-MTEXT command

Creates multiline text with the Command line.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Places formatted, paragraph text in a bounding box that limits the extent of the text.

Note: The text does not appear in the drawing until you end the command.

Description

Creates a multiline text by specifying the first corner and the opposite corner for block of text.

Options within the command

Justification
Specifies the horizontal alignment of the text inside the bounding box. Choose between: Top-Left, Top-Center, Top-Right, Middle-Left, Middle-Center, Middle-Right, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Center, Bottom-Right.
Rotation angle
Specifies the rotation angle of the text block.
Note: Positive angles rotate the text block counter-clockwise.
text Style
Specifies the text style to use for the mtext.
?
Lists all styles defined in the current drawing.
text Height
Specifies the height of the text.
Note: This option is unavailable when the style specifies the text height.
Direction
Specifies the direction in which the bounding box is expanded.
Left-to-right
The text is placed at the left and expands the bounding box to right.
Top-to-bottom
The text is placed at the top and expands the bottom of the bounding box.
Width
Specifies the width of the bounding box.
Note: When set to 0, the box has "infinite" width.
Line spacing
Specifies the line spacing of the mtext.
At least
The lines of text will be automatically adjusted, based on the highest character in the line.
Exactly
The line spacing will be the same for all lines of the mtext.
Columns
Specify the properties of the columns.
No columns
Sets no column to the mtext.
Static
Specify total width, number of columns, gutter (space between columns) and height of the columns.
Dynamic
Specify width, gutter (space between columns) and height of the columns.