Make RText

GstarCAD 2026 → User Guide → Express Tools → Text Tools

We can use RText function to display the content of a text file or the calculation results of a DIESEL expression in the drawing.

Operation steps:

Start the command and command line prompts as below.

Options:

Style**:** Select a text style.

Height**:** Specify a text height.

Rotation**:** Specify a rotation value.

File: Use an external text file.

Diesel**:** Use DIESEL code.

2.Capital letters "S", "H" or "R" are used to set text style, text height, text rotation; If you enter "F", a dialog box will pop up and you can select a text file(*.txt) as RText display object. While the content of text file is changing, the RText is also changing automatically; If you select "Diesel" and a dialog box will pop up as below, the calculation results of a DIESEL expression can be displayed in the drawing.

3.Input Diesel expression, here for example we input $(getvar, "dwgprefix")$ (getvar, "dwgname") as shown below. The expression means to get current path.

4.Select insertion point to insert RText object.

5.Finish creating RText object.