AutoCAD® 2015 for Interior Design and Space Planning

Chapter 4. Adding Text and Tables to the Drawing

Chapter Objectives

• Define the terms style and font and describe the function of each.

• Use Dtext (single line text) to draw text.

• Use DDEDIT to change text contents.

• Use different fonts on the same drawing.

• Place text on several different parts of the drawing with a single command.

• Use the modifiers Align, Fit, Center, Middle, Right, Top, and Style.

• Use the Text Style... setting to create condensed, expanded, rotated, backward, inclined, and upside-down text.

• Use the Text Style... setting to change any style on the drawing to a different font.

• Use Properties to change text characteristics.

• Use standard codes to draw special characters such as the degree symbol, the diameter ...