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I’ve been a big proponent of using associative hatches for some time now. Did you know that you can select text inside of your hatch boundary, and the hatch will create a border around this s... Read more
This routine is an alternate to “Label Entity with Break,” also from Kent Cooper. That tip inserts a text string into an entity by physically breaking the entity. This ... Read more
Editor's Note:In September 2014, this tip was updated and the LISP file was replaced with a new version. The tip author describes the updates... Read more
The AutoCAD Express Tools include a routine for converting text to mtext. The only problem with that tool is that all selected text is converted into a single mtext block. Sometimes this is desirab... Read more
Alan Thompson gives us a routine to rotate AutoCAD text and mtext that is currently upside-down into a position where it can be read normally. Start by loading the LISP file, then ... Read more
If you work with UCS rotated views in AutoCAD, you may run across text and/or mtext entities whose rotation angle is just a bit off for one reason or another. This routine from Tommy Shumpe... Read more
Tip#: 3876
Author: Tommy Shumpert
Rename File To: rototxt.lsp,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/._rototxt.lsp
This is a comprehensive routine that contains many AutoCAD functions related to copying text and attributes. Fortunately, tip author Robert Zipprich has provided a detailed readme ... Read more
Tip#: 3778
Author: Robert Zipprich
Rename File To: copyatts.bmp,copyatt.bmp,COPYATT.lsp,COPYATT.txt,copyattg.bmp,copyattmap.bmp