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'BUILDING *' all objects with the parent name BUILDING will be written to the macro, irrespective of their object names. If you type '* WINDOW all objects with the name WINDOW will be written to the macro, irrespective of their parent names. Once you have selected which objects you want written to the macro file, click on the [OK] button or press [Enter].

The standard Windows file dialog box is displayed. Enter a name for the macro file and click on the [OK] button. The message "Writing Macro File" will appear in the Prompt Area. When the macro file has been written, an information box telling you that the macro file has been written appears. Click on [OK].

Export Text

Exports text from the current drawing as an ASCII file

If text is not horizontal it will not transfer properly.

You can also export text by using the Edit ► Cut or Edit ► Copy functions to copy text onto the Clipboard, from where it can be pasted into other Windows applications.

The standard Windows file dialog box is displayed. Type a name for your ASCII file, then click on OK.

AllyCAD will prompt:

Enclose text that should go to file

Draw a polygon around the text you want to export into the ASCII file. Once you have enclosed the text, AllyCAD will write the ASCII file. When it has written it, the message

Text File Written

will appear in the prompt area. All text items at the same horizontal position will be combined in the same line of the ASCII file with spaces separating the items.

If you have enclosed several pieces of text in the polygon, the order in which these will appear in the ASCII file is dependent on their position in the drawing. The topmost text item will be transferred to the file first, followed by the second top-most item, etc.

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