text in linetype

Is there any way to force the color of text that is part of a linetype regardless of what layer it is on?

I am creating a bunch of linetypes for use on P&ID drawings;---- LPS ----, ---- HWS ----, etc....

example:

*LOW_PRESSURE_STEAM, ---- LPS ---- LPS ---- LPS
A,3,-.2,["LPS", ROMANS-NORMAL,S=.1,R=0.0,X=-0.1,Y=-0.05],-.3

I am modifying the acad.lin to include linetypes that have 2 or 3 letter abbreviations repeated in them. I want to force the text to always be red, even though the layers that the lines are on aren't red.

Is this possible to do?

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

 

not really.

is the intent just for display purposes, or are you trying to get the text
to plot with a different lineweight than the linework?

 

Yes.

Some of the lines used in our P&ID's are on layers that have heavy (0.0256) lineweights. All of the text on our drawings is 0.0059 in weight. We want the linetype text to mach all of the other text located in the drawing. If the text contained within the complex linetype is 0.0256, it will not plot out properly and in some cases is not legible.

 

explore using true type fonts instead. they will always plot with same
"weight", irregardless of color.

 

You could put the text into little drawing files, with the color you want
explicitly assigned to the text, and make the complex linetypes use those
drawings as blocks, instead of using text.
--
Kent Cooper, AIA

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