billtheia Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have a worksheet that I'd like to rotate 90 degrees on my sheet layer but it seems that neither command L or use of the rotate tool works. Is there another way to rotate worksheets? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Bill I don't think it can be done! Even putting a worksheet on a design layer and making a SLVP doesn't work. It allows you to rotate, but the worksheet turns grey with an X through it for any angle other than 0. Bummer mk Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 as a workaround you could export the worksheet as a pdf and reference the pdf back in Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I have a worksheet that I'd like to rotate 90 degrees on my sheet layer but it seems that neither command L or use of the rotate tool works. Is there another way to rotate worksheets? What about setting up a sheet layer with the paper rotated 90 degrees and bring in what you need in viewports also rotated. The worksheet might still be facing "screen north", but on the printed page it will appear sideways. This is pure speculation as I have not actually tried this. The PDF option is a good one also. Or maybe put the worksheet on a layer and then use a viewport that is rotated to display it where it is needed. Or maybe something entirely different. Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=35587&Number=175182#Post175182 Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks for the recommendations. In the end, I did as Pat suggested and rotated the sheet around the worksheet. Thankfully, you can rotate titleblocks. I added my +1 to the wish list request. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 24, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 24, 2014 It even gives the rotate preview when you attempt to use the Rotate tool on it, then does nothing. No error in the message bar either as is supposed to happen when you use a tool on an object that it doesnt support. Submitted a request for this: http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=194544#Post194544 Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks, Jim. Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Just realized that rotating the page in VW makes the text flip in unintended ways. Bummer. Another reason to want to be able to rotate worksheets. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 29, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 29, 2014 Just realized that rotating the page in VW makes the text flip in unintended ways. Bummer. Another reason to want to be able to rotate worksheets. That part may just be File > Document Settings > Document Preferences > Display > Adjust Flipped Text being enabled. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 It is interesting that the following will not work: Create VP, Rotate VP. In this case, the VP will rotate, but all Worksheet Data turns into a gray blob? Seems to me that re-impoting a rotated PDF (or JPG) might be the only way... Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 use pdf to keep the fonts crispy Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Just realized that rotating the page in VW makes the text flip in unintended ways. Bummer. Another reason to want to be able to rotate worksheets. That part may just be File > Document Settings > Document Preferences > Display > Adjust Flipped Text being enabled. Yeah, I figured that out. Thanks, Jim. Quote Link to comment
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