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How to use mask text in Autocad?
Double-click the text to begin editing the text. Then, in the Style panel of the Text Editor contextual ribbon, click the Background Mask button. The program displays the Background Mask dialog. Select the Use background mask checkbox to turn on a background mask.
What does text mask do in Autocad?
Creates a blank area behind selected text or mtext objects. TEXTMASK hides objects by creating a mask object behind selected text or mtext. The mask object is offset from the text by a specified value.
How to unmask text in Autocad?
I type in WIPEOUT – enter, choose FRAMES-enter, choose ON enter. This will turn on the frames around masked text so that you can see them and erase them. Then you can use the same commands but choose OFF after FRAMES and it will turn off frames that you don’t erase. text mask it selects both the mask and text.
What is TEXTMASK?
Text Mask is an input mask library.
How do I create a mask block in AutoCAD?
To Add a Mask Block
- If you have created your own mask block definition, create a tool from it.
- If you are working with an existing mask block tool, open the palette it is located on.
- Select the mask block tool on the palette.
- Specify the insertion point of the mask block.
- Continue adding mask blocks, and press Enter.
How do you wipeout a text?
Type WIPEOUT on the command line and press enter then click on the offset option from the command line. Command line will prompt you to enter offset factor.
How do I create a mask block in Autocad?
What is a mask block in AutoCAD?
The mask blocks are displayed in the drawing at the insertion point you specified. To use a mask block to clean up or correct an object in the drawing, attach the object to the mask block.
How do I convert to Mtext?
To convert from text to Mtext, use the Express Tools command TXT2MTXT. Choose Express> Text> Convert Text to Mtext. At the Select objects: prompt, select the text objects that you want to convert. If you press Enter instead, you get the Text to MText Options dialog box.
How do you mask in AutoCAD?
To Mask a Drawing Area
- Click Annotate tab Markup panel Wipeout. Find.
- Specify points in a sequence that defines the perimeter of the area to be masked. You can also enter p and click an existing polyline to use. The polyline must be closed, contain line segments only, and have zero width.
- Press Enter to end the command.