{"id":10620,"date":"2020-07-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=10620"},"modified":"2020-07-17T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T00:09:32","slug":"how-to-translate-pdf-shx-into-mtext","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/how-to-translate-pdf-shx-into-mtext\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Translate PDF SHX Into Mtext"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a recent article<\/a>, I discussed the power of importing vector-based PDF files into AutoCAD. However, there can be one minor challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TrueType<\/a> fonts import fine, but SHX<\/a> fonts do not\u2014they come in as individual polyline segments. If you find yourself in this situation, you\u2019ll need to perform a secondary step to turn the \u201cvisual fidelity\u201d version into a real font. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"TrueType<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The tools you\u2019ll need can be found nestled snugly next to the PDF Import<\/a> command. You can start with either, as you can get to the Settings from the Recognize command<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"AutoCAD<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll start with the recognition command, also available from the command line as PDFSHXTEXT<\/a>. You\u2019ll be prompted to Select Objects, but you can also call up the Settings Dialog from either the Command Line<\/a>, the Dynamic Input<\/a> tool, or from the right click Popup Menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PDF<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PDF Text Recognition Settings Dialog Box<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PDF Text Recognition Settings dialog box<\/a> looks busy, but it\u2019s really not. The most important thing about it is the \u201cSHX fonts to compare\u201d panel in the upper left. Now, if you know for sure what font you\u2019re searching to find, your job just got easier. For example, maybe it\u2019s a drawing from your office that uses your company standard of Simplex. Tick Simplex only in this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re unsure what font was used or maybe there\u2019s a mixture, select those that you want to compare. Finally, if you have no idea what you\u2019re searching for, you can tick the \u201cUse best matching font\u201d box, and the program will do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may note the that the light bulb info is telling you that this is the most important part of the settings. If the font you\u2019re looking for is not in the box, just use the Add button. Also, the order is important. In this example, the tool will first search for Simplex, then Romans, Txt, and finally Isocp. There are buttons on the right side of the compare panel to allow you to reorder the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, there is a slider to adjust the Recognition Threshold, but I suggest leaving it at its default of 95 for best performance. As usual, your mileage may vary, so if you need to throttle it back, feel free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, there is a preview box, which will let you see what the highlighted font in the compare box looks like. You may want to type in some example text from your drawing to see how it compares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Text<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now that you have the recognition settings made, click OK to dismiss the dialog, and you can proceed to selecting your text. If you take nothing else from this post, please remember this: avoid the temptation to zoom extents and dragging a crossing selection box across the whole drawing. You won\u2019t like the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, zoom into an area and select smaller groups of “text.” In a way, this tool is a lot like you, in that it\u2019s easier for you to recognize a font if you\u2019re zoomed in and can see it in detail, as opposed to seeing as a spot of colored pixels from far away. Yes, it will make the process more tedious, but you\u2019ll quickly develop a workflow, and in the end, you\u2019ll get better results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, once you select your objects and hit Enter, the tool will do its comparison and translation, then prompt you with some information about what it did. Please take the time to read it. If it failed on something, you\u2019ll need to know, and as I\u2019ve said, you can\u2019t always tell if what you\u2019re looking at is front a font, or a bunch of polylines masquerading as text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our simple example we see that 1 of 1 groups were converted to Mtext by using Simplex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"SHX<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Little More to Think About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More than likely, you\u2019ll find yourself needing to convert the newly translated single lines of Mtext into a single Mtext object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this, you\u2019ll use the other tool found in the Import panel called Combine Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Simply select the individual lines, and this tool will convert it into one Mtext object.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully this article and the previous article on how to import a PDF <\/a>has made you consider using PDF Import the next time you need to turn a vector-based PDF into AutoCAD geometry. If you do, and if you\u2019re on team SHX, now you know how to handle the polyline representations it creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so many variables from within a PDF, sometimes the results aren\u2019t perfect. But if you understand the limitations going in, your eventual outcome will be better. In any case, it\u2019s much better than re-creating an entire drawing on top of a PDF Underlay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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