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About <font color=#6b238e>J. </font><font color=#ff7f00>B. </font><font color=#0000ff>Borge</font>
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I've been in the 3D/2D CAD industry for over 10 yrs. & also had the opportunity/exposure to work with several mainstream design platforms including Helix Design Systems to Land Desktop.
 
   

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AutoCAD - UCS


Expert: <font color=#6b238e>J. </font><font color=#ff7f00>B. </font><font color=#0000ff>Borge</font> - 3/28/2007

Question
I fliped my USC coordinate Y plane down so I could put my drawing on coordinates. Now my text and dimensions come in upside down and mirrored. How do I fix my text and dims to accomodate my flipping of my UCS coordinate?

Answer
All annotations/dims should be placed in your UCS World coordinates - not w/ your X,Y, or Z rotated. You have to revert back to your UCS World & reenter these annotations. Trust me, this will save you the headaches. To do this:

UCS
World
Plan
Current
Re-enter your Texts & Dims

Under such circumstances where you really have to invert your text:
Select the text
Turn on your properties pallet (ctrl+1)
Under 'Misc', select 'Yes' for the 'Upside Down' entry.
For your dimensions, they will have to be exploded & repeat process.

Hope this helps!
Jory Borge

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