Roatating in viewports [Archive]

spoongirl

25th Jun 2008, 01:46 pm

Hi,

I'm currently using AutoCAD 2006 I have a drawing which is long diagonally across the screen and want to able to print landscape from the layout (paperspace), to the biggest scale possible.

Could anyone tell me how to rotate the plan in paperspace without rotating it in model space. (It is georeference and I don't really want to rotate the original). I'm sure I've seen this done before.

Be v. grateful for quick response.

SG

lpseifert

25th Jun 2008, 01:54 pm

Make sure the Viewport is unlocked...
UCS > Z > enter rotation angle > Plan (reset viewport scale). or
UCS > E > pick entity to align UCS > Plan. or
Dview > Twist > Plan. or
Mvsetup > Align > Rotate

filan1a

25th Jun 2008, 02:01 pm

Hi,

I'm currently using AutoCAD 2006 I have a drawing which is long diagonally across the screen and want to able to print landscape from the layout (paperspace), to the biggest scale possible.

Could anyone tell me how to rotate the plan in paperspace without rotating it in model space. (It is georeference and I don't really want to rotate the original). I'm sure I've seen this done before.

Be v. grateful for quick response.

SG

You can use UCS to rotate the view around Z-axis, use help (F1) if you haven't used this before. :wink:

spoongirl

25th Jun 2008, 02:05 pm

Thanks suggestion three seems to have done the trick!

SG

chulse

25th Jun 2008, 02:13 pm

I love that there are so many ways to get the same basic result... :)

matt41129

27th Jun 2008, 01:24 pm

I Always used the Mvsetup cmd method metioned. It is amazing that there are alot of diffrent ways to get the same result.

kc27315

30th Jun 2008, 07:27 pm

I use (Express / Layout Tools / Align Space) to scale, rotate, and translate all in one. It works great with only one step.

kc

GOJF4I

21st Jul 2008, 06:12 pm

I am just glad that I am not the only one that has had problems with this :)

GDog

30th Jul 2008, 01:35 pm

Thanks KC27315, that made it a 'snap'. No pun intended.

kc27315

31st Jul 2008, 10:38 pm

you bet! :)

rustysilo

1st Aug 2008, 02:59 am

My preference has always been DVIEW > TWIST, however I am not familiar with the Express > Layout Tools > Align Space. I may have to throw that wrench in the spokes and see what result I get.

Thanks kc!