleasing results with respect to alignment of notes in a typical drawing. If you wish to change to another justification, change a sample of text with the properties command and then use matchprop to change your selection.
The width of text drawn is determined by the formula
width = ht * sc * 10
where
width = width of mtext in drawing units
ht = height of mtext in plotted units
sc = plot scale of drawing
For example, 2.5 high text on a 1:50 scale drawing would be drawn with a text width of 1250 units. You can easily change this width by grip editing a sample and using matchprop on your selection.
ED command is the standard AutoCAD mtext editor.
Increments (increase by one) or decrements (decrease by one) a series of text entities, e.g. stair tread numbers. To use, first draw the numbers on the stair treads. These can all be the same and drawn by taking advantage of the copy or even the array commands. Once you have the numbers in their correct locations, invoke the INC (or INC-) command to change the numbers into a proper sequence.
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