Controlling Text in a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 437

For more practice using Mtext, follow these steps:

1. Open 08A-FPLAY4 , and zoom into the blank space between the notes
and the title block.

2. Create a new text style called A-Desc that uses the Times New Roman
font and a height of 8 ″ (204 mm).

3. Start Mtext, and specify a rectangle for the text that covers the area
between the notes and the title bar.

4. Enter the following text exactly as shown here, spelling errors and all:
This is a design for a small vaction cabin. It contains approximately
380 square feet of living space and includes one bedroom and one bath.
It can be adopted to provide shelter in all climates and can be modified
to allow constuction that uses local building materials. Please sund all
inquiries to the manufacturer.

5. Double-click the new text, and make these changes:

a. Correct all spelling errors using the Spell Check tool or real-time
spell checking.

b. Change square feet to sq. ft.

c. Bold the following: one bedroom , one bath , all climates , and
local building materials .

d. Italicize the last sentence.

Are You Experienced?

now you can…

E set up text styles

E place single-line text in a drawing for titles and room labels

E create a structural grid for a drawing

E modify single-line text

E construct a title block and place text in it