DTEXT conversion

On our plans, we have a big list of general notes that gets plotted out and applies to sheet one. Over the years these things must have been revised by near everyone at the firm. We now have miss-aligned left margins, and the leading is off.

Got yet another set of red lines to process, and looks only thing good is about 60% of the text. The text was originally done as DTEXT and is now sort of common line by line text.

Was asked several months ago here. But,.....

Does anyone know of a converter that can be used to revert back to some text based format? I used to plot out things such as this, run through OMNI-PAGE OCR (version and get a new text file. Then make the revisions, and re-import in to the drawing. That all takes time now.

What would like to try is re-importing the text found in Autocad, then running it through some document software, (using spell check too) and then with results export to import into Acad R-2008.

Wm.

what about using the express tool to convert it to MTEXT which will leave you able to export in one go, tart up till looking nice and then reimport?

Having now read what version you are using, I'm not sure if MTEXT or that express tool are available. I know I didn't like MTEXT when it first happened, it is now much better.

It would be of use if you would reveal your version of AutoCAD.

R14 had Mtext, so you could use that for importing/ exporting.

I have a book - The AutoCAD Productivity Book, and it has two lisp routines - Import and Export, which seem to do what you want, and the third edition was brought out for R 10.

Import allows you to input an ASCII text file into your drawing, controlling text height, line spacing and justification. Export allows you to pick text from a drawing and export it to an ASCII file.

But I am sure there must be this type of lisp available in the public domain. Just needs a good search.

It would be of use if you would reveal your version of AutoCAD.

 

R14 had Mtext, so you could use that for importing/ exporting.

 

I have a book - The AutoCAD Productivity Book, and it has two lisp routines - Import and Export, which seem to do what you want, and the third edition was brought out for R 10.

 

Import allows you to input an ASCII text file into your drawing, controlling text height, line spacing and justification. Export allows you to pick text from a drawing and export it to an ASCII file.

 

But I am sure there must be this type of lisp available in the public domain. Just needs a good search.

Apparently Eldon did not read all of the question before responding.

But, the converters that I got lead to essentially work one line (if nothing was originally altered) or one letter at a time. It flat takes forever to ue the ones I was told about. Actually faster to read and type in by your self instead of using the converter. But always too reads theng one line at a time, and never a group. Then I have to put it together again into something ledgible.

Luckily the converters are gone off the system now.

Wm.

Apparently Eldon did not read all of the question before responding.

I don't regard that as a handicap. Sometimes the OP doesn't word matters exactly, and if you were to delete all posts that didn't please you, you would be very busy.

It is up to the OP to regard or disregard any advice, offered freely, as they wish, without chastising or commenting destructively.

Happy Christmas to you.

I don't regard that as a handicap. Sometimes the OP doesn't word matters exactly, and if you were to delete all posts that didn't please you, you would be very busy.

 

It is up to the OP to regard or disregard any advice, offered freely, as they wish, without chastising or commenting destructively.

 

Happy Christmas to you.

It would be of use if you would reveal your version of AutoCAD.

If you will go back to posting No. 1, it will mention near end that am using Acad release 2008 near end of paragraph.

But,... the freebie lisp and other files that were used did not really work out as mentioned. It ws essentially FASTER to type in the whole set of general notes via hand than to do the conversion one line or corrected letter at a time. It would convert one line, or letter, ask a question (Is this right or wrong?) and then stop and ask for another line. Am moreover looking for something that can take an Array of notes done in DTEXT or MTEXT and convert them into something more modern now, set them into a simple ASCII file maybe, such that it will enable me to use a spell checker.

Am sure the agency is simply citing off their prepared set of notes, and asking us to revise a word to some mis-spelled version they have on file. Telling them they misspelled one word is an easier fight than having us to re-manufacture a whole paragraph.

Wm.

If you will go back to posting No. 1, it will mention near end that am using Acad release 2008 near end of paragraph.

I usually look under the name of the poster as to which version of AutoCAD is being used, and to me, you are using Pre 2000, and that the end result of your problem would be fed into r2008. It did not say that YOU are using 2008.

I know that it is very difficult to produce a precise piece of polished prose, but you should have a modicum of tolerance to those whose only desire is to offer help, however wide of the mark you consider it to be.

I normally use a Pre-2000 version of Acad at home. But use the R-2008 at the office (where the troubles began).

Some of the softwares tried flat do not work with the earlier system or will not enable the text to be transferred over then. I think they install some sort of hidden code.

Wm.

I normally use a Pre-2000 version of Acad at home. But use the R-2008 at the office (where the troubles began).

You assume we are all prescient

Yes, yes, yes. That is nice Eldon, but need you to tell me something about the original and main question.

In a few days now, I will be faced with fixing the situation of wrong text in the General Nores. I really-really want to make up one file with proper verbage all set in for the next time the agency revises the language upon me. Then will be a two minute look-over and conversion.

The gal up front does not understand what ASCII text is. I do but it goes over the head of her. She only understands the commands of some Micro-soft product.

Wm.

Yes, yes, yes. That is nice Eldon

An apology would have been nice, but moving on, now we know that you have Express Tools in 2008, why not follow dbroada's suggestion in his first post.

One additional suggestion is that when you have started the command to convert text to Mtext, and the command line is waiting for a selection, right click anywhere on the screen, and uncheck the Create word-wrap Mtext option, otherwise all your text will not keep to the original lines.

Then when it is all Mtext, you can copy and paste into Word for editing, and then you can Import Text back into Mtext.

An apology would have been nice, but moving on, now we know that you have Express Tools in 2008, why not follow dbroada's suggestion in his first post.

Maybe, I am not the only one who can't read.