rotating Text within a circle in a Dynamic block

[Anonymous]

I am tryng to create a dynamic block.  It has a leader and at the other end there is a circle with an ATTDEF. I have it set up to where i can manipulate the arrow anywhere and the circle; however, i cant get the text to stay horizontal, it rotates with in the circle as well but i want it to stay horizontal. I have not been able to find antyhing related to this topic. The purpose of this block is to be able to label a line with a number.  Can someone please help. 

[scot-65]

It's been a while for me on the Dynamic Blocks...
When you assign a action and select objects for
that action, be sure to exclude the text object
([Shift] and select with the mouse button to deselect the text)

I'll make a guess at this on what you have:
1 text object.
1 circle enclosing the text object
1 leader type object
1 rotation action
1 stretch action
The rotation action is "anchored" from the center of the
circle and only has the leader as the member of the action.
The stretch action is for the leader. Encase only one end of the leader.

???

[GrantsPirate]

An mleader might be a better choice.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I am tryng to create a dynamic block.  It has a leader and at the other end there is a circle with an ATTDEF. I have it set up to where i can manipulate the arrow anywhere and the circle; however, i cant get the text to stay horizontal, it rotates with in the circle as well but i want it to stay horizontal. I have not been able to find antyhing related to this topic. The purpose of this block is to be able to label a line with a number.  Can someone please help. 

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Will a horizaontal parametric constraint work in this situation?

[steve216586]

See attached.

[Anonymous]

Ive tried that as well but i cant seemt to get it to work. Im attaching what i have so far.  I need to base points, one at the end of the leader, and the other at the base of the circle.  I dont know if there is an easier way to this. 

[Anonymous]

well im not sure how to fit that in. this is what i have so far

[Anonymous]

Yes that is something of what i need. But i need the arrow head to rotate 360 degrees.  I need to base points or grips one at the arrow head and the other at the center of the circle. I got it to do that, but the text rotates along with it to and wont stay horizontal.  

[nrz13]

Here's a keynote block I created for our office.  It looks like it may be what you're needing.  It has a visibility state option for 0-5 arrows and a wipeout behind the circle that you can delete if you don't need.

[Anonymous]

That is very similar to what i need. How do you add that option to add extra arrows? Im sorry i have never messed with this before.

[steve216586]

The block I sent you has a dynamic leader. It will go to any angle you desire as well as any length. The text and circle does not rotate. You only need to insert it into your drawing as you would a block. It is also annotative so you don't need to scale it, ever.

Edit: You didn't save it and call it the same as your block did you?

[nrz13]

Look up Visibility States in help.  You access it in the block editor, see image below.

[Anonymous]

This is pretty much what i need. The only thing is i need the arrow head a certain size. I use Surveyors Units.Decimal. I could use the circle a bit smaller, but other than that its perfect. I did'nt save it under the same name. haha. I eventually need to find a way where I can Autoannotate a polyline and have these number each line. I just dont know if or how i can do that.

[steve216586]

If you insert th eblock into a drawing you can then open it in the block editor. Click on the leader to select it, then right click to pull up the menu to select PROPERTIES. In PROPERTIES you can adjust the arrow size to anything you like.

Do you mean have the text automatically number or just that you need to change the number manually? The number is attributed. You simply double click on the number and the ATTEDIT dialog will pop up. change the number and only that one block will change all others in your drawing will stay what they are.

See screencast:

[dmfrazier]

"well im not sure how to fit that in."

It's not a matter of "fitting anything in".

GrantsPirate has suggested (and I second that) that you define an MLeader style that matches the DB you're attempting to create.  Basically, AutoCAD has already done the hard work.

Give it a try.

[Anonymous]

I inserted the block you sent me, however, the arrow heads seem too shrink down. When i go into block edit properties, i cant change the size of the arrow. The arrow head size properties dont appear. Only the lengh of arrow.  

I like that i can automatically change the text by using the attdef.  I eventually want to get this to label automatically when I use Auto Annotate so it can label a string of polylines. 

[steve216586]

The arrowhead on the block should match your mleader and qleader arrowheads as well as dimension arrows. That is unless you are using a custom block and architectural ticks.

[Anonymous]

Im using AutoCad with Carlson Survey. I dont know if thats messing it up.  I am using the block you sent me. 

[steve216586]

Ahhh, Carlson Survey. Disrupting/ Corrupting Autocad since 1983.