AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007: No Experience Required

Using Single-Line Text

Your first task is to put titles in for the floor plan and front elevation using the new Title text style.

Placing Titles of Views in the Drawing

The titles need to be centered approximately under each view. If you establish a vertical guideline through the middle of the drawing, you can use it to position the text. Here are the steps:

  1. Pan the drawing up to create a little more room under the front elevation.

  2. Set up your osnaps and status bar such that Polar and Osnap are on and Endpoint and Midpoint osnaps are running. Drop a line from the midpoint of the ridgeline in the floor plan, down through the front elevation, to a point near the bottom of the screen.

  3. Offset the bottom line of the front step in the floor plan down 4'.

  4. Choose Draw Text Single Line Text to start the Dtext command the command used for single-line text.

    You can also start the Dtext command by typing dt ?.

  5. The bottom line of text in the Command window reads Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]:. The line above it displays the name of the current text style and the style's height setting. The bottom line is the actual prompt, with three options. By default, the justification point is set to the lower-left corner of the text. You need to change it to the middle of the text to be able to center it on the guideline.

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