When you build a plan view drawing, you may need to add text for purposes such as:
Providing notes about the design to reviewers and customers
Adding room dimensions to the floor plan if it does not already include them
Adding the company website and contact details so that when the drawing is downloaded, it is watermarked
Adding legends to explain the symbols, numbers, and other custom terminology
Add text
You can add the following types of text:
Plain text: Comes with minimal text formatting functionality
Rich text: Comes with advanced text formatting functionality and options to add hyperlinks and emojis
Plain text
To add plain text:
1/ Open the drawing in Drawing Manager.
2/ Click the "Text" icon on the toolbar and click "Plain text."
3/ Click a spot in the drawing where you want to add text.
4/ Type in the text in the text box and click outside the box.
By default, the text in the box is Normal and Black.
Rich text
To add rich text:
1/ Open the drawing in Drawing Manager.
2/ Click the "Text" icon on the toolbar and click "Rich text."
3/ Click a spot in the drawing where you want to add text.
You'll see the Add Text editor, which lets you add text. All formatting and text-enrichment options are listed at the top of the editor. You can hover over the options to see what they do.
4/ When you have added all the text, click "Save," and the text box is added to the drawing.
Here is a screenshot showing the results of using the different editor options.
The maximum number of rich text characters you can add to a text box is 4,000.
Handle plain text
Change text color | Select the box, click "A" in the contextual menu, and select the new color from the palette.  |
Bolden text | Select the box and click "B" in the contextual menu. |
Italicize text | Select the box and click "I" in the contextual menu. |
Resize text | Select the box, hold any vertex, and move it outward to increase the text size or inward to decrease it.
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Move text box | Select the box, drag it, and drop it where you want. |
Rotate text box | Select the box, point at the circular dot above it, and rotate it clockwise or anticlockwise.
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Delete text box | Select the box and click the "Delete" icon in the contextual menu. |
Handle rich text
Paste text | Copy HTML-formatted text from a website, email, or other digital media and paste it into the rich text editor. |
Edit text | Select the box and click the "Edit" icon in the contextual menu. |
Move text box | Select the box, drag it, and drop it to the desired position. |
Rotate text box | Select the box, point at the circular dot above it, and rotate it clockwise or anticlockwise. |
Delete text box | Select the box and click the "Delete" icon in the contextual menu. |