ARCTEXT command (Express Tools)

Adds text aligned with a selected arc.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Adds text aligned with a selected arc or edits the text of an existing arc aligned text entity.

Method

Select an arc or an arc aligned text entity.

Note: You cannot use this tool with splines, polylines or circles.

The ArcAligned Text Workshop - Create dialog box opens, which allows you to customize the display of the text.

The ArcAlignedText Workshop dialog box allows you to design arc aligned text entities.

  1. Text options
  2. Text color
  3. Text style
  4. Text font
  5. Text content
  6. Properties

Text options

  • : reverses text reading order.

  • : controls the text behavior when the arc is moved.

  • : aligns the text to the left.

  • : align the text to the right.

  • : fits the text along the arc.

  • : centers the text along the arc.

  • : places the text on the convex side.

  • : places the text on the concave side.

  • : places the text outwards from center.

  • : places the text inwards to center.

  • : makes the text bold.

  • : makes the text italic.

  • : makes the text underlined.

Text color

Sets the color of the text.

Text style

Specifies the text style.

Text font

Specifies the text font.

Text content

Allows you to type the text to be displayed.

Properties

Text height
Specifies the text height.
Width factor
Specifies the width of the text in proportion to the length of the arc.
Char spacing
Specifies the space between characters.
Offset from arc
Specifies the offset distance from the arc to the text.
Offset from left
Specifies the offset distance from the left end of the arc.
Offset from right
Specifies the offset distance from the right end of the arc.