Simple text

This command can be used to enter any text. This text is not taken into consideration by the automatic functions. You can change the size of the text, rotate it (0°, 90°) and place it in any position. This can also be done later on. The length of the text is restricted to 100 characters. The text can be marked as invisible by an ! (exclamation mark) placed in front, i.e. although the text is present on the drawing, it is not displayed. In order to make these texts visible or editable, you can activate the option Reveal all under Parameters / Options.  

If the escape sequence \n is entered at the word wrap, the text can be displayed on several lines. The text, however, is always displayed on a single-line in the input line.

Example            Wor\nd wr\nap

end up as:

Wor
d wr
ap

Hint

Misalignment shifts the text a few points upwards and to the right but only with the grid function switched on.

You can configure the font to be used for displaying the General text, but only TrueType Fonts with fixed character separation can be used. If the capabilities of the text configuration (size and font) are not sufficient for you, use Free text (see next section). However, General text is simpler to handle, faster in screen layout and requires less storage space.

Switch fonts 

Another font can be selected under Parameters / Fonts. The change will affect all general type texts on the circuit diagrams.

Automatic pre-assignment of text parameters 

When entering General text and line name, the size and direction as well as the angle of rotation of the last entry or change is used as a pre-assignment.