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Setting Up Text Styles in Autocad: Table 1: Architectural Scale Factors For (0.1" Text)

This document discusses setting up text styles in AutoCAD. It recommends naming text styles based on whether the text will be scaled in a viewport or used in a layout. For scaled text, the name should include the scale factor, such as "TEXT48" for a 1/4" = 1' scale. For layout text, the name should start with "LO" followed by the text height, such as "LO_0.25" for 0.25" text. Tables provide scale factors and corresponding text sizes for common architectural and mechanical scales to help set up the text styles. The tutorial then instructs how to set up a "Text48" style for a 1/4" = 1' scale with a

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Setting Up Text Styles in Autocad: Table 1: Architectural Scale Factors For (0.1" Text)

This document discusses setting up text styles in AutoCAD. It recommends naming text styles based on whether the text will be scaled in a viewport or used in a layout. For scaled text, the name should include the scale factor, such as "TEXT48" for a 1/4" = 1' scale. For layout text, the name should start with "LO" followed by the text height, such as "LO_0.25" for 0.25" text. Tables provide scale factors and corresponding text sizes for common architectural and mechanical scales to help set up the text styles. The tutorial then instructs how to set up a "Text48" style for a 1/4" = 1' scale with a

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SettingupTextStylesinAutoCAD

Note:ThistutorialcoversthetraditionalwayofhandlingtextinAutoCAD.ItdoesnotcoverAnnotative
Scaling.

BeforesettingupatextstyleitisimportanttodeterminehowthetextwillbeusedinAutoCAD.
TextcanberoughlybrokendownintotwocategoriesinAutoCAD;textthatwillbescaledinaviewport,
andtextthatwillbeusedonaLayoutthatwillnotbescaled.

Inourclasswewilluseacommonnamingconventionforourtextstyles.

Ifwearecreatingatextthatwillbescaledinaviewportwewillnamethattextbasedonthe
ScaleFactorusedtosizethetext.Forexampleatextstylecreatedtobeusedinadrawingof
scale=10wouldbenamedTEXT48.SeetheTable1forthescalefactorsassociated
architecturaldrawingscalesandseeTable2associatedwithmechanicaldrawingscales.

IfatextistobeusedinaLayoutwewillnamethetextstartingwithLOfollowedbythetext
height.Forexample0.25textwouldbenamedLO_0.25.

Table1:ArchitecturalScaleFactorsfor(0.1"Text)

Scale

ScaleFactor

TextSize
Inches

1/16"=1'0"
1/8"=1'0"
1/4"=1'0"
3/8"=1'0"
1/2"=1'0"
3/4"=1'0"
1"=1'0"
11/2"=1'0"
3"=1'0"

192
96
48
32
24
16
12
8
4

19.2
9.6
4.8
3.2
2.4
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4

Table2:MechanicalScaleFactorsfor(0.1"Text)

Scale

ScaleFactor

TextSize
Inches

4:1
2:1
1:1
1:2
1:4
1:8
1:16

0.25
0.5
1
2
4
8
16

0.025
0.05
0.10
0.20
0.40
0.80
1.60


Thefollowingtutorialwillwalkyouthroughsettinguptextstylesfor1/4:10Scale.

Setupyourtextstylefor1/4:10Scale.NamethistextText48.Choosetheappropriatetextheight
fromthetablebelow.UseStylusBTasyourfontandsetthetextheightto4.8.Formechanical
drawingswewilluseArialfont.

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