Automatic Text Numbering

Automatic Text Numbering

GstarCAD 2021 → User Guide → Express tool → Text tools

Automatic Text Numbering

Adds sequential numbering to text objects. The numbering can appear as a prefix, suffix or replacement text.After selecting one or multiple texts, you can set the text sorting method, the starting number and increment of text sorting and generated numbers placement mode.

Menu: Text >Automatic Text Numbering

Command Entry: TCOUNT

Operation steps:

  1. Start the command.

  2. Select TEXT, MTEXT or ATTDEF objects:

  3. Sort selected objects by [X/Y/Select-order] 

X:Places numbers by increasing the x-coordinate value of the selected text. 
Y:Places numbers by decreasing the y-coordinate value of the selected text. 
Select-order: Places numbers according to the order in which the text was selected.

After specifying the method of order, the following prompts will be displayed in the command line:

  1. Specify starting number and increment (Start increment) <1,1>: Enter the starting number and increment, separated by a comma, or press ENTER

Note:Negative increments (decrements) are supported. Precede decrements with a minus sign.

  1. Specify the placement of numbers in text [Overwrite/Prefix/Suffix/Find&replace..] < Prefix>:, Enter an option or press ENTER

Overwrite**:** Replaces selected text strings with numbers

Prefix**:** Adds the number as a prefix to text

Suffix: Adds the number as a suffix to text

Find&replace: Replaces a user specified text string with a number

Usage Example:

1.Starting number = 1, increment = 1 added as prefix:

2.Starting number = 20, increment = -10 added as suffix:

3.Starting number = 2, increment = 2, Overwrite:

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