freek Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Hello community! My love for this forum keeps growing, so here I am again. Today's issue... I made a custom line type called EX (for existing pipes) which looks a little bit like this: - - - EX - - - EX - - - EX - - - Line works great when I draw from left to right. However, when I draw a line from RIGHT to LEFT, the text displays upside down a little bit like this: - - - X3 - - - X3 - - - X3 - - - ("3" representing the mirror image of "E") Same applies when drawing from bottom to top, or top to bottom. I totally understand the behavior here, and TBH I think it's OK it behaves that way. But some people at work blablabla... (you know the drill). Let's say I'm drawing existing water pipes going in all directions with a polyline. Is there a way to make the text display upward no matter what direction the pline is going? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I understand that in 2011 you have the option to set linetype text to Upright, Relative, and Absolute angles. I don't know how to set it since I don't have 2011 yet. Before 2011, the only way I knew of to fix it was to reverse the lines. For polylines, there's a LISP routine. For lines, I rotate them around the midpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freek Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 I understand that in 2011 you have the option to set linetype text to Upright, Relative, and Absolute angles. You are absolutely right about that. I will further investigate, but I'm pretty sure you just put the finger on it! I'll let you guys know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freek Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thanks CyberAngel, Instead of setting the rotation parameter to "R=0", all I had to do was use "A=0" instead. R = relative A = absolute Cadtutor : 3 Internets : 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freek Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 I made this line: *EX,EX line ----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX-- A,12.7,-5.08,["EX",STANDARD,S=2.54,R=0,X=-2.54,Y=-1.27],-6.35 It displays fine as it is, but the text is rotated depending on what direction I'm drawing (as I was explaining earlier). I tried to replace "R=0" for "A=0" *EX,EX line ----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX-- A,12.7,-5.08,["EX",STANDARD,S=2.54,A=0,X=-2.54,Y=-1.27],-6.35 in order to have my text stay upward no matter what direction I'm drawing. Although it's working, I can find a good combination of X and Y offsets that would keep my text centered with the line. I'm starting to wonder if it's possible at all because right now I feel I'm just wasting my time Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 New for release 2011, try the Reverse command after drawing the lines where they go. Maybe it was added in 2010, not sure now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freek Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thread is dead, but I have found that in Autocad 2011, there's a new parameter called "U" that can replace the "R" in the bracket section of the line definition. The following line... *EX,[G] Existant à conserver ----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX-- A,2,-.254,["EX",STANDARD,S=.127,U=0,X=-.127,Y=-.0635],-.2 ...will always display text UPWARDS/in a readable direction. Try it and adopt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thread is dead, but I have found that in Autocad 2011, there's a new parameter called "U" that can replace the "R" in the bracket section of the line definition. The following line... *EX,[G] Existant à conserver ----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX----EX-- A,2,-.254,["EX",STANDARD,S=.127,U=0,X=-.127,Y=-.0635],-.2 ...will always display text UPWARDS/in a readable direction. Try it and adopt it Thanks, sounds handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCD31 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I know this is an old thread but maybe someone can help. I'm using C3D 2012 and using ---W---W---W--- as the linetype for an existing water pipe (as in actual pipe network pipe). I set the linetype within the pipe style which is fine but it comes in upside down. I've tried R=0, U=0 and A=0. Any other ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'm using C3D 2012 and using ---W---W---W--- as the linetype for an existing water pipe (as in actual pipe network pipe). I set the linetype within the pipe style which is fine but it comes in upside down. I've tried R=0, U=0 and A=0. Any other ideas?? Interesting. Have you tried reversing the flow direction of the pipe object? C3D may draw the pipe based on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCD31 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I have, didn't seem to work. The work around is to creat a new pipe style with an upside down linetype. I found this thread: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/Reverse-Pipe-linetype/td-p/2181733 I don't like work arounds, I'd rather just have things work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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