Text Styles

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Text Styles Objects define detailed style for text used in the drawings. Text Style can be applied to text entities to have similar look and feel across all text entities in a drawing. Text Style defines properties like text font, fixed size, type face, oblique angle, etc. for the text.

 

 

In hsCADCreator, a Text Style Object consists of the following data:

Property Name

Data Type

Description

Name

Text

Name for this text style object

BigFont file name

File Selection

Path name of BigFont file name from where font should be imported

Font file name

File Selection

Path name of Font file from where font should be imported

Is Backwards

Boolean

Specifies if this font is backwards

Is Shape File

Boolean

Specifies if the font file is a shape file

Is Upside Down

Boolean

Specifies if the font is defined as Upside down

Is Vertical

Boolean

Specifies if the font is vertical

Obliquing Angle

Scientific Data

Obliquing angle for font

Fix text size

Real Number

Specifies Fix Text size.

-If set to zero, allows to change text size using "text size" variable of Text Entity.

-If set to value other than zero, text size can not be changed using "text size" variable of Text Entity. The text size can only be changed with Scale Entities Non-uniformly Tool.

Last Height

Scientific Data

Specifies height of text inserted in last Text Entity

X Scale

Real Number

Scale along horizontal axis of text.

 

 

To create Text Style Object:

mouse_20 Library toolbar : ssManageText

 

mouse_20 Manage Menu : Text Styles...