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TextstyleswithmissingfontsarenowidentifiedbyaniconintheTextStyleManager.
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Text Alignment in Linetypes
AutoCAD2011nowmakesitpossibletomaintainlinetypereadabilityinanyorientation.
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Figure61.Textalignment
ThelinetypesincludedwithAutoCAD2011behavethiswaybydefault.Toupdateyourowncustom
linetypes,youneedtochangetherotationoptiontoU,for“upright”.(Otherpossiblevaluesforthe
rotationoptionareR,for“relative,”andA,for“absolute.”)
Anexamplelinetypedefinitionlookslikethis:
Old:
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*GAS_LINE,Gas line ----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS--
A,.5,-.2,["GAS",STANDARD,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.25
New:
*GAS_LINE,Gas line ----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS----GAS--
A,.5,-.2,["GAS",STANDARD,S=.1,U=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-.05],-.25
Figure62.ExampleLinetypeDefinition.
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