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Editing Text Objects

CAD drafting Editing Text Objects 0        Ribbon: Annotate - Text > CAD software Editing Text Objects 1 Edit Texts

CAD drawing Editing Text Objects 2        Menu: Modify – Object > Text > CAD drafting Editing Text Objects 3 Edit

CAD software Editing Text Objects 4        Toolbar: Modify Object – CAD drawing Editing Text Objects 5

CAD drafting Editing Text Objects 6        Toolbar: Text – CAD software Editing Text Objects 7

CAD drawing Editing Text Objects 8 Command line: DDEDIT, ED

The command for editing single-line and multiline text objects.

The command can also be called by double-clicking the left mouse button on a text object if the corresponding parameters are set to No in the nanoCAD Design Settings dialog box (PARAMS):

Main options tab, EditBy double-click section Regular texts and/or Multi-texts parameter.

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Editing Single Line Text

You can also start the Edit command from the context menu previously selected the text line in the document.

The command allows you to edit the content of a single-line text directly on the drawing. The content of the selected single-line text is selected and highlighted automatically to completely edit the text. If necessary, you can insert or delete single characters or fragments within the line. For more convenient editing, use the context menu:

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Context menu options:

Select all

The entire text line will be selected.

Cut

Cuts the selected text to the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes text from the clipboard.

Undo

Undoes the last action.

Redo

Redoes the previously undone action.

Insert field

Inserts a field.

Insert symbol

Inserts a symbol.

Available symbols:

·         Degrees (%%d)

·         Plus/Minus (%%p)

·         Diameter (%%c)

Pressing CTRL+ENTER or clicking on the drawing outside the text line field confirms the changes made and ends editing.

To complete editing without saving changes, press ESC.

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Note

Pressing ENTER splits the text string into two lines, each of which is converted into a separate text object upon the command completion.

 

You can also edit the single-line text in the drawing by double-clicking (if No is chosen for the Regular texts option of the Settings nanoCAD Int dialog box on the Main options tab of the By double-click section (the Tools menu – Design Settings)).

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Press CTRL +ENTER or click on the drawing out of the single-line text to confirm changes and finish the editing.

To finish the editing without saving changes, press ESC.

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Note

Press ENTER to split the single-line text into two lines, each of which is transformed into a separate text object after the command end.

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