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Rotating the View of a Drawing

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dankoss
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Rotating the View of a Drawing

Hi guys,

 

My company has just upgraded from stone age AutoCAD to Civil3d 2013 and I've been tasked with figuring out the program.

 

What I am trying to do is realign my drawing so a line I drew is horizontal to the page. For example, I have a line at a 45 degree angle and I want to rotate my viewport so that line is now at a 0 degree angle. Is there a simple way to do this?

 

A follw up: I have my point labels set to be a 45 degree angle, will they be at a 45 degree angle when I realign the drawing or will they "rotate" along with the drawing?

 

Thanks a lot.

 

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Message 21 of 30
rick.hberg
in reply to: AllenJessup


AllenJessup wrote: I had to add (vl-load-com)

 

Allen


Oops, I forget I have it loading on startup....I couldn't edit yesterday's posts, so here are all three with vl-load-com added.  Thanks Allen.

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Message 22 of 30
joshc96
in reply to: dankoss

Okay, I'll throw my two cents in...  Smiley Wink

 

First, I agree that changing the UCS to anything other than World is problematic (and strictly forbidden in my office).  DVIEW Twist is the only acceptable method.

 

Second, while Express Tools does have a command to achieve what you're after, I've used the attached routine for so many years I can't remember if I wrote the thing myself or not.  Nonetheless, I've modified it several times over the years so that there are many available options:

 

-Pick two points:  First point represents left horizontal point of screen and second point the right horizontall point.

-Text: Select TEXT, MTEXT, ATTRIB, RTEXT and the view twists to the angle of the text.

-Line: Select a LINE at either end; the end selected becomes left horizontal point and the other end is the right horizontal point.

-Block: Select a BLOCK and the insertion angle of the block becomes the horizontal angle of the screen.

 

Additionally, it sets your crosshairs (SNAPANG) to be match the new viewtwist angle.  To reset the viewtwist simply run the command and enter 0.

 

-Josh

-Josh
Message 23 of 30

I have rotated my view usinf DVIEW then TW(ist) but I now my cursor is at an angle.  How do it set it back to 90 degrees?

Thank you

Message 24 of 30
troma
in reply to: jennifertrice0

Set the SNAPANG  to the same value as your TWIST.

 

Or you can use a lisp such as the one I attached to set both variables at the same time.  (Not my lisp, I got it from elsewhere on these forums.)


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 25 of 30
AllenJessup
in reply to: rick.hberg

For some strange reason my reply was attached to the wrong post. I corrected that but can't delete this one.



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 26 of 30

You can set your SNAPANG to the reciprocal of your VIEWTWIST. If VIEWTWIST is 12° set SNAPANG to 348°.



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 27 of 30
troma
in reply to: AllenJessup

OK, I'm wrong.  It's what Allen said: the reciprocal, not the same.

But the lisp is good, I use it all the time.  No more thinking necessary Smiley LOL see what that does to me!


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 28 of 30
AllenJessup
in reply to: troma

The only reason I remember that it's the reciprocal is that I did write a Lisp to set the snapangle parallel to the viewtwist. So I remember I had to figure the reciprocal first. Smiley Wink



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 29 of 30
csoukup1972
in reply to: dankoss

GEOREMOVE

🙂


@dankosswrote:

Hi guys,

 

My company has just upgraded from stone age AutoCAD to Civil3d 2013 and I've been tasked with figuring out the program.

 

What I am trying to do is realign my drawing so a line I drew is horizontal to the page. For example, I have a line at a 45 degree angle and I want to rotate my viewport so that line is now at a 0 degree angle. Is there a simple way to do this?

 

A follw up: I have my point labels set to be a 45 degree angle, will they be at a 45 degree angle when I realign the drawing or will they "rotate" along with the drawing?

 

Thanks a lot.

 



@dankosswrote:

Hi guys,

 

My company has just upgraded from stone age AutoCAD to Civil3d 2013 and I've been tasked with figuring out the program.

 

What I am trying to do is realign my drawing so a line I drew is horizontal to the page. For example, I have a line at a 45 degree angle and I want to rotate my viewport so that line is now at a 0 degree angle. Is there a simple way to do this?

 

A follw up: I have my point labels set to be a 45 degree angle, will they be at a 45 degree angle when I realign the drawing or will they "rotate" along with the drawing?

 

Thanks a lot.

 


 

Message 30 of 30
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: csoukup1972

MANY WAYS.

 This is not particular to civil3d. it plain ole acad manuevering

For me, I simply rotate the viewport by reference angle and choose the line in question.

Thank you

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