Topic: Block of text mirror wrong

[Q1241274614]

Block of text

[owenwengerd]

See the MIRRTEXT system variable.

[Q1241274614]

Already tried. No way.

[Lee Mac]

You will need to create a duplicate block definition with the text mirrored.

[Lee Mac]

Attached is a quick draft of a possible solution (using my Copy Block Definition function):

[kruuger]

create dynamic block with flip parameter.
k.

[Q1241274614]

Thank you.

[irneb]

Another option would be to change the Text into an attribute with the default value set as the value of the text. Attributes adhere to MirrText's setting.

[Lee Mac]

create dynamic block with flip parameter.

Another option would be to change the Text into an attribute with the default value set as the value of the text. Attributes adhere to MirrText's setting.

Great ideas guys 

[trogg]

Great job Lee. This is very helpful. There are some blocks that the we don't want the users to alter the text. For instances where the users need to change text to another letter, some of the blocks are dynamic blocks and the users use the available visibility state... I will give this a try and see if it works for these dynamic blocks.
Thanks again for all you do.
~Greg

[Lee Mac]

Many thanks Greg - though, my posted solution is still rather crude, the program is simply generating a duplicate block definition containing a mirrored version of the text. 

I hope the program is useful nonetheless.

Lee

[Daniel J. Ellis]

...There are some blocks that the we don't want the users to alter the text... ~Greg

I can't remember what AutoCAD calls the setting, but attributes can be set to "read only" as a way of avoiding this issue.

dJE

[irneb]

I can't remember what AutoCAD calls the setting, but attributes can be set to "read only" as a way of avoiding this issue.

You select the AttDef (Attribute Definition) object inside the block's definition (e.g. while in BEdit). Then in the properties palette under Misc, there should be a Constant property - set this to Yes, then a user can't adjust the value of the attribute.

Though going this route means MirrText doesn't have an effect on the "attribute". Only modifiable attributes work like text, not read-only/constant.