Simple Text and Leader block that rotates with viewport (DV)

[aj_email_2010]

Hello all,

(re: AutoCAD 3D v2018)

I am trying to create a very simple text and leader block that will auto-rotate in accordance with the viewport rotation when the viewport is rotated with the command DV.

Using the command MLeader results in no option to "match orientation to layout". So this option doesn't work.

So a way around this is if I create a text attribute and place it next to a leader, I can then create a block that has the option to "match orientation to layout" as a yes/no option in the properties box. 

Selecting the 'yes' option does indeed rotate the block to read as horizontal to paperspace no matter what the DV rotation is set to. So this is a good result.

BUT.....

I run in to a problem.

I am wanting to be able to position the arrow of the leader within the block by using the grips. And this can indeed be done by adding a dynamic "stretch" option to the leader arrow.

And this is where the whole thing falls over......... as soon as the dynamic element is added, the option to "match orientation to layout" is automatically set to "no", and it will not let me turn it back on.

Is there an override command for this or is there a totally different approach to getting text/leaders to align to viewport rotation which allows me the option to move the arrow?

Many thanks.

[vinodkl]

Hi,

Straight forward answer is "NO". Once we add the dynamic parameter "match orientation to layout" will be set back to "NO"

Here is workaround for the Mleader to match orientation to layout: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/multileader-match-orientation-to-layout/td-p/2831423 

[aj_email_2010]

That method will indeed get an Mleader to be rotated to a set viewport rotation.

But the issue I have is that I and my Engineers are going to be working on long lengths of curvy/bendy road network and we'd like to be able to place annotation about various aspects of the design all within a single layer within the model file.

This means that when we come to produce the individual project drawings, the viewports that we set up for those individual drawings are going to be rotated at different degrees to make the road read from left to right on a landscape page layout. 

So we are wanting a method of placing all the annotation in a model space file, which will then be xref'd in to individual project drawings that will have viewports at different rotations, where the end result is having all the text aligned to read left-to-right with the arrow head pointing at the original design detail as intended.

Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks for your previous reply by the way.