is there a way to have these show in capitals?
In architectural drawings, EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE IN CAPITALS.
Any ideas or suggestions
We are a college and we are on 2018 educational
Thanks in advance for your help
"Information Stamps"
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Kevin Rabenaldt
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Posted 18 March 2019 - 10:07 AM
There was a discussion on the subject of all capitals on our drawings. While it may be taught that way, in practice, all capitals are not always used. I personally prefer a mixture, using all caps and capitalizing the first letter in some instances, just depending on what is noted. IMO, all caps are hard to read.
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Posted 18 March 2019 - 10:24 AM
I agree with Kevin, I've been drawing for 45 years with a variety of companies from Architects to Builders and have NEVER used all caps. I normally use "Sentence case" - and the new text adjustment in 2020 should also include Sentence case - and ONLY ever use ALL CAPITALS to emphasize something.
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Posted 18 March 2019 - 12:33 PM
Thank you Keith & Kevin for your valuable feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to post a reply.
I guess I am old school. I am an Architect and have been doing this for 35 years and I have been using Softplan for over 23 years. I now teach Architecture and practice on the side.
I go by the AIA standards. ALL CAPS. With the Information Stamps option, it displays it as you enter it (i.e. names, and project) but only the dates/days is I have no control on it. Not a big deal, but as a professor, I like to be consistent.
I guess in the dates/days I need to make an exception and blame the software or make the students enter it as a note and not Info. Stamp entry.
Thanks again.
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Posted 19 March 2019 - 10:15 AM
2020 is still in pre-release ...
Date and time is not a Softplan function, so you can't blame the software. The Date and Time format is pulled directly from the windows system options.
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