Research: Text and Callouts

[Glenn Woodward]

Doug
Slightly of subject but that reminds of another Datacad feature - one icon for selcting everything contained within a selection and another contained and touched by selection. Small difference but large improvement in functionality.

Marty,

Do you mean like the options contained in Preferences...Edit...Marquee Select:

Intersect Rectangle
Contained in Rectangle
Center Inside Rectangle

[marty]

OK OK Ok- - another option I was unaware of - thats exactly what I meant - but much more useful if accesible directly off the toolbar not buried in preferences.

[WendyWelton]

OK OK Ok- - another option I was unaware of - thats exactly what I meant - but much more useful if accesible directly off the toolbar not buried in preferences.

I use these settings all the time, and would dearly love to have them on toolbar buttons. I change these so often that I would like to be able to hotkey them.

[FWD]

JP Ware
"Take a look at how AutoCad handles text and dims, "


I would agree with that.

[corrcadd99]

Doug,

I must Clarify, I have an extensive library of text (notes) with leader lines that I have created over the years (Legacy Plans), I insert/copy and place where needed.

I have been using Ver 9.5 since it came out (4 years ago)
60 hours a week and still use it today. That's a lot of time creating Chief working documents. There is no question, the leaders are more user friendly (and faster) in 9.5 the leader lines are always where I want them to be.(positioning - ortho)

I must agree that X1 leaders are faster when creating new text and leaders from scratch for every note , but when using older text and leader blocks/libraries (legacy plans) it is slower and leaders needs tweaking.


Mike Corriveau
Corriveau Cadd

[sutcac]

I haven't been keeping track of this thread very closely, so forgive me if this has been addressed already, I scanned/searched through and didn't see it. Just consider it another "Ditto" if so.

If I create a text block, especially in Layout, I think I shouldn't have to go out of text mode and in to select mode to select and copy it. I should be able to select/copy/explode a text block while still in text mode.

Also, I don't understand the logic of blocking text, only to have it change layers when blocked. It should just stay on the same layer in which it was created.

[marty]

Hi Bryce

Your posting has brought this thread back to life for me and reminded me of a text issue which has been bothering me.

When entering new text I have the option of adjusting text size but not arrow size since the arrow specification has been removed from the text box.
I quite often want to add a single block of text at a different scale but dont want to change the default settings to do so.

To my way of thinking text and arrows are inextricably linked. My rule of thumb is that the arrow size should equal text size. If that could be implemented my problem would disappear .

[ktkcad]

Marty,

Do you mean like the options contained in Preferences...Edit...Marquee Select:

Intersect Rectangle
Contained in Rectangle
Center Inside Rectangle

Yes this is good but ACAD simplifies this. Draw the marquee left to right and it is inclusive, right to left it is only fully contained items. No clicking to change preferences or hot keys...after a few times it becomes second nature which way to pull the marquee.

[WendyWelton]

Yes this is good but ACAD simplifies this. Draw the marquee left to right and it is inclusive, right to left it is only fully contained items. No clicking to change preferences or hot keys...after a few times it becomes second nature which way to pull the marquee.

Karl,

Yes, this is how acad works and I like it very much. I was trying not to go the "acad does it..." route!

Dan,

I've used acad forever, taught it, trained it, etc. This is not a feature that people have trouble getting. As a matter of fact, I've found people get the hang of it far easier than remembering where the $#*%&%^ this setting is buried in the menu. And Karl is right, it becomes second nature amazingly fast.

I would be perfectly happy with that solution. I'd also be perfectly happy with hotkeys. It's having to drill down 3 clicks to get to this setting, after I stop to remember just where it's hidden, that's not floating my boat.

Remember that anything available only via a menu has the same downside. Just which menu is nowhere near as intuitive as you might think. Stair sections moving independently for instance: Is it a Default? A Preference? Edit? No wait, it's "Architectural"! Huh? You might just as well call that category "we couldn't decide".