Wanted a dynamic north arrow block

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Awhile ago a person by the name of TRodger a Autodesk Expert Elite posted a scale block dwg file which I like and use this constantly every day in my work.

I tried searching in the forum for a north arrow that works similar to the scale block dwg type but I could not find anything to use.

Can someone make me something similar to the scale block dwg but using my north arrow attached and make it a block.

Thanks

[rl_jackson]

@Anonymous

The scale block is a dynamic block you can do similar operation with a north arrow, of course you would want rotation about the center point here is an example

You can insert you north arrow in the attached and get the same thing.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous

The scale block is a dynamic block you can do similar operation with a north arrow, of course you would want rotation about the center point here is an example

You can insert you north arrow in the attached and get the same thing.

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Hello rl_Jackson,

Thanks for the north arrow dwg but when I try to insert it I get a error (see inserterror.png).

[rl_jackson]

Odd, lets try this again.

I just say the problem. Your using C3D12, and I created it in 13 format.

[rl_jackson]

See if this one works. I think I saved it back to 2010 drawing format.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Odd, lets try this again.

I just say the problem. Your using C3D12, and I created it in 13 format.

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Hi rl_Jackson,

I created a blank dwg file with my proper project coordinates and when I type insert and browse where the file is I still get same error.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

See if this one works. I think I saved it back to 2010 drawing format.

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Hi rl_Jackson,

That seems to work with no errors but can you make the north arrow look like the one I requested?

After that I can give it a final test to see if everything works.

Thanks

[rl_jackson]

I was going to let you handle that the only way to learn is to dive directly into it..... 🙂

Insert your block and then then delete all the unwanted objects, select the command icon for the rotate property and associate the new objects to the command.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I was going to let you handle that the only way to learn is to dive directly into it..... 🙂

Insert your block and then then delete all the unwanted objects, select the command icon for the rotate property and associate the new objects to the command.

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Hello,

I really am new to this type of blocks and dynamic stuff so I hope I can get this to work.

First in the scale dwg I can click on it and it gives me a bunch of different scale size to choose from. For yours I don't see any different scale sizes but I see a angle point when I open it in the block editor but when I close it I don't know where to click on the arrow to get the option to rotate it?

[rl_jackson]

When you select the block with no command at the command line you'll see a little grip circle on the right side. That is where you get the rotation.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
When you select the block with no command at the command line you'll see a little grip circle on the right side. That is where you get the rotation.

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Hello,

Thanks for your time in explaining this to me. As you can see when I select your north error block when I click on the box I see the two round circles when I choose in the rotate in the x direction or y direction axis nothing rotates?  (see .png files). I still don't see the circle on the right side.

[Pointdump]

RL,

When I open your drawing it opens in "Block Editor" and I can see your North Arrow. When I close the Block Editor, no matter whether I "Save" or "Discard Changes", it closes the drawing. If I open a new drawing, Design Center shows no Blocks in your drawing.

Dave

[rl_jackson]

@Pointdump

Only thing I can think of is something happened when I saved it back to a 2010 drawing from 2013. @Anonymous is using 2012

[Pointdump]

RL,

I've had the problem before of a drawing only opening in Block Editor Mode and abruptly closing the drawing when I close the Block Editor. I just started a new drawing and inserted the Block Drawing and then I could put that block in the new drawing:

Dave

[Pointdump]

FAD,

"I still don't see the circle on the right side."

The rotation grip is here:

Dave