Stacked fractions
Stacked fractions
(OP)
What happen to MicroStation's stacked fractions of "yesteryear" in V8? The stacked fractions come out worse than AutoCAD 2000! They were fine in SE. Is there a secret I am missing? I was working in a *.dwg file brought directly into V8.





RE: Stacked fractions
Well, there's a button for stacked fractions, but it doesn't seem to do much, does it?
RE: Stacked fractions
RE: Stacked fractions
Let's see how stacked fractions does,
From the "Help" menu:
Stacked Fractions "...Causes numeric characters in the text window that are separated by a slash (/) to be placed in the model as single characters with the numerator over the denominator:"
OK, BUT
It doesn't tell you that you have to select the fraction-to-be-stacked and then click the little button, now does it?
RE: Stacked fractions
RE: Stacked fractions
RE: Stacked fractions
Go to the Element pull down menu, open Text Styles, select Font, click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the bottom and find Fractions, click in the Value column and a check mark should appear which is to signify that MicroStation's traditional stacked fractions are turned on for that font. You may have to try this for several fonts because not every font supports the traditional stacked fraction. Then this should allow you to create stacked fractions by hitting the space bar, type X/X, hit the space bar again, and hopefully, you will have a perfect stacked fraction.
I don't know if this method is limited to *.dgn files. Have to try it in *.dwg files to see if it will work there as well.
Fun, eh?
RE: Stacked fractions
Man, I hate programs where you have to turn on/off all sorts of "hidden" crap before the damn thing works intuitively.
RE: Stacked fractions