Cadvance Text Widgets
 

What are text widgets?

Cadvance Widgets are smart text objects that can be used with all versions of Cadvance beginning with 99 to the present version to manage a variety of tasks.

 

Why are text widgets different?

Standard Cadvance text can only be used to print a labels in a drawing. Truetype fonts can also do the same with the the ability to display a variety of fonts. A text widget is CAD text that can do a lot more than either one by itself.

 

What a text widget can do for text.

Display text as labels, background objects are blanked out around text.

Open web pages on the Intranet as well as the Internet

Execute macros or start other applications

Open drawings to view or edit

Show the plot scale

Display Date/Time stamps

Drawing name stamp


Location datum stamp provides the absolute coordinates of a point in a drawing.


Text Widget Features:

Boxed Text

Underlined Text

Transparent or opaque backgrounds

Text backgrounds can have colors also



Clicking on a Text Widget will allow you to:

Open web pages on the Intranet and the Internet

Execute macros

Start other applications

Open drawings to view or edit


Basics

Caption Text

Action

Browse Files Button

URL


Text options

Font Name

Text Size

Text Color

Underline

Bold Text

Text Justification


Boxes

Draw Box

Box Color

Box Weight

Border Factor

Fill Box

Fill Color


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