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Rotate Text

doug rundell

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Right clicking on drawn text and selecting Rotate Entities will let me rotate the position of the text. How do I rotate the text itself?
 
Hi Doug,

Two possible solutions, as far as I can tell:

1. Convert the text in question into a block, then rotate the block (don't explode it, or the text will revert to its original orientation).

2. Redesign the part so that the text, as presently oriented, is correctly oriented.

- DocSamson
 
Doug,


Draw a construction line in the direction you want, then place the text along that line. This way, the line can be dimensioned/rotated/parametrically moved, and not the text itself. There are options to flip the text about the line as well.


I do not recommend making it a block, try to keep everything as parametric as possible at all times. I believe this is the best practice.


Jim
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