Fonts & drawing checks

Mongolian layer and font

Chinese drawings often use fonts that have no Cyrillic letters, so Mongolian can show as ??? or boxes. Translation already switches translated text to a Unicode font. To make a whole drawing consistent, type MNFORMAT in the translated copy: it moves every text object to layer CMN_MONGOLIAN_TEXT and text style CMN_MONGOLIAN (Arial), and removes inline Chinese font codes, without changing position, height, rotation or alignment. Locked layers are unlocked for the change and locked again.

Text on frozen or switched-off layers becomes visible once it is on CMN_MONGOLIAN_TEXT. Freeze that layer, or use MNFORMAT's Selected option, if that matters on your sheet.

Before the sheet goes out

Type MNREVIEW on the translated copy. It writes a report beside the drawing listing anything suspicious: a lost number, a lost tag code, Chinese still left in, a word that disagrees with the glossary, or text that may be too long for its space. It changes nothing.

Deal with every error row before issuing. Then compare the copy against the original with your own eyes: Mongolian is usually longer than the Chinese it replaces and can run over its space. Nothing measures that for you.