Rotate comand in Autocad

I've a question concerning the 'rotate' comand. If you want to help me, please open the .dwg file. Thanks!

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I've a question concerning the 'rotate' comand. If you want to help me, please open the .dwg file. Thanks!

No... I will not open your drawing at this time.

If you'd like some help, then please clearly state the problem you're having, so that we may assist you.

That is fine.

I'm sure someone else will help.

The problem statement is contained in the file - I don't think any amount of words outside the file would fully describe the problem statement next to the actual geometry.

I encourage others to help... I also choose to encourage the OP to clearly state the problem so other may decide if they're willing / able to help without having to download the file just to find out. That's all.

That's fine.

I'm sure someone else will download the file and take a look.

I'll try what maybe the OP should have stated.

"This one is a little difficult to describe without opening the actual file, so open this file and examine the backwards/upside down text.

How do I get it right-reading?"

I've a question concerning the 'rotate' comand. If you want to help me, please open the .dwg file. Thanks!

Select the text (use properties, filter for text) change rotation to zero.

I encourage others to help... I also choose to encourage the OP to clearly state the problem so other may decide if they're willing / able to help without having to download the file just to find out. That's all.

I agree with RenderMan on this one.... possibly a screenshot would have been better... Anyhow... we digress. Rotating the text would achieve the basic the OP wants, however it will mean the text is rotated about the origin / point of alignment. May need to look at how text is aligned. The text rotates better if it is set as 'bottom centre' or 'middle centre' under the justify section of properties.

Ollie

I have a question for the OP.

Is the section of the plan identified as #3 supposed to be a continuation of the section of the plan identified as #2? Note that some elements of each plan section are repeated. Example: "16" and the elevation of 368.45 too.

I’ve just added some screenshots.

I want to know if there is any command in Autocad so that, by selecting all the text (dimensions from R, #3), I could rotate all the elevations at the same time, and they still remain in the same place. I have a very long drowing, with many elevations, which looks like #1 and I want it to look like #2. After the `mirror` command, the drowing looks like #3. How can I rotate all the elevations with only one command, since I want the numbering increasing from left to right (like #2)?

rkent's advice (post #6) doesn't do the trick?

I notice that the text in red (368.12) is actually 368 and .12 so the rotation with properties messes that up. Why is 368.12 two different pieces of text? This is typical for all the red text.

Select the text (use properties, filter for text) change rotation to zero.

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that didn't work for me but you put me in the right direction,

I constantly am rotating devices and the text doesnt rotate with it screwing up allot of my templates....

Changing "Match Orientation" to NO, rotates the text with the templates.

THANK YOU!!!

I’ve just added some screenshots.

I want to know if there is any command in Autocad so that, by selecting all the text (dimensions from R, #3), I could rotate all the elevations at the same time, and they still remain in the same place. I have a very long drowing, with many elevations, which looks like #1 and I want it to look like #2. After the `mirror` command, the drowing looks like #3. How can I rotate all the elevations with only one command, since I want the numbering increasing from left to right (like #2)?

As an aside - I'd just like to thank you for your follow up post, and the screen shots. It makes it really easy for someone to help you.

Cheers!

Sorry but i don't get it!

How can i rotate them with properties?! Maybe it helps me in another situation! Do you mean mirrtext-0 command? Thank you!

Why is 368.12 two different pieces of text? Because my designing software for roads make them like that.

Well it's too bad that the red text, which I assume represents an elevation (blue text represents a distance?) is made up of two parts because there is a "one button" or in this case a "one command" solution to the problem.

Since you are running AutoCAD 2012 I assume you have loaded and are familiar with Express Tools. On the Ribbon click on the Express Tools tab. On the Text panel of that tab find the icon for Modify Text. Click on the down pointing arrow. Find and click on the Rotate Text icon. This will invoke the TORIENT command.

TORIENT

"Rotates text, mtext, and attribute definition objects so that they end up being as close as possible to horizontal or right-read (similar to the behavior of dimension text). Objects are rotated about their middle point in 180-degree increments."

Too bad someone decided to break up the elevation text into two parts. How/why did that happen?

Too bad someone decided to break up the elevation text into two parts. How/why did that happen?

Software writer taking an easy option

I suppose somewhere there is a lisp already written which would join the text into one entity or Mtext?

Makes no sense though. Why write an elevation in two parts?

Yes, I've seen a couple of lisp routines that join text.

Just found and tested a lisp routine called TextJoin and it worked on the elevation text in the OP's drawing.

yes, blue text represents a distance. ReMark, I'm interested if I can rotate them with Autocad. Can you rotate them with CIVIL3D2012? TORIENT is like MIRRTEXT-0 and MIRROR command.

I have no experience with Civil3D.

I'm not familiar with the method rkent has proposed. It may or may not be the best solution. I can offer but one other possible solution; it will, however, require two steps.

Step 1.

Use a lisp routine called TextJoin to join all text that consists of two parts.

Step 2.

Use the Express Tools > Text Rotate (TORIENT) command to then rotate all text.

That is the best I can come up with. I am confident, however, that rkent can walk you through his approach if that is the way you choose to go.

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your help.