Tips from Experts Video Training
Useful Video Training Tips from Experts
The Civil Experts produce a wide range of Tips video content.
Content that is of significant benefit is listed here.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
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To Change the Case of Text
To Change the Case of Text
11/07/2017
Tools to Change the Case of Text in AutoCAD and Civil 3D
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels bangs through the case for changing the Case of forms of text in both ACAD and Civil 3D in a quick demo.
Jerry covers the (Ctrl)(Shift)(U) and (Ctrl)(Shift)(L) keyboard shortcuts the TCASE command from Express Tools.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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I was sorely tempted not to post this video. In some respects it is so silly. Then again - We don't know what we don't know.
I gave up editing and formatting text in AutoCAD decades ago for good reason.
I'm a firm believer in using the right tool for the job.
My favorite text editor these days is Notepad++ which includes all the TCASE options and Proper Case as well.
Since Notepad++ supports recognizes all the various file formats, programming languages, et al, it comes in so handy it is always open.
Data Behind in Profile View Labels
Data Behind in Profile View Labels
10/12/2017
How to add Profile View Properties to a Profile View Title Label
It is a quick and easy task to add the Profile View properties to a Profile View Graph Title
Autodesk's Jeff Bartels covers the basic Profile View Style mechanics.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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Jeff calls the Profile View's data behind properties "parameters" in the video. Maybe the semantics are important?
Typically, a parameter is used in code to drive decision variables. Civil 3D Styles have current collected properties which may be the result of applied parameters.
The Framework's Profile View Styles often handle the display of typical Station Ranages and Elevation Ranges in Profile View in a different Profile View style label.
Font Replacement Mechanics and Tools
Font Replacement Mechanics and Tools
9/26/2017
How to employ the FONTALT system variable and the ACAD.FMP file
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk steps AutoCAD based applications Font replacement mechanics and details.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
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Basic AutoCAD stuff we might need to know about AutoCAD automatic font replacement.
Left unsaid are the serious issues with Special Characters and Unicode support in font definitions.
The NCS and the ISO employ the Windows Arial True Type font for a number of reasons. The special characters are included and the full depth of Unicode characters is supported.
Both the NCS (National Cad Standard) and ISO (Internation Standards Organization) are explicit about the fonts you should use.
This is about readability - readability at various plotted scales and with multiple applications on varied hardware and software.
The issue other critical issue being that in the font mapping exchange text might not come over with the correct characters.
To better understand Special Character issues see Our Special Friends have Character
That post includes a list of special characters in Unicode and how to get them.
The NCS and ISO Standards specific font issues are covered in In Font of the Face of Horror post.