Exploding Mtext makes result scaled down and thrown across the screen

[Shandley]

Greetings,

 

I am not what you would call a noob but I am self taught. This being said, I have been playing with Autocad for about 8 years now and I use it daily at work.

 

I am trying to explode some text using txtexp. When I do that, it does explode but it scales it to just over 1/25th the size and sends it off to the upper right of the screen.

 

This doesn't happen EVERY time but there is no rhyme or reason to it. I tired Autocad 2004, 2006, and 2007. I tried individual texts and multiple.

 

Here is a couple photos of the issue:

 

BEFORE

 

AFTER - You can see the text in the upper right corner as a bit of a white blur

[lpseifert]

Is the font you are using a .ttf? Txtexp doesn't play well with .ttf fonts, especially if it is mtext.

[alanjt]

Is the text annotative?

[Shandley]

Is the text annotative?

 

Pardon my ignorance but what is that?

[alanjt]

Pardon my ignorance but what is that?

 

 

Pardoned.

 

Command: 7 LIST 1 found

                 MTEXT     Layer: "0"
                           Space: Model space
                  Handle = 45299
            Style = "EXISTING"
       Annotative: Yes
 [color=Red]Annotative scale:  1" = 100'[/color]
Location:        X= -3983.37  Y=  2682.91  Z=     0.00
Width:                0.00
Normal:          X=     0.00  Y=     0.00  Z=     1.00
Rotation:           0d0'0"
Paper text height:          0.08
Model text height:          8.00
Line spacing:    Multiple (1.000000x =      0.13)
Attachment:      TopLeft
Flow direction:  ByStyle
Contents:        text

[Shandley]

I do not think so.

 

list
1 found

                 MTEXT     Layer: "0"
                           Space: Model space
                  Handle = cb
Location:        X=  11.9031  Y=  17.6513  Z=   0.0000
Width:              2.0000
Normal:          X=   0.0000  Y=   0.0000  Z=   1.0000
Rotation:                0
Text style:      "Standard"
Text height:        0.1750
Line spacing:    Multiple (1.000000x =    0.2917)
Attachment:      MiddleCenter
Flow direction:  ByStyle
Contents:        {\fSwis721 BdRnd BT|b0|i0|c0|p34;HOUSE BATTERY\PVOLTS}

[alanjt]

I do not think so.

 

list

1 found

 

MTEXT Layer: "0"

Space: Model space

Handle = cb

Location: X= 11.9031 Y= 17.6513 Z= 0.0000

Width: 2.0000

Normal: X= 0.0000 Y= 0.0000 Z= 1.0000

Rotation: 0

Text style: "Standard"

Text height: 0.1750

Line spacing: Multiple (1.000000x = 0.2917)

Attachment: MiddleCenter

Flow direction: ByStyle

Contents: {\fSwis721 BdRnd BT|b0|i0|c0|p34;HOUSE BATTERY\PVOLTS}

 

It's not. Doh, I didn't even pay attention to what version you were running. I'm dumb.

 

Could you get away with exploding the text the executing TXTEXP?

[Shandley]

Thats what I used.

 

I tried just x and I tried the Express, Text, Explode Text (which I think is the same as TXTEXP)

[alanjt]

Thats what I used.

 

I tried just x and I tried the Express, Text, Explode Text (which I think is the same as TXTEXP)

No, I mean to just EXPLODE the MText first (becomes Text). Then TXTEXP them.

[Shandley]

Ok, when I EXPLODE the MText, it turns it into the Standard style. I changed the style to the font I want and used the TXTEXP command but it does the exact same thing.