CAD | AutoCAD common font problems solutions

1. Why can't AutoCAD files display Chinese characters? Or the entered Chinese characters become question marks?

The reason may be:

(1)The corresponding font does not use Chinese fonts, such as HZTXT.SHX, etc.;

(2) There is no Chinese character font shape file in the current system, and the used shape file should be copied to the font directory of AutoCAD (generally...FONTS);

(3) For some symbols, such as Greek letters, etc., you must also use the corresponding font shape file, otherwise it will display a symbol.

2. Replace missing fonts that cannot be found?

Copy the font to be replaced as the name of the font to be replaced, such as: open a picture, it prompts that the font A1 is not found, you want to replace it with Hztxt.shx, then, Click the AutoCAD icon, right click, open the file location, you can see the font folder (font); copy the hztxt.shx inside, rename it to A1.shx, then put A1.shx into the font, and re- Just open this image. In the future, if the drawing you open contains fonts that are not in AutoCAD such as A1, you will no longer be asked to find font replacements.

3. Why can't the height of the input text be changed?

When the height value of the font used is not 0, the input height will not be prompted when using the DTEXT command to write text, so the height of the written text will remain unchanged, including the dimension marked with this font .

4. How to change the existing font format?

If you want to change the size, font, aspect ratio, spacing, inclination angle, insertion point, etc. of the existing text, it is best to use the "Properties (DDMODIFY)" command (provided that you have defined many text formats ). Click the "Properties" command, click the text to be modified, press Enter, and the "Modify Text" window will appear, select the item to be modified and modify it.

5. How to operate AutoCAD fonts?

First of all, as long as it is sufficient, the less the better. This should apply to all settings in CAD. Regardless of the type of settings, the more the CAD files are, the larger the CAD file will be, and it may also affect the calculation speed when running the software. More importantly, the more settings there are, the easier it is to make mistakes in the classification of primitives. In addition, when using CAD, in addition to the default Standard font, there are generally only two font definitions. One is a regular definition with a font width of 0.75. Generally, all Chinese characters and English characters use this font. The second type of font definition uses the same font as the first type, but the font width is 0.5. This font is the special font I use when dimensioning. Because, in most construction drawings, there are many small dimensions crammed together. At this time, if you use a narrower font, the labels will reduce a lot of overlapping situations. Don't choose fonts with "@" in front, because fonts with "@" are inherently sideways. You can directly use Windows TTF Chinese fonts, but TTF fonts affect the display speed of graphics, so try to avoid using them.

6. How to quickly modify text?

Just double-click the text (command: ddedit), and a flashing text editor (same as WORD) will pop up. In this mode, the user can enter new text. (Shortcut key ED).

7. What should I do if the heights of Chinese and Western characters are different?

When using AutoCAD, the height of Chinese and Western characters is different, which has always troubled the designers and affected the quality and appearance of the drawing. It is more troublesome to divide the text into several paragraphs to edit. By modifying the AutoCAD font file, the Chinese and Western fonts are harmonized, font functions are expanded, and special characters useful for roads, bridges, buildings, etc. are provided, and the input of superscripts and subscripts and some Greek letters is provided. This problem can be solved by choosing a large font and adjusting the font combination. For example, the combination of gbenor.shx and gbcbig.shx can get the text with the same height as Chinese and English characters. For other combinations, users can adjust the font combination according to the needs of each professional .

8. What is the meaning of 0 and 1 that sometimes appear in AUTOCAD?

(1) The system command mirrtext controls the way the MIRROR command reflects text. The initial value is 0, where:

0——maintain text direction

1——mirror display text

(2) The system command textfill controls how TrueType fonts are filled when printing and rendering. The initial value is 0, where:

0——Display text in outline form

1——display text as fill image

9. How to call out special symbols quickly in AutoCAD?

The ± sign of the elevation can be completed by entering %%p in the text editor of AutoCAD. Many other special symbol input can also be realized in this way. The specific operation method is: click the "Options" down button in the upper right corner of the text editor, and select "Symbol" in the opened drop-down menu "The corresponding command in the submenu, as shown in Figure 8, or enter the corresponding command in the command line according to the command prompt behind the corresponding command. For other more complex symbols, you can also select the "Other" command to open the "Character Mapping Table" dialog box, as shown in Figure 9, select the desired character, and then click the "Copy" button to return to the AutoCAD text editor editor, execute the CTRL+V keyboard command and paste it into the text editor of AutoCAD.

Multi-line text editor

Font Mapping Table

10. How to quickly modify the text?

When modifying a single line of text, the text content is fully selected, and re-entering the text can directly overwrite the original text; right-clicking can cut, copy, paste, delete, insert fields, all Editing operations such as selection; click OK or press to end and save the text modification. When modifying multi-line text, the cursor input character is on the first character surface by default. Press the key or move the direction key to move the cursor to the input text to add content; click the right button to edit the text (such as copy , paste, insert symbol, etc.); click OK to end editing and save the text modification; click any place outside the text editing box within the AutoCAD workspace to end and save the text modification.

11. How to mark AutoCAD edit?

During the labeling process, if there is a dimension error, you can enter "U" in the command line to cancel the labeling. If the size of the dimension is too small and the dimension text overlaps, enter "Dimtedit" in the command line and use "Edit Dimension Text" to adjust the position of the text.

12. Tips for Marking Text

How to mark subscripts and subscripts: use the multi-line text editing command: superscript: input 2^, then select 2^, and click the a/b key. Subscript: Enter ^2, then select ^2, and click the a/b button. Subscript and subscript: Enter 2^2, then select 2^2, and click the a/b button.

13. How to modify the scale of dimensions?

Method 1: DIMSCALE determines the scale of the dimension, its value is an integer, the default is 1, and it should be changed to the scale when the graphics have a certain scale.

Method 2: Format - Dimension Style (select the dimension style to be modified) - Modify - Main Unit - Scale Factor, just modify it.