Survey Text Defaults
Function
This dialog box routine sets up the defaults for the Building
Dimensions, Offset Dimensions and Adjoiner
Text commands.
Building Dimensions allows you
to set text specifications for building dimensions.
Layer: Allows you to set the layer for the building text.
Text Style: Allows you to set the text style for the building text.
Text Size Scaler: This value multiplied by the horizontal scale
determines the actual text size.
Decimal Places: Allows you to set the display precision for the
building dimensions.
Drop Trailing Zeros: Allows you to truncate trailing zeros from
dimensions.
Characters To Append: Allows you to set characters to add to
reported dimensions.
Offset From Line: Allows you to set the offset distance from the
line to the dimension text.
Auto Label Closed Pline allows you
to choose between automatically labeling the Interior or Exterior or
closed polylines. You may also choose none.
Offset Dimension Text allows you to set text specifications
for offset dimensions.
Layer: This option allows you to set the layer for the offset
text.
Text Style: This option allows you to set the text style for the
offset text.
Text Size Scaler: This value multiplied by the horizontal scale
determines the actual text size.
Arrow Size Scaler: This option allows you to set the arrow
scaler to determine arrowhead size.
Decimal Places: This option allows you to set the precision for
the offset dimensions.
Drop Trailing Zeros: This option allows you to truncate trailing
zeros from dimensions.
Label as Feet and Inches: This option allows you to use feet
and inches.
Characters To Append: This options allows you to set characters
to add to reported dimensions.
Offset From Line: This option allows you to set the offset
distance from the line to the dimension text.
Text Alignment allows you to align text either parallel to
the line or horizontally in the drawing.
Position allows you to determine if you are to pick the
location of the text, or if the text is automatically positioned in the
drawing.
Adjoiner Text allows you to set text specifications for
adjoiner text.
Layer: Allows you to set the layer for the adjoiner text.
Text Style: Allows you to set the text style for the adjoiner
text.
Text Size Scaler: Allows you to set the text scaler to determine
text size.
Justification: Allows you to set the text justification. See the
AutoCAD Reference Manual for details on each justification choice.
Dimension Line Type allows you to determine the line style to
use for dimensions.
Single Arrow Line: Draws a line with an arrowhead from the
dimension text to the figure.
Dual Arrows Line: Draws dual arrowhead.
Standard Line: Draws a line with no arrowhead from the dimension
text to the figure.
Curved Leaders: Draws a curved line with an arrowhead from the
dimension text to the figure.
Dimension Only: Draws the dimension text with no line.
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate > Survey Text
Keyboard Command: svtextdf
Prerequisite: None
File Names: \lsp\svtextdf.lsp, \lsp\svtextdf.dcl