Text Arrow Tool

[Anonymous]

Please Look:

[Anonymous]

Sorry if it is a dumb question.

[Gerald Hoffman]

Hi Cole,

Just mirror it.

[Anonymous]

mirroring is a good solution.. the arrow is always on the side the text is aligned to...right alignment right side arrow, left...
-kay

[TomWaltz]

Cole_Construction wrote:
Please Look:.

Repeat after me: "The Label Tool is not for placing text. It is for placing Label Objects"

It excels at placing objects which call out element ID's. It's not a text tool, and behaves terribly if you try to use it as one.

You will get much better results if you place your text, then use a polyline with an arrowhead on the end to draw a leader.

I blame Graphisoft, since their icon is VERY misleading

[Anonymous]

HEHE, thanks guys.

[Anonymous]

Actually we use the leader text (as I like to call it) for all sorts of noting on plans and sections. I'm not sure what happened, but in our template file the leader text works fine with a left arrow, but when I opened a new and reset file I could not place a correct left arrow. There must be a setting somewhere that controls this.

[Richard Morrison]

Did you uncheck "Fix Angle" under the Default settings? Try that.

I like the label tool for text, because you can "eyedropper" the text block. (Unfortunately, can't "syringe" it, though, and have the text itself applied.) Very handy with holddown notations, for example, or other repetitive notes. Also, you can have any number of predefined text blocks in Favorites with this tool.

[Aussie John]

I always use the label tool for text annotation. It might not be as elegant but it sure is much faster and convenient. You can even select two labels and edit both at the same time in the dialog box. You can use the align command to align the text too. Wins hands down as far as I am concerened.

There is nothing to stop you putting the arrow haed any where you like. Check the angle box if you have any problems.

[Anonymous]

Typical for the way this software devolves this label tool was good until it was screwed and now it picked it will not hold its shape

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