Vertical Dimension Text

[Bruce Kieffer]

Is there a way to vertically set the text of a horizontal dimension?

[Tom4]

Yes, Go to you r object info pallet and use text rotate. Hope this is what you are asking.

Tom

Windows XP pro sp2 3gh 3gb ram

[Bruce Kieffer]

Nope. That does not make the text of a horizontal dimension turn vertical.

[G_Hannigan]

Are you trying to rotate the text around the axis of the dimension line? The dimension is a 2D object. The only way I can think of is to change the text into a 3D object (eg an extrude). It will lose the properties of a dimension object.

[jfmarch]

you are going to have to create your own custom dimension for that, i believe. fairly straight forward to do.

[mike m oz]

The only options you get for the text though are:

- Horizintal

- Horizontal/Verical

- Aligned.

The horizontal and vertical are relative to the page and not the dimension line. The Horizontal option will allow you to have dimensions at right angles where the dimensions are vertical. Where the dimensions are horizontal the text will remain horizontal though.

The short answer to your question Bruce is no.

[DDDesign]

A possible work-around:

1. Ungroup the dimension (ignore the warning note)

2. resize the text box to 1 character wide - this will give you vertical text.

3. reposition text box if necessary.

4. Re-group

This isn't entirely satisfactory, because the dimension won't automaticallly update, but it might do for the occaisional use.

[Bruce Kieffer]

Thanks, I'll post this on the wish list.

[Malkatraz]

Is there any point at all in Vectorworks? All these glaring inadequacies, reported back over 17 years, and they're still not sorted. What a joke.