topic changing direction of dimension text in Documentation

changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:25:01 GMT

Is there a way to change the dimension text to show upside down instead of right side up. This has become a problem in plotmaker when the plan is rotated on its side to fit on the page. now the dimensions are upside down when looking from the bottom of the page. Any suggestions?

Re: changing direction of dimension text

TomWaltz — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:53:27 GMT

I've tried a lot of ways, but none that have actually worked 😞

Re: changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:03:56 GMT

the only way I was ever able to take care of this problem was to rotate the model before you import into PM, see this thread: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=7020&highlight=dimension+orientation

Re: changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:56:01 GMT

I'd try to avoid rotating views in PM if I were you. I did this once with a site plan that had a fill pattern on it consisting of dashed lines (solid+dashed or similar) and it made the file size huge, effectively breaking up the fill into thousands of individual lines. Without rotation it was fine!

Re: changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:53:03 GMT

My problem is that I had a plan that is to long to place on the layout so i rotated it so that the front of the house is towards the title block on the right side of the layout. This makes the dimensions upside down from the bottom of the page.

Re: changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:36:06 GMT

I would try making a rotated layout, i.e. make the layout size 17x11, rather than 11x17 (or whatever size our paper is) then use that layout just for the sheet with the "rotated" drawing, this way you wont have to rotate the drawing in PM, and it should fit on the page.. just a thought...

HTH,
Dan

Re: changing direction of dimension text

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:24:14 GMT

thanx guys,

these suggestions all worked