MText entities not visible in AutoCAD unless FLATTEN command is used

[bayramakgul]

Hello,

I am currently using AcadSharp to generate a simple DWG drawing that contains two MText entities and one Line entity. The code executes successfully and creates the DWG file without any errors. However, when I open the file in AutoCAD, I can only see the line — the MText objects are not visible.

Interestingly, when I run the FLATTEN command in AutoCAD, the MText entities become visible.
This suggests that the issue might be related to their Z position or some other 3D-related property.

Here is the relevant portion of the code I used:

`

// Create a new drawing
CadDocument doc = new CadDocument();
// First MText
MText mtext = new MText
{
    InsertPoint = new CSMath.XYZ(100, 100, 0),
    Value = "Hi!\nthis is a MTEXT example!",
    Height = 10,
    RectangleWidth = 150,
    AttachmentPoint = AttachmentPointType.TopLeft,
    DrawingDirection = DrawingDirectionType.LeftToRight
};
doc.Entities.Add(mtext);

// Second MText with text style
MText text2 = new MText();
var style = doc.TextStyles.First(s => s.Name == "Standard");
if (style != null)
    text2.Style = style;

text2.Value = "This is another \n MTEXT example!";
text2.InsertPoint = new CSMath.XYZ(200, 200, 0);
text2.Height = 10;
text2.RectangleWidth = 200;
text2.Rotation = 0;
text2.LineSpacing = 1;
text2.AttachmentPoint = AttachmentPointType.BottomLeft;
doc.Entities.Add(text2);

// Add a line
doc.Entities.Add(new Line(new CSMath.XYZ(200, 200, 0), new CSMath.XYZ(100, 100, 0)));

// Save the DWG file
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("mtext_sample.dwg", FileMode.Create))
{
    DwgWriter writer = new DwgWriter(fs, doc);
    writer.Write();
}

`

Am I missing something related to the MText configuration or insertion point?
Why are the MText entities not shown initially in AutoCAD, but become visible after using FLATTEN?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[bayramakgul]

The problem was AlignmentPoint. AlignmentPoint represents a 3D direction vector. I missed that.

[DomCR]

Thanks! fixed:

• MText defaults fix #636