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Let's now have a wee bit of a closer look!! In the "Text" section, change the path text in the "Contents" edit box.Īll of these magic tricks were achieved by using the Rtext function along with a few Diesel expressions. To do this, double-click the errot message to display the Properties dialog. Note: If you don't see the notes displaying in the drawing and instead see "RTEXT: file load error", you may need to change the path to notes.txt. Again Regen your drawing, and again watch the notes automatically update. Now open up the text file "notes.txt" within Notepad and make a few changes to the notes. To test it, Detach one of the Xrefs from the drawing and Regen the drawing. This is a list of all the Xrefs that are attached to this drawing. Now zoom into the lower left corner of the drawing:
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Regen the drawing after a minute or so and watch the time update automatically. Hey thanks Kenny!!! A lovely little plot stamp. You should see this, although I've rotated it for clarity: Zoom into the lower right of the drawing. Now, close the "Drawing Properties Dialog, zoom into the title block and Regen the drawing.ĭid you see the values in the title block update to suit the changes you made?
Now choose the "Custom" tab.Ĭhange a few of the entries in the "Value" edit boxes.ĭO NOT change the values in the "Name" edit boxes. It should look like this:Ĭhange the value of the "Title" edit box. If you are using an older (pre-Ribbon) version of AutoCAD or the "AutoCAD Classic" workspace, you can open the "Drawing Properties" dialog by clicking the File drop-down menu and then selecting "Drawing Properties". Click the Application Button (big red ‘A’), select "Drawing Utilities" and then "Drawing Properties". Let's have a look at the Title Block Data. Place them all in a directory within your AutoCAD support path and then open the drawing "Rtext_Setup.dwg.
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In this tutorial, we are going to have a look at how Rtext can help us with our drawing setups along with a few other little things.įirstly, you need to download this zip file that contains a drawing named "Rtext_Setup.dwg", three sample Xref drawing files, as well as a text file entitled "Notes.txt".
Personally, I believe that Rtext is one of the best functions within the Express Tools Suite.
#LOAD EXPRESS TOOLS IN AUTOCAD FOR +MAC INSTALL#
If the Express Tools tab is not displayed on your ribbon, follow the Load Express Tools tutorial to install the tools and display the tab. You should see the "Express Tools" tab at the right-hand end in all the standard workspaces. You can check to see if you have the Express Tools installed by looking at the Ribbon. In older versions (2006 and earlier), it is an install option except for 2002, where they were not included on the install media Express Tools are installed by default in recent versions of AutoCAD. Note: You must have Express Tools installed within AutoCAD for the examples in this tutorial to function correctly or to even make sense.