Keeping embedded generic annotation facing the same angle when rotating a family

[ArynBergman]

I would like to embed a tag as generic annotation within a family so that I can control the visibility of the tag based upon a type shared parameter within the family.  However, when I rotate or mirror the family the text and labels within the tag change positions, go backwards, flip upside down, no matter what combiniation of "Keep readable" and Rotate with "Rotate with component" I try.

I've attached a picture of the way I would like to have the tag look, regardless of which direction the family is facing.  Does anybody know how to either:

1.  Make the embedded generic annotation maintain the correct orientation

or

2. Control a tags visibility based upon a shared parameter within the associated family?

[Alfredo_Medina]

What if you simply avoid mirroring the family, and simply copy the family? Doing that will keep the family simple, small, easy to edit, and just using one type. Annotation families don´t have flip controls like model families do. You could try to put more parameters to control this, but that will complicate the family and will probably require two types. Maybe not worthy if you could simple copy the annotation.

[ArynBergman]

The family isn't symmetrical and I have to be able to either rotate or mirror it to show it facing in different directions.  The text changes position whether I use rotate or mirror.

[Alfredo_Medina]

Yes, but if you mirror the family, the L that is on the left is going to be on the right. ( I added more comments to my previous post).

[ArynBergman]

That's what I'm trying to avoid.  For example when you mirror a family with it's tag, the tag's text maintains it's orientation.  But I can't seem to find a way to control a tag's visibility with a shared parameter within the associated family.

[Alfredo_Medina]

Shared parameters are not possible within generic annotation families. You could control the visibility of elements with yes/no family parameters.

[AJA14]

Hi. Just a suggestion to complement to what Alfredo has said. You need to create 4 different texts within the family and then provide a visibility parameter to control which text will be visible according to orientation of family. This is somewhat similair to the reinforcement symbol for shell elements in revit strucutre. The major and minor directions decide on which text is showing. So you would need to create 4 visibility parameters and lock them to the tag orientation. Maybe that would work.

[amorap]

Hi all, the first, sorry for my bad english (I'm from Spain)

I have had the same problem, and the solution I've found is:

1- Edit the generic annotation family (the one that you embed in your host family)
2- In Parameters & category, chek the keep text legible checkbox
3- save and update changes to your host famaily

I hope it works for you.