Anya_N Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Im working on a manhole cover drawing and I need to put some text so it would alighn with the edge of the cover, in other words i need to alighn it along the curve of the circle. How do I do that? Thank you. Quote
Cad64 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 If you have Express Tools installed, you can use the ARCTEXT command. It will align your text with a selected arc. Unfortunately it doesn't work on a circle, so you will have to break your manhole cover into two separate arcs for the command to work. Quote
Anya_N Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 I dont have Express Tools =( Any other way? Quote
tzframpton Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 if you have the full version of AutoCAD then yes you do have express tools. just type EXPRESSTOOLS at the command line then it'll load. then type ARCTEXT. Quote
Anya_N Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 I dont think I have a full version. Any other way? Thank you for your replys. Quote
Cad64 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Are you using Autocad LT? If so, I don't think there is an answer for you. LT does not have Express Tools and it does not support lisp routines. The only option I can see would be for you to create individual letters and move & rotate them into position. Sorry. Quote
Anya_N Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 Ok, I guess thats what im going to do. Thank you all for your quick replies! Quote
profcad Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Use the polar feature of the array command. Draw an arc or circle, then draw one character. Array it around the center point. Quote
tzframpton Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 also, what about LT Extender? doesn't that have an Arc Text option? Quote
Anya_N Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 I looked up in F1 help, it said to get the Extra tools from the instalations CD. I will look for it and then continue, if im lucky. Thank you all so much! Quote
fuccaro Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Anya_N Search in the forum. This question was answered in the past-and not just once. Maybe you can create the text in MS Word and inport it in AutoCAD? Quote
fly Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 arctext is working perfectly, but text start from the left to the right (clockwise) ...... in the upper side of the circle is ok, but in the lower side....is upside down! any suggestions? Quote
Strix Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 set the text to be upside down before you start typing? Quote
fly Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 nope, doesn't work...in the lower side text will be upside down ... the only option i have with arctext is "reverse text reading order". Quote
eldon Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Play around with all the settings and you will get it. It is possible. Quote
soleary Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Play around with all the settings and you will get it. It is possible. Haha Eldon. Learn by doing right? I agree, it's the best way!! :wink: And you are right, it is possible Quote
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