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Etext ver 3.1
January 11, 1988
author: Terence Puls
Etext ver 3.1 is an autolisp application which permits lettering on
signfaces with the CORRECT spacing using highway gothic style text.
Upper case and lower case letters were digitized to the shapes used on
current signfaces. The program allows choices of C, D, and E modified text
layout. E modified is the default choice. C is approximated to 66% of
E mod, and D is approximated to 80% of E mod. The program permits
upper-to-upper case, upper to lower case, abbreviations using the period
(plus a space character '$'), multiple words on the same line separated by a
space, hyphen or slash.
The following are the only legal characters
acknowleged by the program:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
. - /
Due to space/memory limitations numbers were not included. The Dtext
command may be used to input numbers as before (using appropriate text font.)
The program will handle legal combinations of the above
characters. (legal meaning: no double spaces/hyphens/dashes,
no lower to upper case, no numbers or special characters/
symbols which are not listed above, or extraneous/odd
combinations of slash, hyphen or dash.)
*** note: experienced autocad users only should edit the files described below.
To install this utility, ALL files on the distribution disk should be
copied to the same directory as the ACAD.EXE file.
In order to autoload this routine, file ETEXT.LSP should be appended
to the ACAD.LSP file, or if there is no ACAD.LSP file currently on your
system, then file ETEXT.LSP should be renamed to ACAD.LSP.
The program can make use of a screen menu if present. The following menu
below is recommended:
File ACAD.MNU will have to be modified using a text editor.
Assuming you are now editing file ACAD.MNU, look for the line that says
[DTEXT:]$S=X $S=DTEXT ^C^CDTEXT
Insert the following , after the above line:
[ETEXT:]$S=X $S=ETEXT ^C^CETEXT
Next look for a line below this which has two asterisks before a word.
(Example: **PLINE)
Just before this line insert the following lines:
**ETEXT 3
[ETEXT:]^C^CETEXT
(leave two blank lines here)
[SERIES C]C
[SERIES D]D
[SERIES E]E
(leave ten blank lines here)
Now resave file ACAD.MNU
Your new command ETEXT should now be installed.
note** It is significantly slower than the other text commands so be patient.
If you accidently type illegal characters and hit return, it is best
to hit <ctrl-c> as soon as possible and Undo that operation.