Text strings from AutoCAD don't always wrap correctly

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Charles Dyer
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Text strings from AutoCAD don't always wrap correctly

Post by Charles Dyer » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:05 am

I have an AutoCAD DWG file from an outside source.

Some of the text strings which should be wrapped within a text box do not get wrapped in QCAD 3.21.3

For example see the string "These reaction forces ..." in the rightmost lower panel.

When I use a DWG to PDF conversion tool, the text does get properly wrapped in the box, as intended in AutoCAD, but this does not happen in QCAD. Instead a single long text string appears, and this also appears in the PDF produced by QCAD.

I have attached the DWG file. I have not attached the two PDF files, as they are fairly large, but I can send them if that helps.

Is there a way to make QCAD handle this sort of thing consistent with other DXF or DWG software?

Thanks,

- charles
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Charles Dyer
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Re: Text strings from AutoCAD don't always wrap correctly

Post by Charles Dyer » Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:28 am

To make the issue clearer, I have attached two screenshots.

File from_DWG_convert.png is a screenshot of a region of the PDF file image produced by the converter.

File from_QCAD.png is a screenshot of the same region taken from the PDF file produced by QCAD for the same DWG drawing.

Note the difference in the presentation of the text following the "SPECIAL NOTE"

Can one make QCAD interpret the DWG drawing to be with the way AutoCAD and other software does it?

Thanks,

- charles
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TSG
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Re: Text strings from AutoCAD don't always wrap correctly

Post by TSG » Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:24 am

In QCAD I don't know any command to assign a text to a box.
When you open the AutoCAD-File in QCAD the text is placed directly on the layer without a connection to the surrounding box.
So QCAD does not know where to wrap the text.
The only solution, I can imagine, is to manually wrap the text.
See attached file.

regards Thomas
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Charles Dyer
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Re: Text strings from AutoCAD don't always wrap correctly

Post by Charles Dyer » Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:19 pm

TSG: Thanks for the help. Doing it by hand is fine for now.
Cheers, - charles

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