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Text Along Circle/Arc
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Text Along Circle/Arc

Text Along Circle/Arc

(OP)
Hi - how can I draw text along an element.
along a circle, for example?

thanks

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

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Break up the circle into one or more arcs.

Then type 'atext'<cr>, pick an arc, and fill in the blanks.

Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Very cool!!!  Thanks Mike

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-Steve

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

i'll subscribe to this thread because i have a feeling i will need to use this someday... :)

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Is this something new?  I get "unknown command" with 2002 version.

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Atext was new with the 2000 version.  I believe it's present in the 2005 version.  Don't know about 2002.

Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Try the command ARCTEXT

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Had to do a websearch.  It's a "Bonus Tool" which apparently I don't have, nor does the AutoCAD Lite installation down the hall.

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

I like Miller Lite beer.  I don't like anything else 'lite'.

One other option:  Rhino can do arc text, and write AutoCAD files.  Cheap if you already have Rhino.


Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

RE: Text Along Circle/Arc

Actually, the only time I ever needed to do text on an arc was on my PE seal several years ago.  I did a single letter in single-line-text, arrayed it around a circle, edited the text to what I needed, and manually rotated to adjust spacing.  Not as slow as it sounds, at least for a one-shot deal.

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