topic Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book in Documentation

Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:22:44 GMT

Dear community,

I am currently stuck with, what should be a simple problem. Below you will find two pictures, the first is how the text of the detail tool appears in my regular plan view, the second picture shows that the text is rotated when I go to my layout book/print sheet of that drawing. This is because the complete drawing has been rotated a few degrees to make it appear better on paper. Question is how can I keep the text of the detail horizontal in my layout/print sheets?

Thanks in advance!

Milan,

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:49:37 GMT

Have you checked this topic? https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=51201
Hope this helps.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:26:29 GMT

Braza wrote:
Have you checked this topic? https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=51201
Hope this helps.

Well, yes and no

Seems like they are facing the same problem: There is no Marker in the built in library that lets you easily adept the angle of the marker manually or set a parameter to always appear horizontal in the layout book. Its really annoying, especially since it should be really easy to incorperate this in such a sophisticated program as Archicad...

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:37:42 GMT

Yes. You will have to use the built-in detail marker or Detail Marker Simple to do the trick.
But you can always create a whish for this here in the Whish List.
Just to make sure GS will get it in their radar.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:47:22 GMT

Well yes, I used those but than it still does not work. Problem is that my layout drawing is angled at 11 degrees to make all the walls come out nice on paper...

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:53:13 GMT

You can create a specific View with 11 degrees rotation (check in the bottom of the Quick View Bar) and place it in your layout.
This way, the Detail Marker will read the rotation of the View and display horizontally according to this angle.
Hope this helps.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:59:20 GMT

Braza wrote:
You can create a specific View with 11 degrees rotation (check in the bottom of the Quick View Pallet) and place it in your layout.
This way, the Detail Marker will read the rotation of the View and display horizontally according to this angle.
Hope this helps.

Nice, I will try this today. Ill let you know if it fixed the problem

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:24:02 GMT

Braza wrote:
You can create a specific View with 11 degrees rotation (check in the bottom of the Quick View Pallet) and place it in your layout.
This way, the Detail Marker will read the rotation of the View and display horizontally according to this angle.
Hope this helps.

Is this the one you mean (see picture)? Its all the way on the left of my screen in Archicad. (Forgot what the quick view palette was so that's why I am asking hahaha)

Because I allready used that one to angle the drawing but the marker does not recognize that the drawing has been rotated...

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

LucaP — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:45:32 GMT

Hi,

This is exactly why your label is rotated in the view placed on the layout. You shouldn't rotate the drawings placed in the layout. Instead save the view from the floor plan with required rotation and uncheck "ignore zoom and rotation" in the view settings. You can rotate the view using Quick Options Bar (Not Quick Options Palette. If you don't see that bar, you can turn it on in Window>Show Quick Options Bar) at the bottom of your workspace (next to zoom settings) and then Redefine your view settings.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:12:18 GMT

You will find the Quick Options Pallet here.

And LucaP is right. You will also have to uncheck the "ignore zoom and rotation" in the view settings before you save the saved View.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:51:14 GMT

Ah! Forgot to answer... Milan15 wrote:
Is this the one you mean (see picture)?
No. I meant this one:

And forget my Quick Option Pallet mention... You can't define rotation there... Just in the View bottom bar. (See the image)
Then save the View with the uncheck "ignore zoom and rotation".

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

LucaP — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:56:25 GMT

Braza wrote:
Ah! Forgot to answer... Milan15 wrote:
Is this the one you mean (see picture)?
No. I meant this one:

And forget my Quick Option Pallet mention... You can't define rotation there... Just in the View bottom bar. (See the image)
Then save the View with the uncheck "ignore zoom and rotation".

You are correct the Quick Options Bar is the place to go (I still can't remember correct naming for workspace elements - I've edited my previous post since it could be misleading)

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:18:43 GMT

Ok thanks everyone, this seems to work!

Just one important question though, by rotating my view this way, does it also rotate my model or merely the view itself? It is important that the model is still at the right angle because of sun studies, renders, etc....

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

LucaP — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:27:53 GMT

It only rotates the viewpoint. Your model origin point and base axes can't be changed no matter how hard you try. You can only override both of them temporarily.

Re: Detail Text Rotation in Layout Book

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:20:33 GMT

Thanks! I got it now. Even after years of intensive work in AC you sometimes find out that you missed out on some basics of AC like the things you just mentioned