Autocad 2d Module 37 PDF

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AutoCAD Self-paced Learning Modules
®
AutoCAD 2D
Module 37
Text - Part 2
Learning Outcomes:
When you have completed this module, you will be able to:
1. Describe a mtext object and explain how to create, edit and explode it.
2. Describe and apply the MTEXT, QTEXT and SPELL commands.
3. Describe special text characters and the use of control codes.
Multiline Text
Unlike single line text that you learned to use in Module 20, multiline text is a text object that
can contain one or more lines of text. Usually called mtext, it has an editor that inserts and
edits text similar to a word processor. Mtext uses the current text style for its properties just
like single line text does but it allows the font, color and appearance of the text to be changed
even though it is one style.
Mtext can be exploded using the EXPLODE command. When exploded, it creates single line
text and loses all of its mtext properties except the color, height and text style.
AutoCAD Command: MTEXT

The MTEXT command is used to insert one or more lines of text on a drawing. It is a single
AutoCAD object.
Shortcut: MT
2004-2008
2000-2002
Text - Part 2 The CAD Guys Ltd. Copyright © 1993 - 2007 Module 37
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Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008

For AutoCAD 2004-2008 users only. If you are using AutoCAD 2000-2002,
skip to page 37-7)
Step 1 Start a new drawing
using the template Module Template A.
Step 2 Save and name the drawing AutoCAD
2D Workalong 37-1.
Figure Step 3
Step 3 Create layers Text and Construction as
shown in Figure Step 3.
Step 4 Create a new text style named Module 37
with the font romans.shx.
Step 5 Set layer Text as the current layer and enter
the MTEXT command as shown below.
Command: MTEXT
Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.2000
Specify first corner:
Specify opposite corner or [Height/Justify/Line
spacing/Rotation/Style/Width]:
(Select two corners to form a window as shown in Figure
Step 5. The size and location are not that important but
try to match the figure the best you can.)
Authors Comments:
The window you create in the Mtext command is
called the Bounding box.
Figure Step 5
...continued on page 37-3
A sample text string can be created to appear in the MTEXT bounding box.
It displays the text string in
the current text defaults to
help you see how the text
will appear before it is
entered. Using it as reference, it will help
you size the bounding box. The maximum
number of characters you can use is 10.
Command: MTJIGSTRING
Enter new value for MTJIGSTRING, or . for none
<"abc">: Modules
Command: MTEXT
Specify first corner P1:
Specify opposite corner or [Height/Justify/Line spacing/Rotation/Style/Width]: P2
Command
This tip only works in AutoCAD 2004 to 2008
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Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008 - Continued

Step 6 The MTEXT command will open the Text Formatting dialogue box. It works like a
simple word processor. See Figure Step 6.
Figure Step 6
Step 7 Set the text style to Module 37

and the text height to 0.4 as shown in
Figure Step 7.
Figure Step 7
Step 8 Enter the text shown in Figure Step 8. Use

uppercase letters. Do not press the enter key at the
end of the line, just keep typing. Do not correct the
spelling errors in the text. Type it as shown.
Step 9 Press OK when you

are done as shown in Figure
Step 9.
Figure Step 8 Figure Step 9

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Step 10 With layer Text as the current layer, enter the MTEXT
command as shown below.
Command: MTEXT
Current text style: "Module 37" Text height: 0.4000
(Select two corners to form a window as shown in Figure Step
10. The size and location are not that important but try to
match the figure the best you can.)
Step 11 Set the style to Titleblock, font Arial , and height to 0.3
as shown in Figure Step 11. In the Mtext bounding box, enter
Figure Step 10
the text shown. Enter it in upper case characters. At the end of
each line, press the enter key.
Figure Step 11
Step 12 Block the second line of the text The easiest way to block text is by holding down
the left mouse button as you pass the cursor over the text you want blocked. While it is
blocked, select the font City Blueprint as shown in Figure Step 12.
Figure Step 12
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Step 13 Block
the third text line.
While it is
blocked, click the
underline icon as
shown in Figure
Step 13.
Figure Step 13
Step 14 Block the

forth line of the text.
While it is blocked,
click the Bold icon.
See Figure Step
14.
Figure Step 14
Step 15 Block the

fifth line of the text.
While it is blocked,
set the text height to
0.14 as shown in
Figure Step 15.
Figure Step 15
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Step 16
Block the sixth
line of the
Mtext. While it
is blocked, set
the text height
to 0.40 as
shown in
Figure Step
16.
Figure Step 16
Step 17 Block
the seventh line
of the Mtext.
While it is
blocked, set the
color to Blue as
shown in Figure
Step 17.
Figure Step 17
Step 18 Your completed drawing should appear as shown

in Figure Step 18.
Step 19 Save and close the drawing and skip to page 37-
11.
Figure Step 18
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Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002

For AutoCAD 2000-2002 users only. If you are using 2004-2008, skip to
page 37-11)
Step 1 Start a new drawing using the

template Module Template A.
Step 2 Save and name the drawing
AutoCAD 2D Workalong 37-1.
Step 3 Create layers Text and Construction
as shown in Figure Step 3. Figure Step 3
Step 4 Create a new text style named Module 37 with the font Romans.
Step 5 Set layer Text as the current layer and enter the
MTEXT command as shown below.
Command: MTEXT
(Select two corners to form a window as shown in
Figure Step 5. The size and location are not that
important but try to match the figure the best you can.)
Authors Comments:
The window you create in the Mtext command is called
the Bounding box.
Step 6 The MTEXT command will open the Multiline
Text Editor dialogue box. It works like a simple word
processor. See Figure Step 6. Figure Step 5
Figure Step 6
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Step 7 Set the font to RomanS and the text height to 0.4 as shown in Figure Step 7.
Figure Step 7
Step 8 Enter the text shown in Figure Step 8. Use uppercase letters. Do not press the
enter key at the end of the line, just keep typing. Do not correct the spelling errors in the
text. Type it as shown.
Figure Step 8
Step 9 Press OK after you have entered the text.

See Figure Step 9.
Figure Step 9
Step 10 With layer Text as the current layer, enter the

MTEXT command as shown below.
Command: MTEXT
(Select two corners to form a window as shown in Figure
Step 10. The size and location are not that important but try
Figure Step 10 to match the figure the best you can.)
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Step 11 Set the font to Arial and height to 0.3 as shown in Figure Step 11.
In the Mtext bounding box, enter the text shown. Enter it in upper case characters. At the
end of each line, press the enter key.
Figure Step 11
Step 12 Block the second line of the text The easiest way to block text is by holding down
the left mouse button as you pass the cursor over the text you want blocked. While it is
blocked, select the font City Blueprint as shown in Figure Step 12.
Figure Step 12
Step 13 Block the third text line. While it is blocked, click the Underline icon as shown in
Figure Step 13.
Figure Step 13
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Step 14 Block the forth line of the text. While it is blocked, click the Bold icon. See
Figure Step 14.
Figure Step 14
Step 15 Block the fifth line of the text. While it is blocked, set the text height to 0.14 as
Figure Step 15
Step 16 Block the sixth line of the Mtext. While it is blocked, set the text height to 0.40 as
shown in Figure step 16.
Figure Step 16
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Step 17 Block the seventh line of the Mtext. While it is blocked, set the color to Blue as
Figure Step 17
Step 18 Click OK to complete the command. Your

completed drawing should appear as shown in Figure
Step 18.
Step 19 Save and close the drawing.
Figure Step 18
Editing Mtext
The DDEDIT command, see Module 20, is used to edit mtext. You can enter the DDEDIT
command on the command line or enter it from one of the menus and then select the mtext to
edit. A much faster method to edit mtext is to double click the text which will open the mtext
editor displaying the selected mtext ready to be edited.
AutoCAD Command: SPELL

The SPELL command is used to spell check the selected text on the current drawing.
Shortcut: SP
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AutoCAD Command: QTEXT

The QTEXT command is used to change the display of all text objects on the drawing to
rectangles that represent the location of the text.
Shortcut: none
Font Types
There are two basic font types available in AutoCAD. They are shape fonts and true type
fonts.
Shape Font
A shape font is a compiled font created using vector lines and arcs. The text characters in a
shape font are made from lines and arcs the same as drawings. They are created in a text file,
saved as a shape file and compiled before they can be used in a drawing. A shape file is
saved with the extension .SHP and after it is compiled it is given a .SHX extension. Shape
fonts can be designed and created by the AutoCAD user and is taught in the AutoCAD
Customization Modules.
True Type Fonts
A true type font is a raster font. The text characters in a
raster font are created from dots or pixels. A true type
font does not have an assigned extension.
A Shape Font Verses a True Type Font
When you use the STYLE command and pull down the
list of available fonts in your AutoCAD drawing, the
shape fonts have the extension .SHX while true type
fonts do not have an extension. See Figure 37-1.
The main differences between shape fonts and true

type fonts are as follows: Figure 37-1
1. Shape fonts take much less space in an AutoCAD True Type and Shape Fonts
drawing's data base then true type fonts.
2. Drawings regenerate faster with shape fonts then they do with true type fonts.
3. True type fonts can be assigned to appearances like bolding and italicized while shape
fonts cannot.
Object Snap Modes for Mtext

Mode Abbreviation Icon Marker The AutoCAD Object
Insert Ins
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Special Text Characters

Not all characters or symbols that you may require on your drawings are available on a
keyboard. These characters are called special characters and to enter them into your text, you
must use control codes.
Control Codes
The control code used by AutoCAD is a pair of percent signs %%. Added before the special
character, AutoCAD's text commands will interpret it differently than normal text characters.
Shape and true type fonts as well as single line and multiline text work differently with special
characters. Therefore, you will have to experiment with the text type and font you are using.
Special AutoCAD Text Characters

Special Purpose Example Results
Character
u underline %%u5 Dia. 39 Degrees%%u 5 DIA. 39 DEGREES
d degrees symbol 39%%d 12' 39/ 12'
p plus/minus %%p0.05 ±5
c diameter symbol 5%%c 5i
% percent symbol 5%%% 5%
Using Special Characters plus the SPELL and QTEXT Commands
Step 1 Open the drawing AutoCAD 2D Workalong

37-1 that you completed earlier in this module. If you
did not complete this drawing, do it first before
continuing with this workalong. Your drawing should
appear as shown in Figure Step 1.
Figure Step 1
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Using Special Characters plus the SPELL and QTEXT Commands - Continued
Step 2 Enter the SPELL command shown below to spell

check the text on the drawing.
Command: SPELL
Select objects: ALL
(Selects all the text on the drawing. See Figure Step 2.)
Select objects:
Command:
Figure Step 2
Step 3 The SPELL command will open
the Check Spelling dialogue box and one
by one will display the words it finds that
are not in the dictionary and may suggest a
replacement. You have the choice to
Ignore, Change or Add the word to the
dictionary. See Figure Step 3. In this case,
Figure Step 3 click the Ignore All box. It will then ignore
all the mtext words.
Step 4 This spell checker will find the

next word that it cannot find in the
dictionary. In this example it is OBJICT,
as shown in Figure Step 4. (Your words
may display in a different order.) This
time, click the Change box to correct the
spelling to OBJECT. Carry on using the
spell checker until it completes checking
all words.
...continued on page 37-15 Figure Step 4
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Step 5 Your drawing should now

appear as shown in Figure Step 5 with
the spelling errors corrected.
Step 6 Enter the QTEXT command as
shown below.
Command: QTEXT
Enter mode [ON/OFF] <OFF>: ON
Command: REGEN
Regenerating model
Command
(After you enter the QTEXT command, you
must enter the REGEN command to force
the display of the text boxes.)
Figure Step 5
Authors Comments:
The QTEXT command temporarily replaces the existing
text on the drawing with rectangular boxes. Since a
large amount of text makes AutoCAD work much harder
anytime it regenerates the drawing, the QTEXT
command is used to speed the regeneration and all
other speed related aspects of working on the drawing.
Displaying rectangular boxes where the text is located
allows you to see the location of existing text while you
continuing working on the drawing. When necessary,
simply enter the QTEXT command and turn QTEXT off.
Figure Step 6
Step 7 Enter the QTEXT and REGEN commands
shown below. Your drawing should appear as shown in
Figure Step 7.
Command: QTEXT
Enter mode [ON/OFF] <ON>: OFF
Command: REGEN
Regenerating model.
Command

Figure Step 7
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Step 8 Using The EXPLODE command, explode the mtext
object at the top of the drawing only. When exploded, mtext
is converted into single line text. Do not explode the lower
mtext object. Check to ensure you exploded it by selecting
one line from the text as shown in Figure Step 8.
Figure Step 8
Step 9 Display the Properties

window and then select the five
lines of text. While the lines are
selected, set the rotation angle
to 5 degrees and the height of
0.3 as shown in Figure Step 9A.
Using what you learned in
Module 20, edit the first two lines
of the text and your text should
Figure Step 9A now appear as shown in Figure
Step 9B.
Step 10 Edit the third Figure Step 9B

line of text as shown in
Figure Step 10A. Add the
special characters ' %%p '
in front of the number 0.30
and execute the command.
Your drawing should
appear as shown in Figure
Step 10B.

Figure Step 10A
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Figure Step 10B
Step 11 Using what you just learned and the special character table on page 37-13, edit
the text to appear as shown in Figure Step 11.
Figure Step 11
Step 12 Your finished drawing should appear as

shown in figure Step 12.
Step 13 Save and close the drawing.
Answers:
IT IS ROTATED AT %%p5%%d
%%uA DIAMETER SYMBOL IS %%c%%u Figure Step 12
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While the DDEDIT command can be use to edit mtext, a much faster
method is to double click the text. This method will open the mtext editor
displaying the selected mtext ready to be edited.
Mtext can be one or more lines or paragraphs of text that is a single object in
AutoCAD. It uses the current style properties but within the text object the
font, color and other appearance can vary even though it retains the style it
was created in. Mtext can be exploded with the EXPLODE command and
will convert the text to single line text objects.
This tip only works in 2004-2008.
By default, the mtext editor is transparent and you

can see through it to help you see where you are
placing your text. In AutoCAD 2004 and 2005, you
can change it from transparent to opaque by placing
the cursor on the gray strip below the ruler and
clicking the left mouse button. See the figures on the
left. Once you change it to opaque, it cannot be
changed back. You would have to end the MTEXT
command and start over again.
In AutoCAD 2006-2008, click the Down Arrow icon

and enable or disable Opaque Background as
shown in the figure below.
AutoCAD 2006-2008
AutoCAD 2004-2005
The Key Principles in Module 37

1. Unlike single line text, multiline text is a text object that can contain one or more lines of
text and is one object in the drawing.
2. There are two basic font types available in AutoCAD. They are shape fonts and true
type fonts. Shape fonts are vector fonts and true type fonts are raster.
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Lab Exercise 37-1 Time Allowed: 20 Min.

Drawing Specifications
Name Template Units Text Style Font
AutoCAD 2D Lab 37-1 Module Template A Inches N/A N/A
Note: Color, Linetype, and Lineweight are all ByLayer unless otherwise instructed.
Layering Scheme
Objects on Layer Name Color Linetype Lineweight
Construction Objects Construction 253 Continuous N/A
Text Text White/Black Continuous N/A
Instructions:
1. Create a text style named Module Lab 37, font Romans. Set it as the current text style.
2. Enter the following text as mtext in the drawing. Leave the spelling errors in the text.
Note: Not all computer

systems have the same
fonts loaded. This is
especially true for true
type fonts. If you don't
have the font requested
in a lab exercise, choose
another one of your
choice.
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Lab Exercise 37-2 Time Allowed: 20 Min.

Drawing Specifications
Name Template Units Text Style Font
AutoCAD 2D Lab 37-2 Module Template A Millimeters N/A N/A
Note: Color, Linetype, and Lineweight are all ByLayer unless otherwise instructed.
Layering Scheme
Objects on Layer Name Color Linetype Lineweight
Construction Objects Construction 253 Continuous N/A
Text Text White/Black Continuous N/A
Instructions:
1. Open the drawing AutoCAD 2D Lab 37-1. Save it as
AutoCAD 2D Lab 37-2.
2. Spell check all the text in the drawing and correct all the errors.
3. Explode the mtext shown in the figure right.
4. Edit the text to appear as shown below.
Explode Text
Note: Not all computer systems

have the same fonts loaded. This
is especially true for true type
fonts. If you don't have the font
requested in a lab exercise,
choose another one of your
choice.

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AutoCAD Command: MTEXT

Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008

Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008 - Continued

Step 7 Set the text style to Module 37

Step 8 Enter the text shown in Figure Step 8. Use

Step 9 Press OK when you

Figure Step 8 Figure Step 9

Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008 - Continued

Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008 - Continued

Step 14 Block the

Step 15 Block the

...continued on page 37-6

Using the MTEXT Command in 2004-2008 - Continued

Step 18 Your completed drawing should appear as shown

Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002

Step 1 Start a new drawing using the

...continued on page 37-8

Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002 - Continued

Step 9 Press OK after you have entered the text.

Step 10 With layer Text as the current layer, enter the

...continued on page 37-9

Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002 - Continued

...continued on page 37-10

Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002 - Continued

...continued on page 37-11

Using the MTEXT Command in 2000-2002 - Continued

Step 18 Click OK to complete the command. Your

Step 19 Save and close the drawing.

AutoCAD Command: SPELL

AutoCAD Command: QTEXT

The main differences between shape fonts and true

Object Snap Modes for Mtext

Special Text Characters

Special AutoCAD Text Characters

c diameter symbol 5%%c 5i

% percent symbol 5%%% 5%

Using Special Characters plus the SPELL and QTEXT Commands

Step 1 Open the drawing AutoCAD 2D Workalong

Step 2 Enter the SPELL command shown below to spell

Step 4 This spell checker will find the

...continued on page 37-15 Figure Step 4

Step 5 Your drawing should now

...continued on page 37-16

Step 9 Display the Properties

Step 10 Edit the third Figure Step 9B

...continued on page 37-17

Figure Step 10B

Step 12 Your finished drawing should appear as

Step 13 Save and close the drawing.

This tip only works in 2004-2008.

By default, the mtext editor is transparent and you

In AutoCAD 2006-2008, click the Down Arrow icon

The Key Principles in Module 37

Lab Exercise 37-1 Time Allowed: 20 Min.

Note: Not all computer

Lab Exercise 37-2 Time Allowed: 20 Min.

Note: Not all computer systems

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