Don@Black Dog Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I am trying to flip a plan we decided worked better the other way, but cannot mirror it. When I select all (Ctl/A) with all clsses and layers on, I tried Modify/Rotate/Flip Horizontal, but only a few items came around. Any suggestions? It's a full house, so a lot of stuff. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
panthony Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Don, You need to check and see if the all the designe layers and all the classes are on display and on for Show/Snap/Modify/Others...sometimes the design layers will default back to Show/Snap/Others and not let you modify universally. Pete A. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Also, FWIW, I usually have better luck if all objects are GROUPED then flipped, then ungrouped. If you have various layers, I recommend doing each layer separately. I often use a 2d locus point as a reference so that I can make sure each layer (as a GROUP) can be moved to it's proper location in x/y space.HTH's Quote Link to comment
Don@Black Dog Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 Thanks. I will try it again with the show/snap/modify on them. I spoke with Katie a little while ago and she did not think there was an effective way to do a whole file, especially since it is tought to grab everything in a large comlicated project file and some items like text would be adversely affected. She did suggest flipping the viewports, which is intriguing, and certainly workable where you just want an alternate version of the original design. This will work for me at this point in the production, but it would be nice to be able to invert an entire file. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Don, that's why it's called "work", and why we get paid the "big bucks". Let's face it, good stuff (in any field) is time consuming and expensive. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted January 10, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 10, 2007 You can also try creating a layer link and flipping that. Quote Link to comment
Don@Black Dog Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks to all. Since the roof seemed to be the only thing moving, I turned it off (along with other non-drawing layers), set all the remaining layers to show/snap/modify, and used the mirror tool, which worked this time. Go figure. I will also try the layer link. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
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