Looking for more AutoCAD text tips? Check out this tip on using the FIND and REPLACE commands to replace text strings in drawings. 'AutoCAD has two system variables that control the background color for dimensions. Select the Fill Color pull-down menu, then the Background option. 'You can also select the dimension, right-click, and open the properties palette. Right click on your text and use ‘Draw order – Bring to front’. All of your dimensions with that style will have the mask set to background, which will in effect wipeout any objects behind the dimension text. …and select an object to see it’s properties in the palette…įinally, if your text mask doesn’t show up, the text is probably ‘Behind’ the other object. Shortcut menu: Select the objects whose properties you want to view or modify, right-click in the drawing area, and click Properties. The quick way to find out about this property us to use the ‘PROPERTIES’ Palette. This includes Dimensions and Multileaders. Many other objects that include text can also have wipeouts – or text masks. The ‘ Border offset factor’ controls the amount of ‘Padding’ inside the MTEXT frame. If the size of the Mask is still too much you can adjust it by clicking on the ‘ Extras’ arrow and clicking on ‘ Background Mask’. Tip: Double click on the Arrows at the end of the WYSIWYG MTEXT editor rulers to automagically shrink the text frame to suit the text. The size of the text mask is the same as the size of the text frame – if you make the text frame smaller the mask around the text will also shrink. This works much better than an ‘Island’ hatch or Trimming the geometry around the Mtext, and you don’t have to re-draw the background if you want to move the text. Text masking acts like a ‘Wipeout’ that obscures everything behind the text, helping to keep it legible. This can lead to masking more text than originally intended’ Text Mask’s and Wipeouts. The mask creates a rectangular border that does not “shrink wrap” around the text. My issue is with the way the mask border is created. I love the masking ability which makes drawings that are clean looking and easier to read. ‘I have always struggled with AutoCAD’s text masking. In the Text Mask Shrink Wrap? thread ‘colorado.erickson’ asks I thought I’d write this post in reply to a question posted on the Autocad Forums: Did you know that many Text Objects in AutoCAD have the ability to ‘Mask’ the objects behind them?
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