When text is being added to a drawing, it may be necessary to underline the text item, or add diameter/degree symbol.

AutoCAD has several control codes which when used with the Single Line Text command will allow underscoring, overscoring and symbol insertion.

The available control codes are:

Close all existing drawings then open your A3PAPER standard sheet with layer TEXT current.

Refer to Figure 13.5, menu bar with Draw-Text-Single Line Text and:

Figure 13.5: Using text control codes and Express Menu text.

At the command line enter DTEXT and:

1. style: ST2

2. start point: 130,230

3. height, angle: 10,0

4. text: 123.45%%DF.

Activate the single line text command and:

1. style: ST3

2. start point: 30,200

3. height, angle: 8, 10

4. text: %%UUNDERSCORE%%U and %%OOVERSCORE%%O.

With the single line text command:

1. style: ST3

2. start point: 20,220

3. height, angle: 15,0

4. text: %%C100.

Refer to Figure 13.5 and add the other text items. The text style used is at your discretion.

Note: Later in the chapter...