LinceCAD TEXTALIGN — Align text
Aligns texts with another text or with two points.
- Command:
TEXTALIGN· Global name:_TEXTALIGN· Alias:TA - Ribbon: Annotate › Text
Aligns several texts (single-line or multiline) with a reference text or with a line through two points, like AutoCAD 2027 TEXTALIGN.
Use
- Type TEXTALIGN.
- Select the texts to align and press Enter.
Select text objects to align [alIgnment/Options]:
- Select the reference text (or Points and two points of the line).
Select text object to align to [Points]:
- Pick the second point: it gives the direction of the alignment line.
Pick second point or [Options]:
Options
- alIgnment: the point of each text that is aligned: Left, Center or Right (at the bottom) or one of the nine (TL, TC, TR, ML, MC, MR, BL, BC, BR). It is taken from the ink box of the text.
- Options (spacing mode): Distribute spreads them evenly between the reference text and the second point; Set spacing leaves that space between the text boxes along the line; Current vertical keeps their Y and moves them onto the line; current Horizontal keeps their X.
Notes
- The alignment and the mode are remembered for the next time, as in AutoCAD.
- The texts are moved; their justification and rotation do not change.