This didn't work as explained above?
I could really use this too.
What are the exact steps?
I'm trying to get a block to rotate with lettering remaining in place and staying horizontal. (You'd think this would be easier. Thanks again AutoCAD aka the worst software ever invented!)
Here's what DIDN'T work:
1. Draw a set of objects or text that will make up your block.
2. Select text you want to stay horizontal.
3. Go to the Annotate Tab. Click the arrow under the word text that opens the Text Style Manager.
4. Under Size, click Annotative, click Match text orientation to layout.
5. Click Set Current
6. Click Close
7. Command Line: BLOCK <enter>
8. Block Definition dialogue window opens.
9. The cursor prompt is in the Name line. Type in the name of the block.
10. Base point, click pick point. this will take you to model space where you've drawn the block. Pick the base point desired and click.
11. Upon clicking, you should be back to the Block Definition dialogue window. Now Specify the objects you want to be IN the block by clicking the select objects button. This takes you back to Model space. Highlight the parts of the drawing you want to have in the block. Then hit enter. This will take you back to the Block Definition Dialogue window.
12. Make sure the button Convert to Block is selected.
13. Type a description of the block if interested.
14. If you want the block to be annotative, in the Behavior column, click annotative.
15. Check the Open in block editor check box on the lower left corner of the Block Dialogue window. Now hit OK.
16. This will take you to the Block Editor panel.
17. Enter Parameters. In my case it is just rotate. Select Rotate, select a base point, then select the radius of the parameter. Stretch the line given to the rotation radius desired and click. Specify default rotation angle... I just hit enter.
18. Switch to the Action Tab and define the objects you want to rotate. Here's where I suspect there may be some trouble. First highlight the circumference you want to define with an action. (Click the dotted circumference until it is highlighted.) Then hit enter. Now select the items you want to rotate. I clicked everything including the text since I do want to rotate relative the other parts of the block as in the youtube example above. Hit enter.
19. Go to the test block, and click it to see if it working.
Nope. The text rotates along with the rest of the block and does not stay horizontal.