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jj mac
2009-12-03, 04:55 PM
Has anyone else noticed that when you create a custom spot elevation symbol, that, it mirrors itself when it is dragged below the origin (or reference point) of the leader line...?

Please see attached for an example:

The bottom spot elevation shows the symbol "as is" from the family - This is GOOD.

In the top spot elevation the symbol is upside down (mirrored) when the symbol is dragged below the point where the actual value is being read from. (I was thinking this is some kind of origin) - This is BAD.

I have tried changing many settings within the family, including "Keep text readable" etc... but nothing seems to work. Through my testing I have verified that it is actually mirroring, I just don't understand why..? It doesn't make sense. I even tried starting over from a "fresh" template, but that doesn't work either. No matter what the graphic is, it is defiantly mirroring.

At the end of the day we are just trying to maintain our standards, and while the out of the box settings let us covey the correct information, the way it is displayed graphically is not achievable at present, without compromise...

If anyone else has come across this issue, and may have some insight I would really appreciate hearing it.

Thanks!

Michael Coviello
2009-12-08, 06:57 PM
I have noticed this and looking for a solution. Any workarounds? or is this a known problem?

jj mac
2009-12-08, 07:05 PM
No solution as of today. Our work-around is to just use the spot elevation tool with no symbol and then place the symbol we want over top of it.

It's a little bit more work, and all of our users have to be aware of it, but once it's set up it works well. Obviously not ideal. The tool is really good, it just needs to stop misbehaving.

t1.shep
2010-01-05, 09:16 PM
did you send this question to Autodesk through the submit support request? I've been aware of this issue for awhile, but have never sent to Autodesk for an answer...

jj mac
2010-01-05, 10:19 PM
No I have not, but I will. Hopefully we'll get some help!

jj mac
2010-11-26, 08:13 PM
Hi

Still have yet to hear from Autodesk on this but I thought I would update this thread with the following link to another thread on this issue...

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=1112112#post1112112