Circular text

Hey Guys...Happy Easter!

Maybe I'm just getting old and can't remember, or maybe I dreamed it, but isn't there an easy way to make a line of text bend round a radius? Not at a corner, but like over the top of a circle? I've searched the forums and archives for "radial text" and "circular text" and a couple others, but I'm not finding anything.

I find myself needing to do this about once every decade or so and can't remember for the life of me how I did it last time. I found an old old drawing where I had put one letter in place, did a polar array then edited it. Looks kinda clunky doing it that way.

Isn't there something better?

Got Autocad 2007 and 2010 to play with on this.

Thanks!!

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Express>Text>Arc-Aligned Text

I haven't used in sometime but, when you need it, you got it.

Hey Guys...Happy Easter!

 

Maybe I'm just getting old and can't remember' date=' or maybe I dreamed it, but isn't there an easy way to make a line of text bend round a radius? Not at a corner, but like over the top of a circle? I've searched the forums and archives for "radial text" and "circular text" and a couple others, but I'm not finding anything.

 

I find myself needing to do this about once every decade or so and can't remember for the life of me how I did it last time. I found an old old drawing where I had put one letter in place, did a polar array then edited it. Looks kinda clunky doing it that way.

 

Isn't there something better?

 

Got Autocad 2007 and 2010 to play with on this.

 

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I used an older LISP command since the 1990's and it writes curved text OK. Think it came via CADALOG. Do not use it very often, but need to offset the line a certain amount, and the trim to correct length, and have loaded up the proper text style. Then hit the left end of offset line and whammo it is done. It is also standard on late model Autocad systems.

 

Wm.

Plenty of options when using the Express Tool Arc-Aligned Text.

Simple enough since Express Tools started shipping with AutoDesk's CAD programs. Useful when needed.

Thanks Guys! Arc-aligned Text...that's what it's called...could not remember.

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Off topic discussion moved to chat section: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46537.

Thanks for sharing that little tidbit - I have been doing it the old-fashioned way ... by guess and by golly

Now I have a better way to do it!