Dynamic block stretch after flip

[stefano_sani2]

Hello everyone! I've been working on a dynamic block for a door elevation but I'm having a problem when stretching the handle after flipping it from the left side to the right.

The BACTIONBARMODE is set to 0 and the HandleStretch action is added to the Flip selection set, but it's still stretching in the wrong direction when flipped. I read about every post on this topic in the forum but I couldn't find how to fix this.

Can anyone please help me find what I'm doing wrong? The dynamic block is attached

Thank you in advance!

[h_s_walker]

I would move the flip to the edge of the door frame, and flip the whole door instead of just the handle

[j.palmeL29YX]

Try the attached suggestion. 

[Libbya · Accepted solution]

Here's a solution that is simpler than adding a visibility state and switching with a double-lookup.  

[stefano_sani2]

Hi @h_s_walker, that would work but you would need to move the block every time the flip is triggered because it wouldn't flip in place, right?

If possible it would be better to have it flip in place

[stefano_sani2]

Hi @j.palmeL29YX, this works fine, thank you. However I would prefer to avoid using visibility states for this. I'm planning on using visibility to switch between several door types, so it would not be ideal if I have to create and setup a "left" and "right" version for each type

[Libbya]

Helloooooo!?!  I posted a block that does it exactly the way you want (does not use visibility states) and you ignored my post.

[stefano_sani2]

Hi @Libbya, sorry for the late response. Your block works perfectly. Thank you very much!

It's embarassing I had spent a couple of hours before trying to implement this exact solution following a screencast you posted in a similar topic and never managed to get it to work correctly lol. I took some time to answer because I was busy figuring out what I was doing wrong.

However I just realized that the issue might lie somewhere in my DWG. I noticed that some angle offset values change when I paste the block in a new blank file. After I set them back to the correct values the block works fine.

It seems that when I create a block in my original drawing the block rotation is set to 90 degrees (instead of 0), which apparently interferes with the angle offset of some actions.

Does anyone know if there is a setting to make newly created block have a rotation of 0 degrees instead of 90?

In any case, thanks again @Libbya 

[Libbya]

My best guesses without looking at the file would be an issue with the units for angles or an issue with the UCS.

[stefano_sani2]

Okay, I will do some research on those things