Editing Text in Drawings
In-place Text Editing is one of the new features of ARES Commander 2015. With this new text editor, you can now edit texts like in a word processor.
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Create and edit text very easily in your drawings
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thanks to the tools offered by Ares Commander 2015.
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To edit a text, we can for example double-click
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and this editor opens.
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Its tools are similar to a word processor
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where we can select the text and convert it into uppercase or lowercase.
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We can even select several letters and convert to uppercase very easily.
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We can also select and change the color,
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convert to “Bold”, “Italic” or “Underlined”.
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We can also change the spacing between letters
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and even change the relation between width and height of each letter.
Copy and Pasting Text
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If we want to paste a text that we have created in another document,
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we can select & copy it.
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In this example from notepad.
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From the “Annotate” tab choose the command “NOTE”.
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We define the area where we will paste the text.
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Now we can use the key combination Control + V to paste.
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Or use this icon.
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If we now press the right button of the mouse,
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we can choose the “PASTE” command
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or the “PASTE SPECIAL” that allows us to use different filters.
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In this case we choose “PASTE”.
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Once the text is inserted, we can select
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and change the justification.
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And we can change the vertical space.
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Now we can position the cursor here and press Enter to create a new paragraph.
Separating Paragraphs
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We can further create a separation between paragraphs.
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If you like, you can stretch the text area
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and the text will be adjusted to the new size.
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We close with this button or by double clicking outside.
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The text will behave like a single entity.
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Let’s for example use the “MOVE” command,
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Ares Commander 2015 lets you add fractions and tolerances as part of the text.
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For this we use the command “NOTE”.
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We define the area where you place the text.
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To write the diameter symbol, we can combine the keys SHIFT
Adding Symbols
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and twice the % symbol, followed by the letter C.
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For the program we add the “PHI” symbol.
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Or we can use the drop-down menu
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where we have the options diameter, degree and even the +/- symbol,
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among other options.
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If we add a fraction, we can just write it this way.
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When we press the space key, the dialog box “AutoStack Defaults” opens.
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It allows us to define the look of this fraction.
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We can choose between horizontal or diagonal.
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If we want to change it, we can double click on the fraction
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and in the “STACK PROPERTIES” dialog we can change the values or the appearance of the fraction.
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We can, for example, choose the horizontal option, as we can see in the preview.
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We may change the scale of these numbers
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and even change the vertical position with respect to the text.
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If we want to add a tolerance
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we can select this fraction with double click.
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We select the type and then change the upper and lower values.
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If, at some point, we need to remove the “fractional” appearance or a tolerance we have in a text,
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we can select …
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… and then click this button.
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If we write two numbers separated by this symbol
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and press the space key,
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this dialog opens where you can define the appearance of tolerances.
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There are many options offered by ARES Commander 2015 to create and edit texts.
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To learn about them in depth we can use the “HELP” icon here.
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We will find step by step all the options offered by the software.
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