Label Style - Text Component

Text Component - makes it possible to write texts on the label, which can be static or dynamic, reading and formatting the values of the chosen properties

A text component has the following properties:

• Identification
  • Name - name of the component, to facilitate the construction of the item
    Avoid names that are too long, or that contain the following characters: '*', '>', '<', '/', '\', '"', ':', ';', '|', '=', '`', '#', ',', '?'
  • Description - description of the component, to facilitate the construction of the item
• Object
  • Height - text height
  • Content - text template that makes it possible to extract values from object properties which the label is associated with
    see: Macro Editor for how to change this property
  • Text Style - name of the Text Style associated with the text (the text is an MTEXT)
  • Layer - name of the layer where the text will be drawn
  • Alignment - align the text itself
  • Component in the Label - indicates the reference of the component:
    • True: The component is associated with the label
    • False: The component is associated with the object
    Use to hang "arrows" on the label of linear devices
  • Show Component - indicates if the component should be drawn or if it is just constructive
• Geometry
  • Use Rotation - Use the label rotation
    If yes, the component is rotated along with the global label rotation
    If no, the label rotation has no effect on the component
  • Rotation - block rotation
  • Anchor Position - insertion point in anchor component
  • Anchor - name of the component this is tied to
  • Rotation - text rotation
  • Ordinate X - delta X relative to the insertion point when anchored, or to the insertion point of the label itself
  • Y ordinate - delta Y relative to the insertion point when anchored, or to the insertion point of the label itself
• Edge
  • Border - indicates whether to draw a rectangle (border) around the text
  • Border Scale - a scale factor applied to the smallest rectangle that encloses the text, to effectively draw the border
  • Fill Background - the background can be filled in order to hide what is underneath the text, improving the readability
  • Use Background Color - indicates whether the fill color is the same as the AutoCAD background color
  • Background Color - indicates the fill color if the above option is unchecked