Can The Code Gurus Solve This One? :-)

Hello All,

Information:

Dwgs of Unit floor plans.
Linework done in Unit floor plans
Text justified as Top Center or Bottom Center in Unit floor plans. If Text was entered as "Top Center" then it was moved 0.0625 down from original text insertion point. If text was entered as "Bottom Center" then it was moved 0.03125 up from original text insertion point.
Unit floor plans xref'ed into another master floor plan which are mirrored and rotated Unit plans
Unit floor plans exploded to facilitate the use of the linework done in the Unit floor plans.

Problem: Text now mirrored and rotated incorrectly for reading. Mirroring and re-justifying text requires a lot of work.

Solution: A routine to mirror and rotate the text to a readable state and rejustify the text. If original text was "Bottom Center", make it "Top Center" and vise versa. All using the insertion point of the original text and moving the text from the new text insertion point according to it's justification (see distances noted above).

Anyone?

Some may ask if I want the world on a platter. I say, Nope, just want to do a good job and save thousands of key strokes. After all, my hands are important..... I need them for fishing. If someone knows how to do this and is willing to take the time or knows of a routine already written to do this I would appreciate it. All I can do is offer my gratitude in return. If no one cares to supply the information, I am cool with that too. As my mom always said "If You Do Not Knock On The Door, No One Will Know To Answer It"

"Catch" Ya Later,
AKDRAFTER

 

How about if it were all justified "Middle Center?"

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John Uhden, Cadlantic
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Sea Girt, NJ

entered as "Top Center" then it was moved 0.0625 down from original text
insertion point. If text was entered as "Bottom Center" then it was moved
0.03125 up from original text insertion point.

re-justifying text requires a lot of work.

rejustify the text. If original text was "Bottom Center", make it "Top Center"
and vise versa. All using the insertion point of the original text and moving
the text from the new text insertion point according to it's justification (see
distances noted above).

good job and save thousands of key strokes. After all, my hands are
important..... I need them for fishing. If someone knows how to do this and is
willing to take the time or knows of a routine already written to do this I
would appreciate it. All I can do is offer my gratitude in return. If no one
cares to supply the information, I am cool with that too. As my mom always said
"If You Do Not Knock On The Door, No One Will Know To Answer It"

 

That would work too.

"Catch" Ya Later,
AKDRAFTER

 

Do you have a sample of the problem DWG?

bobb

 

No routine yet, but a possible solution to persue, How about copying
all the orinal DWG's and mirroring them with MRRTEXT set to 0. Then
xref them in. You should be able to align them by Xrefing in the Floor
plans, if I read your problem correctly, then they can be Xrefed into
the floor plans with little or no adjustment.

bobb

 

Hi akdrafter,

The solution to your problem is easy enough. The questions are this...

1. are the blocks always mirrored in the same direction? (mirroring
east-west as opposed to north-south will create different results and could
potentially cause problems. These problems could be solved with a little
user input indicating which direction the mirror occured)

2. and do the justifications vary? It seems to me that we must create a
list of justifications and the effect of mirroring for each. Using this
list in the code to determine the propper adjustment that needs to be
preformed for each type of justification. Perhaps an x and y offset to be
performed depending on the mirror direction. But if you only use one
justification then it's much easier.

So let me know these two factors and we can work on something to fix your
problem.

Devin