Text 2 Mtext....

[Dean07]

Gday all,

 

Just wondering, with the express tools, if there was a way to convert multiple dtext to mtext without it all combining to the one mtext.

 

Is there a lisp or system setting??

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Dean07

[CarlB]

Found this at Autodesk forum, posted by Matt Stachoni:

 

Re: convert dtext to mtext in entire drawing

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:06:16 +0000, mharrison wrote:

 

>i have drawings that need all of the dtext converted to mtext. in the past i have been selecting each dtext text individually and then converting it over to mtext using my express command. is there a way to convert the entire drawing over to Mtext?

 

Not using the OOTB tool (which results in a single MText object if you select

multipe entities), but you can do one of two things:

 

1. Use MULTIPLE TXT2MTXT to run the command over again. Kinda kludgy.

 

2. Add this little wrapper command for the TXT2MTXT tool to your acaddoc.lsp

file and it will work:

 

(defun c:T2M (/ i ss e)

(setq i -1)

(if (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "TEXT"))))

(while (setq e (ssname ss (setq i (1+ i))))

(command "._txt2mtxt" e "")

)

)

(princ)

)

============================

 

If you're not familiar with Lisp, see the FAQ section on this site. Basically create a text file with a ".lsp" extension, containing the following. Drag n drop in AutoCAD, type T2M to start.

 

 

 

(defun c:T2M (/ i ss e)
  (setq i -1)
  (if (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "TEXT"))))
    (while (setq e (ssname ss (setq i (1+ i))))
    (command "._txt2mtxt" e "")
    )
  )
  (princ)
)

[Dean07]

Thanks very much for that. Exactly what I was looking for.

[Spinxy]

Is there any way of getting this one to work so it keeps in the text in it's original location?