Need quick help with "thickened" text

[NBI]

Hey, i gotta deliver some drawings at 2 pm, so if anyone got time to help me with a problem before that, i'd be delighted.

 

Problem is that when i move/copy/etc any Mtext/Multileader/Dimension in Autocad 2011 LT the text "thickens".

 

I googled the problem at first and found out that for the Mtext, i needed to set Z positition/Elevation to 0, in order for the text to return to normal.

But does anyone know what i gotta do to fix the dimensions and multileaders.

[ReMark]

You might try the same thing and see if it works.

[NBI]

The problem is that the dimensions and multileaders dont have a Z position or an elevation.

[SLW210]

Could you post the drawing?

[Kapanther]

"Change" command doesn't work.

 

There was an article on a reactor that you could use in this thread

 

Could someone please post a lisp to change elevation of multileaders to 0.

 

True Type text such as Arial displays all thick if multileaders are at elevation 0

 

Currently the only way to fix it, is to snap the multileader to a zero elevation. Or exlpode it using "flatten".

 

Kapanther

[NBI]

Bringing this up again, as i have time to look into it now

 

Issue is still that i cant get my multileaders and dimensions to not appear blury.

I read http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?41271-Odd-Text-Error-Fix&highlight=multileader+elevation

but the simple solution being the use of the change command - isn't working for me. I tried using Change/Ch, and i tried writing elevation to first 10, and then 0. But it doesnt do any changes to the object. As for the scripting and LISP, is there a good place to read about this, as i have no clue how it works. Oh, and the text looks like this:

 

 

allthough its pretty hard to see the difference with the low resolution.

[NBI]

Oh nvm, i found out that i needed a full autocad version to use the Flatten command. This is now working. Yay!

[SLW210]

Create a button with this macro for LT.

 

^C^C_UCS;;_move _all;;0,0,1e99;;_move _all;;0,0,-1e99;;_chprop;_all;;_thickness;0;;^M;

[NBI]

Okay now i figured out how to make a new command with the macro you posted.

Now i need to figure out how i add the new command to a toolbar or something like that, which doesn't really seem to work for me. I don't know if it's beacause my work uses a special version of Autocad, but when i try and follow,

 

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/index.html?url=WS73099cc142f4875513fb5cd10c4aa30d6b-7c89.htm,topicNumber=d0e383749

 

I cant seem to find the My Tools menu. How would you solve this?

[SLW210]

I have no idea what you are trying to do there.

 

Here are directions for adding your command to a toolbar or Ribbon.

 

LINK

 

 

 

To add a command to a toolbar in the Customizations In pane

1. Click Manage tab Customization panel User Interface. At the Command prompt, enter cui.
   
2. In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, in the Customizations In pane, click the plus sign (+) next to the Toolbars tree node to expand it.
   
3. In the Command List pane, drag the command to the toolbar you want to add it to in the Customizations In pane.
    
   
4. Click Apply.
   

To add a command to a toolbar in the Toolbar Preview pane

1. Click Manage tab Customization panel User Interface. At the Command prompt, enter cui.
   
2. In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, in the Customizations In pane, click the plus sign (+) next to the Toolbars tree node to expand it.
   
3. Select the toolbar you want to add a command to.
   
4. In the Command List pane, drag the command you want to add to the selected toolbar and drop it on the toolbar’s preview in the Toolbar Preview pane.
    
   You can control where the command is placed by releasing the mouse button when the black vertical splitter bar is displayed.
   
5. Click Apply.
   

 

To add a command to a toolbar outside the CUI Editor

1. Display the toolbar you want to add a command to by right-clicking over a toolbar button. Click the name of the toolbar.
   
2. Right-click over any toolbar button. Click Customize.
   
3. In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, Command List pane, drag the command you want to add and drop it onto the toolbar.
    
   You can control the location of the command you are adding by using the visual or horizontal indicator bar.
   
4. Click Apply.
   

[NBI]

Apparently what i hadn't figured out was that i had to make my own toolbar called "My tools". I thought it was supposed to be there from the start. But after i made it, i ran the macro and it worked wonderous. Thanks!

Only thing i didn't see comming was that it would explode all my multileaders, to edit the text in them. But that doesnt really matter that much.

[SLW210]

That Macro should not be exploding your multileaders.

[NBI]

Hmm Okay. I did try the flatten command on the multileaders before i used the macro. Maybe that was what f..d it up?

Edited October 12, 2011 by SLW210