ATTRIB

100

Subclass marker (AcDbText)

39

Thickness (optional; default = 0)

10

Text start point (in OCS)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D point

20, 30

DXF: Y and Z values of text start point (in OCS)

40

Text height

1

Default value (string)

100

Subclass marker (AcDbAttribute)

2

Attribute tag (string; cannot contain spaces)

70

Attribute flags:

1 = Attribute is invisible (does not appear)

2 = This is a constant attribute

4 = Verification is required on input of this attribute

8 = Attribute is preset (no prompt during insertion)

73

Field length (optional; default = 0) (not currently used)

50

Text rotation (optional; default = 0)

41

Relative X scale factor (width) (optional; default = 1). This value is also adjusted when fit-type text is used

51

Oblique angle (optional; default = 0)

7

Text style name (optional; default = STANDARD)

71

Text generation flags (optional; default = 0). See TEXT group codes

72

Horizontal text justification type (optional; default = 0). See TEXT group codes

74

Vertical text justification type (optional; default = 0). See group code 73 inTEXT

11

Alignment point (in OCS) (optional)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D point

Present only if 72 or 74 group is present and nonzero

21, 31

DXF: Y and Z values of alignment point (in OCS) (optional)

210

Extrusion direction. Present only if the entity's extrusion direction is not parallel to the WCS Z axis (optional; default = 0, 0, 1)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D vector

220, 230

DXF: Y and Z values of extrusion direction (optional)

280

Lock position flag. Locks the position of the attribute within the block reference

100

Subclass marker (AcDbXrecord)

280

Duplicate record cloning flag (determines how to merge duplicate entries):

1 = Keep existing

70

MText flag:

2 = multiline attribute

4 = constant multiline attribute definition

70

isReallyLocked flag:

0 = unlocked

1 = locked

70

Number of secondary attributes or attribute definitions

340

Hard-pointer id of secondary attribute(s) or attribute definition(s)

10

Alignment point of attribute or attribute definition

DXF: X value; APP: 3D point

20,30

DXF: Y and Z values of insertion point

40

current annotation scale

2

attribute or attribute definition tag string

0

Entity type (MTEXT)

100

Subclass marker (AcDbEntity)

67

Absent or zero indicates entity is in model space. 1 indicates entity is in paper space (optional)

8

Layer name

100

Subclass marker (AcDbMText)

10

Insertion point

DXF: X value; APP: 3D point

20,30

DXF: Y and Z values of insertion point

40

Nominal (initial) text height

41

Reference rectangle width

46

Defined annotation height

71

Attachment point:

1 = Top left; 2 = Top center; 3 = Top right

4 = Middle left; 5 = Middle center; 6 = Middle right

7 = Bottom left; 8 = Bottom center; 9 = Bottom right

72

Drawing direction:

1 = Left to right

3 = Top to bottom

5 = By style (the flow direction is inherited from the associated text style)

1

Text string

If the text string is less than 250 characters, all characters appear in group 1. If the text string is greater than 250 characters, the string is divided into 250-character chunks, which appear in one or more group 3 codes. If group 3 codes are used, the last group is a group 1 and has fewer than 250 characters.

3

Additional text (always in 250-character chunks) (optional)

7

DXF: X value; APP: 3D vectText style name (STANDARD if not provided) (optional)

210

Extrusion direction (optional; default = 0, 0, 1)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D vector

220,230

DXF: Y and Z values of extrusion direction (optional)

11

X-axis direction vector (in WCS)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D vector

21,31

DXF: Y and Z values of X-axis direction vector (in WCS)

42

Horizontal width of the characters that make up the mtext entity.

This value will always be equal to or less than the value of group code 41 (read-only, ignored if supplied).

43

Vertical height of the mtext entity (read-only, ignored if supplied)

50

Rotation angle in radians

73

Mtext line spacing style (optional):

1 = At least (taller characters will override)

2 = Exact (taller characters will not override)

44

Mtext line spacing factor (optional):

Percentage of default (3-on-5) line spacing to be applied.

Valid values range from 0.25 to 4.00

90

Background fill setting:

0 = Background fill off

1 = Use background fill color

2 = Use drawing window color as background fill color

63

Background color (if color index number)

420-429

Background color (if RGB color)

430-439

Background color (if color name)

45

Fill box scale (optional):

Determines how much border is around the text.

63

Background fill color (optional):

Color to use for background fill when group code 90 is 1.

441