ReMark Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 My first look and it's like WTH! Was the person on an acid trip when they created the drawing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 It doesn't seem to work Dadgad. Intrigued, but I can;t stop to play with it. I used MATCHPROP in my image post, then 3DROTATEd it on the Y axis. I like that when you double click it to edit it, it flips around to the current UCS while editing. This is a system variable I know, but I have never watched it 3D rotate to edit, it is usually just a 2D rotation to horizontal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 "If" you can figure out a method to select all the "flipped" texts, Turn them into a block, change the blocks Z scale to -1, then explode the block. The MTexts will still be in their original locations, but will now have a positive Z normal direction, so TORIENT should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 A few different issues for sure. Text all created on the 0 layer, in 2 different UCS. It can be 3DROTATEd on the Y axis, and then ROTATEd by 180 degrees, but the other text with the normal orientation is then reversed. Too bad the miscreant in question didn't think to use different layers for the UCS dependent text, or even different colors or some other property which would make it easier to filter them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The method I used on the first test drawing was OK for a single line of text or even a small amount of text (say half a dozen instances) but it would be too time consuming to use for a drawing with the amount of text shown in the second test drawing that was posted. And I have to agree with Dadgad re: use of layers or different colors, etc. in terms of making the drawing easier to work on. For the moment I am stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I rarely go this far into the FILTER dialog menu, although I love the command, and have a bunch of saved filters I use regularly. Digging down into the TEXT attributes you can find the NORMAL VECTOR as shown in the image, so they could be filtered out into 2 different sets and acted upon independently in that way, which would be a giant step in a virtual direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 FILTER totally worked 1) Select all the texts 2) Apply FILTER for negative Z vector 3) BMAKE to turn the entire selection into a block 4) Change the block Z scale to -1 5) Explode the Block 6) TORIENT all the MTexts (most readable) Text-All.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 FILTER totally worked 1) Select all the texts 2) Apply FILTER for negative Z vector 3) BMAKE to turn the entire selection into a block 4) Change the block Z scale to -1 5) Explode the Block 6) TORIENT all the MTexts (most readable) Masterfully done nestly! Thanks, because as I am sitting here avoiding the drawings I need to finish, I knew that it could be done. FILTER is a very powerful command, once you learn how to drive it, and set up and save some standard configurations for whatever kind of work one does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Nice job guys. And there you have it folks. That's why you need to join the CADTutor forum and not one of those other wannabes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 I just xreffed that text in and it is spot on. Thanks everybody for their input, 2 more floors to go. *** CADTutor is the Daddy *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I just xreffed that text in and it is spot on. Thanks everybody for their input, 2 more floors to go. *** CADTutor is the Daddy *** Glad we could help. It just occured to me that should you want to put either of those batches of text on their own layer, the best time would be before you recombined them on the 0 layer, while they are still 2 distinct sets. Should you later want to treat them as sets, rather than separate individual text entities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 FILTER totally worked 1) Select all the texts 2) Apply FILTER for negative Z vector 3) BMAKE to turn the entire selection into a block 4) Change the block Z scale to -1 5) Explode the Block 6) TORIENT all the MTexts (most readable) Sorry to ruin it - How do I Apply FILTER for negative Z vector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Glad we could help. It just occured to me that should you want to put either of those batches of text on their own layer, the best time would be before you recombined them on the 0 layer, while they are still 2 distinct sets. Should you later want to treat them as sets, rather than separate individual text entities. Already done - All layered up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 FILTER is an old old command and not very intuitive demo --> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 You got to love nestly's videos - bloody brilliant. I've never used that command in my life - Looks old and great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 You got to love nestly's videos - bloody brilliant. I've never used that command in my life - Looks old and great. nestly is the Bertolucci of camtasia CAD solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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