topic Re: Edit or copy autotext content in Documentation

Edit or copy autotext content

Krispaco — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:17:26 GMT

I'm wondering is there a way to generate autotext and be able to copy or convert the contents to regular text from it?
For example, I have created a text/autotext label that I can use to quickly generate and document a detail drawing, but in some of those labels I would like to edit the contents only slightly. Is there a way to copy or convert just the actual contents of the autotext to regular text, not copy the prompt itself.

Operating system used: Windows 27

Re: Edit or copy autotext content

CosminF — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:31:56 GMT

Hi,

You can right click on the label and Convert to independent label. This way everything that was auto-text is "flattened" to just the text.
That way you can easily edit it.

However, be mindful that doing this you might run into two issues:

1. If you use the grab properties function (pipette) from that label, it won't know which autotext has been used. and having similar-looking labels, ones with autotexts, others without might be confusing.

2. You will edit an independent label content, not the actual property that autotext brings in. Lets say you have an element ID for an object, named A. If you change the label to independent and make that B, the actual element id for the object will still be A (and you might forget that, since the label says B).

Hope this helps

Re: Edit or copy autotext content

Krispaco — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:11:29 GMT

Thanks. That was exactly what I was looking for. Works perfectly in my case, because I'm not trying to change anything globally, just expanding some information in a detail drawing. This way I can quickly generate labels with building material autotext and edit them where I need to.