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Intergraph Smart 3D Isogen Isometric Drawings

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13.0(2016)

Alternative Text, or AText as it is often called, is a powerful Isogen feature that enables you to easily change or remove any text on the isometric drawing. The feature operates by assigning a unique identification number to each standard text string. The system then refers to this ID number whenever a change is required to the text string that the number represents.

By definition, a standard text string can be a single character, a single word, or a group of words. However, some ATexts are, by default, set to an all-blank word. The total number of separate standard text strings held by the software in this way is in excess of 300.

Identification number format

Because identification numbers are always negative, the numbers must be preceded by a minus sign. For example, AText -249 represents the default word WEST, which is used in the main isometric drawing area.