Text orientation

[jaberwok]

Except BS308 (which I was born and raised on) is withdrawn....

BS EN ISO 2162-1 takes over, but I have not got a copy of that.

For you guys -yes.
In engineering, BS8888 is the replacement. That (as far as I've seen) says the same things but in more words and at considerably greater expense.

[Avatart]

For you guys -yes.
In engineering, BS8888 is the replacement. That (as far as I've seen) says the same things but in more words and at considerably greater expense.

Not that you're a cynic, eh John?

I just had a quick flick through BS1192 (1987) and they seem fine with text up to 45deg from the X-axis or the Y-axis, but it doesn't say which should take precedence. I would assume that it would be +/- 45deg from X-axis, then if that doesn't work, look at the Y-axis and go +/-45deg from that.

[jaberwok]

Not that you're a cynic, eh John?

I prefer to call it "realistic".

[Avatart]

I prefer to call it "realistic".

Yeah, but it amounts to the same, dunnit?

[jpaulsen]

Wow. Lots of activity on this thread all of a sudden =)

I want to clarify something that I think may be getting some of you confused. The PDF in my original post was unfortunately upside down. When viewing the PDF you must rotate it 180 degrees so the arrows point to the top of the screen.

Jaberwork I like the diagram you posted. Avoiding labels in those angle ranges would solve my problem but when labeling property lines that can be at any angle it is not always possible.

Just for everyone's information I decided to flip text to read from the left at 100 degrees.

[Avatart]

Just for everyone's information I decided to flip text to read from the left at 100 degrees.

Quick, write that down in the standard! 100 degrees, got it chaps?

[jaberwok]

Yes, it really only says that what you have as a problem IS a problem and should be avoided if possible but it gives no clue as to what you should do when avoidance is not possible.

[drafting.33933]

let me throw one more thing into your discussion - for CIVIL drawings, it is a Canadian standard to have your topography contour numbers upside down on the backside of the hill.

Having said that, I am in full agreement with the digital image - "figure 15".

Ted.

[ekubaskie]

I don't know where the Deskers got the figure, but the default "bias" angle for plan-readability in Civil 3D label styles is 110 degrees.

[jaberwok]

I don't know where the Deskers got the figure, but the default "bias" angle for plan-readability in Civil 3D label styles is 110 degrees.

Figure 15 suggests around 120 so that's quite consistent.