how do you enter the degree symbol?

[MikeP]

I cant find a way to enter the degree symbol. I usually just copy it from word, but there has to be a way to do it in cad

[Guest]

If you are in a standard text line, you can type '%%d'. If you are in MTEXT, you can right click to get a list of symbols that you can place in text, and what you would need to type.

[NaeKid]

You can use the Unicode for it as well ..

 

\U+00B0

[Erick Zind]

On 10/21/2008 at 11:10 PM, NaeKid said:

You can use the Unicode for it as well ..

 

\U+00B0

 

Works fine.

This symbol is used to represent degrees in many different fields, such as angle or temperatures. It is obtained by drawing a small circle as a superscript. The Unicode of the icon is U + 00B0. 

 

For PC: On your keyboard, press Alt + 0176. Note: This method works only for keyboards that include a 10-key numeric pad.

 

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[dtkell]

On 10/21/2008 at 12:09 PM, Secretagdan said:

... If you are in MTEXT, you can ...

use "%%d" also

[Jack_O'neill]

in mtext you can also use the key combo alt+248.  That is to say, hold down the alt key and press 248 then release.

[BIGAL]

Don't forget the others m squared and m cubed. Used a lot. ² ³ alt+0178 & 9

 

Also fonts like Dingbats ?  have some quirky ones that come in handy like number in circle. 

 

Now where is that font viewer that shows key code. https://www.alt-codes.net/ varies depending on font.

 

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by BIGAL

[jonathann3891]

On 1/4/2020 at 8:55 AM, Jack_O'neill said:

in mtext you can also use the key combo alt+248.  That is to say, hold down the alt key and press 248 then release.

 That's what I use also.

[Chris.E_AllaboutCad.com]

Hi, here's a complete list of what you can use:

 

 

Good luck!

[BIGAL]

Complete list NO ! 256 characters are available in most font families. That's just the Mtext list.

 

Try out (chr x) change your text style font to see the differences.

 

(setq str "")
(setq x 30)
(repeat 220
(princ "\n")
(princ (chr x))
(setq str (strcat str (chr x)))
(setq x (+ x 1))
)

(setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel "Pick a text object "))))
(vla-put-textstring obj str)