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Function Description: The DIMTIX system variable is used to draw text between extension lines. Type : Parameter Saved in : Drawing Initial value : off System Variable Value: Off : for linear dimension and angular dimension, place dimension text... Read More

Function Description: The DIMTIH system variable is used to control position of dimension text in extension line for all types of dimension except ordinate dimension. Type : Parameter Saved in : Drawing Initial value : On (Imperial) or Off (Metric)... Read More

The DRAWORDER command is used to change the drawing order of graph or other objects. Command Access: Menu : Tools > Draw Order > Bring to frontCommand : DRAWORDER Command Prompts: Select object:Enter object ordering option [Above objects/Under... Read More

Have you ever found that when you open a drawing, you see your texts are missing? You only see them as boxes like below. This is actually a setting to simplify the drawing appearance. By simplifying the text appearance, you can work with drawing... Read More

Have you tried to annotate your isometric drawings? How about dimensions and text, is it appear properly? No it‟s not. The drawing looks isometric, but not the annotations. So how can you create isometric annotations? Isometric Text First, create... Read More

The EATTEXT command is used to extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file. Command Access: Menu : Tools > Data ExtractionCommand : DATAEXTRACTION/EATTEXT Function Description: Exports... Read More

The CHANGETEXT command is used to when there are several texts in the drawing which need to be modified, it would be much more tedious and inefficient to modify them one by one. Change text allows users make bulk modifications to several texts. For... Read More

We can use RText function to display the content of a text file or the calculation results of a DIESEL expression in the drawing. Menu : Text > Make RText Command Entry : RTEXT Operation steps: 1.Start the command and command line prompts as below... Read More

You can use this function to create Arc-Aligned Text. Menu : Text >Arc-Aligned Text Command Entry: ARCTEXT Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Select an Arc or an Arc- Aligned Text, as shown below. 3.Input texts in "Arc-Aligned Text" dialog... Read More

As the name describes, this function is used to align text. You can select several texts in your drawing to align along X or Y coordinates, or along a line of specific direction. You can access it from: Menu: Text >Text Align Command Entry:... Read More