Detailing Designs
Detailing Designs
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Detailing Designs
Detailing Designs
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Used to edit text in a text, text node, or dimension element to replace, add, or delete characters. Text Justification is preserved if the text is lengthened or shortened.
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| Text Style | (Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the current text style from a list of all available text styles. To create a new text style, click the Magnifying Glass icon next to the Text Style option list to open the Text Styles dialog. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnifying Glass icon | (Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Opens the Text Styles dialog which is used to create and modify text styles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reset Style |
Removes text style override(s) and resets the style to its previously saved version. Apply changes to all text |
Height | (Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the text height, in working units. Width | (Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the text width, in working units Annotation Scale Lock icon | Sets the Annotation Scale Lock. When this lock is on, the annotation scale is applied to the text edited. The annotation scale is set in the Model Properties dialog. It defines the scale for text and dimensioning in the model. Font | (Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the Active Font. To edit text |
 | Double-clicking a text element with the Element Selection tool pointer activates the Edit Text tool and opens the Text Editor window. |
 | If the Text Editor Style preference (Workspace > Preferences, Text category) is set to Dialog Box, you must first accept the identified text (step 2) before it displays in the Text Editor window. |
| If the Text Editor Style preference is set to Dialog Box, to apply the changes (step 4), click Apply or press <alt-A>. |
| A single-line text element is changed to a text node if a line is added to it. |
| The procedure for editing dimension text differs from that for editing regular text in the following ways:
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| Dragging the handle of a selected text element with the Element Selection tool pointer modifies the text:
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