Multi-Text Entities
autocad_entity: autocad_multi_text
Features with autocad_entity set to autocad_multi_text are stored in and read from drawing files as text entities. A text entity is represented by a single coordinate and the following attributes.
Attribute Name |
Contents |
autocad_text_string |
The text string. Range: char[1024] Default: No default |
autocad_rotation |
The rotation of the text for this entity. Range: -360.0..360.0 Default: 0 |
autocad_original_rotation |
The rotation of the text of an entity before a potential transformation, such as a User Coordinate System, is applied by the AutoCAD reader. This value is used preferentially to set the text rotation when writing a text entity. Range: -360.0..360.0 Default: 0 |
autocad_text_size |
The text height. When reading, this value is calculated using the height of the bounding box of the feature and the estimated number of lines. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 10 |
autocad_mtext_string |
The original formatted mtext string. Writer will use this attribute’s value to set the destination mtext entity. When performing an AutoCAD-to-AutoCAD translation, this attribute will ensure that the exact formatting is carried over to the destination. Range: char[1024] Default: None |
autocad_mtext_text_height |
The starting text size of the multi-text feature. This attribute is useful mainly for AutoCAD-to-AutoCAD translations. If this attribute doesn’t exist when writing, then a value is calculated for it using the autocad_text_size. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: None |
autocad_true_type_font |
The name of the TrueType font used to display the text string. If this attribute is not specified when writing, the text will still be written, but not using a TrueType font. Default: No default |
autocad_linespace_factor |
The percentage of default line spacing used. Range: 0.25..4.0 Default: 1 |
autocad_mtext_ref_rect_width |
The width of the reference rectangle in which the text is contained. This width is the maximum length of any line on the mtext before it will wrap. If not specified when writing, this will be calculated based on the text length. To disable this with and the related word wrapping, set this value to 0. Range: A positive 64-bit floating point number |
autocad_attach_point |
The attach point for the multi-text. Use this attribute to set the justification of Multi-Text entities. Note that there is no autocad_justification attribute for this type of entity. Range: autocad_top_left | |
autocad_draw_direction |
The direction the text is drawn. Range: |
autocad_box_width |
The width of the box which the multi text is located. Range: 64-bit floating point number > 0 |
autocad_box_height |
The height of the box which the multi text is located. Range: 64-bit floating point number > 0 |
autocad_big_fontname |
The name of the file which contains fonts for large character sets. Range: char[65] Default: No default |
autocad_shape_name |
The name of the shape which contains the text font definition. Range: char[33] Default: STANDARD |
autocad_shape_filename |
The name of the file which contains the text font1AutoCAD shape files should not be confused with Esri Shapefiles. AutoCAD shape files hold font and symbol definitions; Esri Shapefiles hold spatial features. definition. Range: char[65]; Default: txt |
autocad_shape_rotation |
The angle for the text as defined in the shape file. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 0 |
autocad_shape_height |
The height of the text as defined in the shape file. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 0 |
autocad_shape_width |
The width of the text as defined in the shape file. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 1 |
autocad_shape_vertical |
Indicates if the shape text, as defined in the shape file, is vertical or horizontal. Range: yes | no Default: None |
autocad_generation |
The generation of the text entry. Range: autocad_normal | Default: autocad_normal |
autocad_estimated_num_lines (used by the reader only) |
The estimated number of lines in the multi-text feature. This is a calculated value that uses the starting height of the multi-text feature, the height of the bounding box of the feature, and the linespacing factor. Range: Any integer Default: Not applicable since this is a reader-only attribute |