Text Entities

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Text Entities

autocad_entity: autocad_text

Features with autocad_entity set to autocad_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_original_text_string	The contents of a text entity including the character codes used to define its style and formatting. When reading, this is converted into `autocad_text_string`. To set the contents of a text entity when writing, the value of this attribute is used in preference to `autocad_text_string`. Range: char[1024] Default: No default
autocad_rotation	The rotation of the text for an entity. Range: -360.0..360.0 Default: 0 Reprojectable: Yes
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_true_type_font	The name of the TrueType font used to display the text string. This attribute is only used by the AutoCAD Writer, since single-line text entities do not have support for TrueType fonts. If this attribute is specified on an autocad_text feature, a multiline text entity will be created and written instead of a single-line text entity. Default: No default
autocad_text_size	The text height. Range: 64-bit floating point number > 0 Default: 10 Reprojectable: Yes
autocad_original_text_size	The text height 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 size when writing a text entity. Range: 64-bit floating point number > 0 Default: 10
autocad_width_factor	The scaling applied in the x direction which makes the text wider or narrower. However, this doesn’t affect the weight (i.e., boldness) of the text string. Range: 64-bit floating point number > 0 and <= 10000 Default: 1
autocad_oblique	The oblique angle of the text, which causes the entity to lean to the right or left of vertical, where positive numbers indicate to the right. For convenience, the AutoCAD reader and writer will treat the range of values from 275.0..360.0, as an alternative specification of the range from -85.0..0. Range: -85.0 ..85.0 Default: 0
autocad_alignment_x autocad_alignment_y autocad_alignment_z	The alignment coordinate of the text. This location is used in conjunction with the justification and the feature location to place the text correctly. This is primarily of use when performing an AutoCAD-to-AutoCAD translation. To override the justification of source AutoCAD dataset, you need to remove these alignment attributes from the feature and then set the autocad_justfication attribute. This is because when performing an AutoCAD-to-AutoCAD translation, these alignment attributes override the autocad_justification attribute. Note that if autocad_justification is set to autocad_baseline_left for this text, then the alignment point attributes will match the text entity location. Range: Any 64-bit floating point value Default: x, y, and z value of text alignment point Reprojectable: Yes
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 shape file. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 0
autocad_shape_height	The height of the text as defined in shape file. Range: 64-bit floating point number Default: 0
autocad_shape_width	The width of the text as defined in 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 \| autocad_upside_down \| autocad_backwards \| autocad_upsidedown_backwards Default: autocad_normal
autocad_justification	The justification of the text relative to its insert point. Range: autocad_top_left \| autocad_top_center \| autocad_top_right \| autocad_top_middle \| autocad_top_aligned \| autocad_top_fit \| autocad_middle_left \| autocad_middle_center \| autocad_middle_right \| autocad_middle_middle \| autocad_middle_aligned \| autocad_middle_fit \| autocad_bottom_left \| autocad_bottom_center \| autocad_bottom_right \| autocad_bottom_middle \| autocad_bottom_aligned \| autocad_bottom_fit \| autocad_baseline_left \| autocad_baseline_center \| autocad_baseline_right \| autocad_baseline_middle \| autocad_baseline_aligned \| autocad_baseline_fit Default: autocad_baseline_left
autocad_tracking_ percent	The tracking percent. Only used by the Reader. This attribute will only exist if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable, since this is a Reader-only attribute.
autocad_backwards	Indicates whether the text is backwards. Only used by the Reader. This attribute will only exist if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable since this is a Reader-only attribute.
autocad_upside_down	Indicates if the text is upside down. Used only by the Reader. This attribute will only exist if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable, since this is a Reader-only attribute.
autocad_vertical	Indicates if the text is vertical. Used only by the Reader. This attribute will only exist if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable, since this is a Reader-only attribute.
autocad_underlined	Indicates if the text is underlined. Used only be the Reader. This attribute will only exist if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable, since this is a Reader-only attribute.
autocad_overlined	Indicates if the text is overlined. Used only by the Reader. This attribute will exist only if reading a graphical text entity. Default: not applicable, since this is a Reader-only attribute.