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A text entity is the body of printed or written matter on a drawing.

 

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A text entity consists of the following data in addition to the Common Data:

Property Name

Data Type

Description

Text Style

Text Style

Pre-created text style that defines various properties for text entities.

Horizontal Alignment

Menu

Sets horizontal alignment for the text.

Vertical Alignment

Menu

Sets vertical alignment for the text.

Position

3D Point (X, Y, Z coordinates)

Insertion point for this text.

Text

Text

Actual text.

Text Height

Scientific Data

Text height.

Width Factor

Scientific Data

Factor of width.

Rotation

Scientific Data

Rotation of text.

 

 

The above properties are shown in the Selection Property Tree when a text entity is selected using the Selection Tool.

 

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To draw a text entity see the Text Tool.