kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I'm trying to arctext at the top and bottom of a circle. I've made a break in the circle, creating two arcs, and added text at the top and bottom of the circle. I have no problem exploding the text at the top of the circle but cannot explode the text at the bottom of the circle without making the text backwards. how do I explode text at the bottom of an arc while maintaining the orientation of the text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 i'm using autocad 2000 btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 It is annoying with the text not staying as you would want it. All the individual letters could be rotated by 180°, if you had a suitable lisp. Another fairly painless solution is to create a new text style, using the same font, but apply the effects 'Upside down' and 'Backwards'. Then change all the exploded text to this new Text Style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 can you use multiple MIRROR to get it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 thanks for the quick replies but I still am having trouble with it. eldon I did the upside down and backwards text and it worked but did not explode correctly. I attached a picture of what the text does at the bottom of my circle once I explode it. Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I changed the text style after it was exploded. Perhaps that makes a difference. I must experiment a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 It worked for me if the style change is done to the exploded text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 that actually helped a lot eldon. I finally got it to work by arctext in standard font, then exploding, then changing the style and rotation of each letter from the properties screen. thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 how are you making the style change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I set up the backward and Upside down style previously. Highlighted the required text only, and then changed the Style by scrolling down and picking the new style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Oops, I need not have set up the extra style, I can just change the letters at the Properties window for Backwards and Upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkennedy Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I did that but it distorted the text after doing an explode text. I got it to work the other way though. I have to have the text exploded cause I need to cut the letters out on a plasma machine. The machine will only accept text that has been exploded as I did on the part of my drawing that says '4 wheel'. all in all I was able to get what I needed. thanks for all your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V10 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I faced the same issue. I had to select "Yes" for both "Upside down" and "Backward" options in the Misc properties to overcome the issue and explode the text. I am using Autocad 2016 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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