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auto-scaling and blocking out background with text
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auto-scaling and blocking out background with text

auto-scaling and blocking out background with text

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Hi,

I'm trying to do a couple things with text that would make life much easier, but I'm getting nowhere with AutoCAD help.  I'm working with AutoCAD 2004.

1. How do you get text to scale automatically when viewing in different viewports? (i.e. viewing a layout at 1"=20' and then an expanded layout at 1"=10')

2.  How do you  block out objects and lines behind text?

Thanks.

RE: auto-scaling and blocking out background with text

I'm not too familiar with AutoCad 2004.  If you have an annotative option to make your text scale automatially.  You can set it up in your text styles or your properties.

As for blocking out objects behind text I think your refering that you dont want to see anything behind the text.  If that's what you mean then you can try wipeout.  Or once again if you have this on 2004 in your express tools-text-text mask.

Good luck

RE: auto-scaling and blocking out background with text

You can't. In model space you'll need different drawings with their proper text height in order to create the different viewport in paperspace in order to get consistent text height whether it may be 3/16,1/8,3/32 or any other value. This method is used mostly in mechanical and architectural drawings where you may need to expand or shrink a particular feature of a drawing.  It is not normally done with civil drawings.

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