I dont know if its the UCS thats twisting or something else thats happening . If you look at the screen print i attached you can see that the view cube is orthogonal but the cursor is slightly rotated. If i restart my computer this will not be the case.
Then the cursor and the view cube both will be orthogonal. But after a while, for no reason it will rotate again and I have to restart my computer!
When I create a shape, like a rectangle, it starts out slightly rotated or skewed. When I take another shape, like a half circle, and reflect it, it rotates at a slight angle. This happens every time I start a new file. I don't see rotation in the appearance panel. When I look at the transform panel it lists rotation at zero. Yet all of my shapes tilt down and to the right.
How can I stop my shapes from auto rotating?
My company has just upgraded from stone age AutoCAD to Civil3d 2013 and I've been tasked with figuring out the program.
What I am trying to do is realign my drawing so a line I drew is horizontal to the page. For example, I have a line at a 45 degree angle and I want to rotate my viewport so that line is now at a 0 degree angle. Is there a simple way to do this?
A follow up: I have my point labels set to be a 45 degree angle, will they be at a 45 degree angle when I realign the drawing or will they "rotate" along with the drawing?
I had an issue where I dropped points into my drawing for a survey and they weren't at the distance compared to recorded plat. I have checked the points mathematically, and they were dead on. A coworker suggested that I WBLOCK the points I was working with that way I don't move single points out of place. I disagreed, because the way i move points is I use the TOOLSPACE and move them as a group. So what I did was to drop the points again and now they were dead on the second time. I don't like turning points into a block due to the fact that it messes up my drawing.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm using Civil 3d 2013. When i go to edit my text, it rotates, making it impossible to read or edit. How can I stop it from rotating. I am editing the text through a rotated (DVIEW) viewport. When I try to switch to mtexted ---> oldeditor, I get the message
"The text contains new formatting and cannot be edited by your current MText editor."
Windows 7 x 64 bit
NVidia Quadro 2000 Dual Monitor
6.00 GB RAM
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07 GHz
Civil 3D 2013 SP 2, Civil 3D 2012 SP2, Civil 3D 2011 V3, Civil 3D 2010 V3
I was using this in 2011 to match label rotation of an existing point but it no longer works in 2013? What is the value I need to grab and set or will this format not work in 2013,
(defun c:mro (/ doc ss ss2 obj obj2 newrot oldrot)
(vl-load-com)
(setq doc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vla-startundomark doc)
(princ "
Select point to match the rotation of to: ")
(setq ss2 (ssget "" '((0 . "AECC_COGO_POINT"))))
(setq obj2 (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname ss2 0)))
[code].....
Imported points and I have a label style to label tree sizes automatically, but when there are many trees near each other labels start to overlap. So I will typically rotate the label style 180 degree or drag the label, but I am curious if its possible to have label always stay horizontal no matter what my rotation angle is.
Civil3D 2013
Windows 7, 64 bit
Intel i7 2600 @ 3.40Ghz
16 GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 600
I am trying to rotate a database through translate survey database and after I input all of my info (rotation basepoint etc.) it is rotating all of the points no where near where they are suppose to be. I was experimenting with the command a bit using various rotation angles, and it seemed to work at first, but I got out of my drawing without saving and got back in and I tried to do it again using the same rotation base point etc. the location of the points are all out of whack now. Did I do something unintentionally to the points or do I maybe have to re-import the fieldbook?
I thought not saving the drawing would be a safe way to not save any of my translating....
I imported survey data and had auto lines drawn. then I rotated my points/nodes. -- how do i get my linework to update?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have some imported points and a polyline created with those.
When i try to rotate the pline around a point it seems that some edges are locked?
Even if I copy this pline in an empty area alone and try to rotate it again i get the same resulsts.i tried the move comand with a vertex as a base and the same reults.
I do not know where the edges are locked .
By rotating points elevations change too!? I wonder what I am doing wrong!?
Just starting using Civil 3D 2012 version.
I want use my corridor where I need it and not use one in certain areas. For a proposed dike. Some places doesn't need to be replace.
So I need a way to use my section on the alignment. where I can find that option?
1. when I edit or create text in a particualr drawing, I can't keep the editor from rotating 90 degrees.
I've tried creating a new style and it does the same thing both in model space and in Paper Space.
2. in a new drawing, the editor jumps out of drawing area on right side of drawing space by default.
So I have a survey of a roadway that was created 15 years ago and was converted into autocad civil 3d 2012. No problems there, however, I am going through the survey and rotating the COGO points (ie Traffic Signs, Utility Poles) and the text to be parallel to the roadway. I am in UCS World and have no problems rotating the points and text to what I want. THe problem starts when I rotate the drawing using UCS 3P so that I am looking at a portion of the roadway that is parallel to my computer screen. Now the text and orientation of the signs etc are no longer parallel to the roadway and did not rotate when I rotated the entire project.
Now I was under the impression the points were to rotate automatically to what I set them as, ie parallel to the roadway. I'm sure this is an easy fix or I am not understanding something.
I'm using Civil 3d 2010, and I insert a block with mult. inserting point, press the CTRL and cycle to the insert location I want, then I O Snap to the location on the drawing.
I use ctrl-rt-click (default) to get the o snap list and pick the osnap, however it is still in the cycle mode, so I can not get the osnap mode.
Is there a way that I can get a small angle between my leader and the landing? When I get to a certain angle, the text flips. I can't place the text exactly where I want it because of this. I've tried changing the Readability Bias angle in the label style but that didn't work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've set the corridor's surfaces to use the corridor boundariy & the datum's overhang correction to top links & bottom links, but for some reason it doesn't respect the corridor's boundary.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am using 2013 C3D with SP1. After I publish sheets using the sheet set manager my layer filters stop working (will not filter layers, it will just display the last layer filter used prior to running the sheet set manager).
View 3 Replies View Relatedis there a way to stop the synchronization at the start? i would like to synchoronze manually later.
any system variables?
Civil 3D 2012
Work: Xeon W3503, 12GB, Quadro 2000, Dell P2211H x 2
Home: 3930k, 12GB, GTX 590, U3011, QX2710
I have a lisp that i use on occasion so i loaded it with APPLOAD into the startup suite. now it loads and runs every time i open a drawing. how can i stop it from running...but still have it available when i need it (without having to find it and reload it)?
View 5 Replies View Relatedis there a way to stop ribbon from changing all those icons whenever you clicking on an object? because my computer at work is a bit slow and each click like that on a large civil 3d profile has a slight delay which that time adds up to reduced productivities. and i am clicking 500 times a day since there are 500 vertices to modifiy on say this alignment.
everytime you click on an object the ribbon changes which takes up cpu time due to running a bunch of codes to populate the icons on the ribbon. tried closing ribbon doesn't work still have the delay when mouse click on an object to show the grips. oh well maybe it's showing the grip that's using the cpu. but how can you say for sure without turning one feature off at a time to test?
Civil 3D 2012
Work: Xeon W3503, 12GB, Quadro 2000, Dell P2211H x 2
Home: 3930k, 12GB, GTX 590, U3011, QX2710
On solidworks, There is an option to rotate the profile along the path as it sweeps. I'm curious if there is anything similar to that ability in Inventor? And if not, if there is a way to create a helix along a curved axis.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have two questions about UCS creation/rotation and the AutoCAD PLAN command:
Question 1) I am creating a new UCS, rotating it based on user picks and saving it. The problem is that it saves the new UCS origin location, but it will not save the rotation. The code I am using was pieced together from a couple of different sources (.NET developers guide and code from Tony T from an old thread) How can I make the new UCS "save" the rotation as well?
Question 2) Once I have the new UCS created, I want to esentially use the AutoCAD PLAN command and rotate to the name of the new UCS that was just created. I cannot find ANY info anywhere on the internet on how to replicate the PLAN command using .NET. Here is the code I am using to create, rotate and save the UCS:
Dim acDoc As Document = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument Dim acCurDb As Database = acDoc.Database Dim acEd As Editor = acDoc.Editor Dim acEnt As Entity = Nothing Dim Zaxis As Vector3d Using acTrans As Transaction = acCurDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()Try ' Check for the exisitence of required blocks.
[code]....
Is it possible to have text that you can rotate in a MVB similar to a dynamic block?
I tried to create a dynamic block within a MVB but doesn't work.
this is connected to the other post about tagging a MVB
can change your UCS direction in an Inventor Sketch?
I'm copying from MDT into an Inventor sketch and when I do so, my UCS goes in a different direction and my sketch is like out in space.
I am trying to write a tool using the .NET API (C#) that will allow me to select a block that currently exists in the drawing, and then select a line, and the tool would calculate the necessary axis of rotation and the amount of rotation to rotate the block into the same orientation as the line. Both the block and the line might be skewed in 3 dimensions. The use case for a tool like this might be for drawing a tubular space frame. I would first define nodes and center lines for the frame, and then have a block of a standard structural member. I want to insert that member multiple times and "snap" it to a center line. I tried using Alignment Parameters.
However, these don't seem to work in all cases. I need to (or rather, SHOULD be able to) create a tool that allows me to re-align an existing block currently inserted into the drawing into a new orientation in 3D using any arbitrary line as a reference line. Clearly this can be done because it is done all the time in Inventor. A similar feature seems to not exist in Autocad.
In order to do this I believe I need to choose some vector to use as a reference within the block. For example, I might choose the BlockReference.BlockTransform.CoordinateSystem3d.Xaxis, and then rotate this vector so that it is equal to whatever reference line I have chosen. The problem I am encountering (and that I think many have encountered) is in understanding how to use the BlockTransform correctly to arrive at the points I need to do the necessary vector calculations to determine the axis of rotation and the degree of rotation such that I can call the BlockReference.TransformBy() method correctly and reliably.
Many posts say to "Use BlockTransform" but then don't go into any detail. There seem to me many pitfalls around when one can use the BlockTransform matrix, and on which objects, and what the results are likely to be based on one's current UCS etc.
I'll start by saying that I'm using Civil 3D 2012...I've made a custom line type and am having issues with it. Basically, I'm trying to get the text (Green line with 4's) to flip around from it's current orientation, see attachment. I have already tried the REVERSE and MIRROR commands, with no success.
View 6 Replies View Relatedwhat i have is a section cut that my Mechanical guys use. What i am trying to do is create a dynamic block using the rotate parameter.
Currently i have two rotate parameters. One to rotate the section cut lines around one bit of text. The second parameter is to rotate another bit of text, but this is also selected in the first parameter.
It is almost working... with the exception that when i use the main rotate grip everything rotates around the text i want it to, but the second bit of text rotates 180° the opposite direction.
I have attached a copy of the file.
I frequently rotate my drawings around the Z axis however when trying to do this in 2013 it only appears to let me rotate at 0,0,0 rather than clicking on 2 points in the drawing to reference the angle at which I wish to rotate to........ Im not sure if this function has changed completely or is there something I need to set to still allow me to do this?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a part that I am inserting into an assembly, the assembly consists of a 2D AutoCAD Architectural background. I want to align the part, with the background itself, so I just need to turn it 90degrees. When I do a rotate, it keeps rotating it on a 3D axis, including when I use my grip edit, and use a line to align for the new rotation.
How do I quickly rotate a part so that it's not rotating on a 3D axis, it just rotates along the x,y axis?
when I insert a block from the tool pallet I want to be able to rotate it 90 degrees with the spacebar (just like revit when inserting a component).
How to rotate a block 90 degrees with the spacebar?