MTEXT shifts in different versions of AutoCAD (2007 & 2012)

[leesutto]

I am wondering if anybody could help me find a solution to the following problem.

 

I have a number of drawings which I believe were originally created in ACAD 2012 but have since been edited with ACAD 2007.

 

The drawings contain hatched areas. Within each hatched area is a MTEXT entity with background mask enabled within a rectangle. The idea is that the background mask on mtext wipes out the hatch below for legibility.

 

When opened in 2007 all mtext entities seems to be centred within the rectangle and the background mask fills the rectangle as intended (see below).

 

 

When this same dwg file is opened with ACAD 2012 the mtext entities shift position and the size of the background mask is altered (see below).

 

 

Please see attached *.dwg (saved in 2004 format) to see if you can help shed any light on this problem, it is a new one to me!

 

Any help appreciated,

Cheers,

 

Lee

 

mtext.dwg

Edited November 21, 2011 by leesutto

[Jack_O'neill]

I downloaded your file and opened it on a machine I have here with 2007 and had the same problem you experience with 2012 machine. See below.

 

Don't know what's causing that, unless it has something to do with saving as a 2004 format. Can you post a 2007 and let me try that?

[Jack_O'neill]

I have discovered that the wipeouts are not as big as your text, how they got that way I don't know. If you just click on the text to turn on the grips you'll see what I mean.

[mammajamma]

I've run into that when Mtext was created by newer version and saved/opened in an older version. The problem began when the orientation (Left) was selected via the icon in the MText dialogue box (which was either not there or hidden or something in the older ACAD version). The older version didn't appreciate that and made it's own decision where the text was going to be oriented.

Sorry, but I don't remember if it was 2010 to 2007 or 2007 to 2004.

[SLW210]

It is a known bug since 2008. Try setting the width to 0.

[Jack_O'neill]

I hate wipeouts almost as much as xrefs. When the work, they work great. When they screw up, it's generally more trouble than it's worth to solve it.

 

If all else fails, you can use the rectangles around the text to trim the hatch underneath.