![bricscad text background mask bricscad text background mask](https://blog.bricsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/background_colour.png)
![bricscad text background mask bricscad text background mask](https://jtbworld.com/jtb_batchattedit/jtb_batchattedit_2.5.png)
Complete the symbol by typing the block command to create your new block. Of course you can select an alternate color if that is preferred.Īlmost done. Right-click on the attribute (text) and select background mask from the menu as shown in Figure 3.Īpply a background mask and select Use drawing backgrond color as shown in Figure 4.
![bricscad text background mask bricscad text background mask](https://jtbworld.com/download/mtext_line_space_style/mtext.png)
You will now be taken to the text formatting editor. Double-click the attribute (text) and then click the ellipsis (…) as shown. Your geometry should look like what is shown in Figure 2. Yes, you can do that but we need to start with the basic symbol to see how the mask works. Note: we are not going to click the annotative button for this example. Type ATTDEF at the command prompt and enter the data as shown below. Next we are going to create an attribute but this time we are going to check the box for multiline text as shown in Figure 1. Make sure this object is exploded as we are going to create a block. We are going to use a standard boring symbol location as shown below. There is a solution. We want to take one of our standard symbols and create a new block. Have you ever moved a block attribute (text) around to an area that is open and you have no lines or objects crossing the text? I bet some of you have even trimmed the area to the block or created a wipeout to mask out behind the text and/or the symbol.