Checking spelling

The spelling checker checks the spelling of the text in the current drawing. You can check the spelling of one or more selected text entities or check the entire drawing.

During the spelling check, the SPELL command matches the words in the drawing or the current selection set to the words in the current main dictionary and the current custom dictionary. If a word is not found in either dictionaries, you can select the correct spelling in the suggestions field or you can add the word to the current custom dictionary. Custom dictionaries can be used for discipline-specific words.

Dictionary settings

It is defined by the DCTMAIN (main dictionary) and DCTCUST (custom dictionary) system variables which dictionaries are used by the SPELL command

Note: Only the English dictionary are delivered because of the license type on the dictionary files: the English version can be distributed freely, while all other languages are not free. However, you can download other languages and use them for free (see the part Adding a main dictionary below).

Opening the Spell Checking dialog box

Do one of the following:

  • Choose Check Spelling in the Tools menu.
  • Click the Check Spelling tool in the Annotate / Text ribbon panel.
  • Launch the SPELL command.

Checking the spelling

  1. Open the Spell Checking dialog box.
  2. (option) Click the Select button () to compose a selection set.

    If no entities are selected, the entire drawing is searched.

    • The Spell Checking dialog temporarily closes to let you select entities.
    • Right click to conclude the selection of entities.

    The Where to check field reads Current Selection instead of Entire Drawing.

  3. (option) Change the current dictionaries (see below).
  4. Click the Start button.

    The first possibly misspelled word is displayed in the Current word section.

  5. The content of the text entity in which the Current word is found, is shown in the Context field.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Ignore button to leave this instance of the Current word unchanged.
    • Click the Ignore All button to leave all instances of the Current word unchanged.
    • Accept the word in the Suggestions field or select a word in the Suggestions list, then click the Change button to replace this instance of the Current word by the word in the Suggestions field.
    • Accept the word in the Suggestions field or select a word in the Suggestions list, then click the Change All button to replace all instances of the Current word by the word in the Suggestions field.
    • Click the Add button to add the Current word to the current custom dictionary.
    • Click the Lookup button to list words similar to the word in the Suggestions field.
  7. Repeat the previous step until the Spelling check is complete message appears.

Changing dictionaries

  1. Open the Spell Checking dialog box.
  2. Click the Change Dictionaries... button.

    The Change Dictionaries dialog box appears.

  3. Click the Main dictionary list button to change the main dictionary.
  4. Select a new main dictionary.
  5. (option) Click the Browse... button to select a new Custom dictionary.
  6. (option) Type a word in the Custom dictionary words field, then click the Add button to add a word to the current custom dictionary.
  7. Click the Apply & Close button.
Note:
  • Custom dictionaries are best saved in the Support folder of the Roamable root folder.
  • If you want to share the custom dictionary with MS Word, point to the MS Word custom dictionary in step 5 in the above procedure. By default, CUSTOM.DIC is the custom dictionary in MS Word, which can be found under C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Proof\CUSTOM.DIC.

Adding a new main dictionary

  1. Open the Spell Checking dialog box.
  2. Click the Change Dictionaries... button.
  3. Click the Download... button.

    Your browser opens: https://extensions.openoffice.org/dictionaries

  4. Scroll down to the language of your choice, then click the link to open the page of the selected language.
  5. Click the Download extension button to start downloading the *.oxt file.
  6. Change the oxt extension to zip.
  7. Extract the *.aff and *.dic files from the ZIP file to the folder C:\Program Files\Bricsys\BricsCAD Vx\Support.

The dictionary is now available in the Main Dictionary list in the Change Dictionaries dialog box.

Adding a new custom dictionary

  1. Open a text editor, such as Notepad.
  2. (option) Type the words you want to use in your custom dictionary.

    Each word must be on a separate line.

  3. Save the file in the Support folder of the Roamable root folder using the .cus extension.