Creating Text – ARCHLine.XP

Location: Drafting menu – Text

You can insert or edit texts using the following command:

Place
Using this icon you can insert a text.

Define the place of the text in the drawing.

Type text
Using this command allows you to type a text directly in the drawing area. You can start a new line by pressing the Enter key.

Specify the place of the text.
Type the text.
Esc Ends the command.

Horizontal text
The command inserts the current text horizontally at the defined point.

Specify the place of the text.

Vertical text
The command inserts the current text vertically at the defined point.

Specify the place of the text.

Slanted text
Inserts the current text slanted by a specified angle.

Define the angle of the slanted text.

Perpendicular text
The command inserts the current text perpendicular to the selected object.

Select the perpendicular object.
Specify the place of the text.

Text in table
You can create a table by describing the columns and rows the table is going to have.

When the Keep settings for new tables are on, the current column and row number will be the new default value.

Now you can place the new text table with empty text fields.

Table text editing commands

Select the table on the drawing with a left click to change its content or properties.

- Table text properties
Click on the top left square marker on pencil to modify the table text properties in the dialog box.

- Table text - Edit column
To edit a column in a table text, follow these steps:

1. Select the table
2. Click the blue field above the column
3. On the submenu, select a command how you would like to modify the column.

Remove column	Select the column to be deleted.
Insert column to the left	Insert a new column to the left of the column that is selected
Insert column to the righ	Insert column to the right: Insert a new column to the right of the column that is selected.
Move column	You can resize the width of a column with dragging the right line at a new position, and the column to the left of the line that is dragged, is resized. The part of the table to the right of the column that is resized will be repositioned (and not resized).

- Table text - Edit row
To edit a row in a table text, follow these steps:

1. Select the table
2. Click the blue field left to the row
3. On the submenu, select a command how you would like to modify the column.

Delete row
Select the row to be deleted.
Insert row above
Insert a new row to the top of the row that is selected.
Insert row below
Insert a new row to the bottom of the row that is selected.

- Edit fields
You can edit a cell by selecting an existing table and click inside the cell.

Input field	When you press the Ok button, the text input is updated into the selected cell. Each field can be a multiline string. Alignment of columns and rows are handled dynamically.
Cell Alignment	It determines the vertical and horizontal position of the text within the cell: Left aligned text, right-aligned text or centred text.
Effects	The effects property is used to specify text as bold, italic, underline or strikeout.
Font names	Choose from the list of font family names installed on your operating system.
Colour	This button defines the text colour.
Font width	You can change the font width. The value of font width is interpreted relative to font size (percentage). Type the value in % of font size or choose it from the list.
Character spacing	You can change the spacing between characters. The value of character spacing is interpreted relative to font size (percentage). Type the value in % of font size or choose it from the list.
Line spacing	You can change the spacing between lines in case of multiline texts. You can stretch or compress an entire multiline text to make it fit and look the way that you want it to. The value of line spacing is interpreted relative to font size (percentage). Type the value in % of font size or choose it from the list
Font size	You can specify the font size in mm. Negative values are not allowed.
Set as global	Set as global button applies all text formatting properties of the selected cell to the whole text table.

- Merge cells into one cell in a table

You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell.

Press the „>” long vertical button to make the options visible.

Merge right
Select the cell you want to merge to the right. The contents of the cell to the right will be deleted.

Before	After

Merge below
Select the cell you want to merge to the cell below. The contents of the cell below will be deleted.

Before	After

Split right

Select the cell you want to split to the right. The new cell will be empty.

Before	After

Split below
Select the cell you want to split to the below. The new cell will be empty.

Before	After
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Text with pointer
You can insert the text with an arrow pointing in a specific direction.
The pointer consists of a chain of segments (not more than two segments), which ends in an arrowhead.
You can select the object at which you want the text to point.

Find and replace
Using this new tool you can find and replace texts. Special characters can also be used to extend search.

Search	Type the text into the search field.
Replace	Type the text you would like to use as replacement of the search result when Replace or Replace all is pressed.
Match case	The search can be set as case sensitive with this option. Otherwise the software won’t make difference between uppercase or lowercase characters.
Search hidden layers	Enable this option if you want to extend the search for hidden layers also.
Find next	Push this button if you want to begin or continue the search for the next possible match.
Replace	Click on Replace to replace the result of search by the text given in the replace field.
Replace all	Click on Replace all to replace all the results of search by the text given in the replace field.

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