Text File Also PDF question.

Harvey Hampton

 How do I insert a text file    xxx.txt  into a BricsCad  cad file?    Not as a PDF , but as a text file.

Also when I insert a PDF into a drawing, and plot the drawing as a PDF file, the inserted PDF shows  up sometimes as a blank rectangle.

What might I being doing wrong?

Thanks  H. Hampton.

Roy Klein Gebbinck

Ad #1:
Use Rtexts:
http://www.b-k-g.nl/bkg_rtext.html
Or perhaps this alternative approach based on fields and Lisp variables:
http://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/28218

Harvey Hampton

@Roy Klein Gebbinck:

Ad #1:
Use Rtexts:
http://www.b-k-g.nl/bkg_rtext.html
Or perhaps this alternative approach based on fields and Lisp variables:
http://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/28218

Thanks for your help.

Roy Klein Gebbinck

Thank you for your feedback. Regarding your second issue: I suggest sending in a support request.

Jason Bourhill

@Harvey Hampton:

Also when I insert a PDF into a drawing, and plot the drawing as a PDF file, the inserted PDF shows  up sometimes as a blank rectangle.

Potentially your issue may be related to a bug. Currently the screen background colour will determine whether the PDF will print or not. Export to PDF  is affected in the same way.

For Paperspace Layouts BKGCOLORPS = 7 (white) prints ok, BKGCOLORPS = 256 (black) doesn't.
For Model space BKGCOLOR = 7 (white) prints ok, BKGCOLOR = 256 (black) doesn't.
This issue has been reported in SR 69373.

Regards,

Jason Bourhill

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