Trae33 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I been trying to figure out a way to make my Annotative Text to be vertical. I need them for Ductwork plans at work and they seem to be locked on horizontal some how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Try creating a new style and under Effects put a checkmark in the Vertical box. Use this style for vertical text only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae33 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 It does not allow me to check the Vertical box as an option. (faded) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 It could very well be the font you are trying to use does not support vertical text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Is this in MEP or AutoCAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 "Vertical", as in a stacked effect, or "Vertical" as in rotated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae33 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 ReMark- Yes you are right, I am able to for Roman Font. But my company uses Arial. SLW- AutoCad MEP nestly- Vertical as in rotated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Vertical as in rotated There is a checkbox in the Text Style dialog box right under the Annotative checkbox --> Match text orientation to layout There is also a property in the Property Palette for annotative objects so you can override the style setting --> Match orientation to layout Either/both of these will force the text to be remain horizontal relative to the UCS for the viewport/layout regardless of the "rotation" property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae33 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hey guys I figured it out. Nestly I did try that before, still didnt work. But gave me an idea. I use a non annotative text, made it vertical. Then went to property palette, changed annotative to Yes. The down side is I have to copy to do it over and over. But will save time since I have to use different scaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I assumed everyone knew how to create vertical text all the while thinking you wanted stacked text (Vertical in the Text Style box). My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 In plain Autocad you just rotate the Text to 90 degrees. It's an option right after you pick the insertion point. Is it not the same in MEP? Then you could select all the text and go to properties and put 90 degrees in the Rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hey guys I figured it out. Nestly I did try that before, still didnt work. But gave me an idea. I use a non annotative text, made it vertical. Then went to property palette, changed annotative to Yes. The down side is I have to copy to do it over and over. But will save time since I have to use different scaling. If you're satisfied with that solution, that's OK, but I'd still be interested in taking a look at the drawing (or a sample drawing) to try to figure out what's really going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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