Jim, To create a true mirror of vector text, make the text a symbol. You can then place the symbol with a -1 X scale and the text will appear reversed. ...
Or change the text width to a negative value. ... From: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:visualcadd@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Scott Sent:...
James- I wanted to do this a long while back (still do). Pierre bonnard (FR) tried to help me out with the creation of a backwards font (helvetica). It is...
Noel- I am not sure what you mean by this. ... Are you referencing Vector Fonts? For Vector Fonts, I fine the following settings: Character Spacing Line...
Mark, Noel, I played with this. Too much time on MY hands I can get text reversal if I create a symbol from vector font text. If I do the same with true type,...
I use an HP 1220c in XP. It took me the better part of a day to install the original drivers - but they allow me to do mirror printing, Zoom, Tiling and More....
Hi Ed- As it "took you the better part of the day to install the original drivers" what, more precisely, did you have to do? I have installed non-XP compliant...
Interested parties- I also played with the reverse-text symbol, assigning the -X value to the scale (which is the same effect as mirroring the text group. You...
Marc, ... There's really not much technical difficulty with providing reversed text. The issue is more one of providing the best compatibility between existing...
Rick: I'm glad to see that it arrived. I think it lists something with a number like 7130 or something like that. (I used that one I think). If you could...
Marc, Noel, Dave et. all - For me, realizing that True-Type can't be mirrored was the key to solving the problem. My faceplate, which in addition to text has...
James, Aspect = Character Width. I just edited some text in GCPv4. I changed the Aspect value from 1.0 to -1.0. The text was mirrored. Noel ... From:...
... Dave: You are correct. In order to get mirrored text you must either exploded to get individual lines or create a symbol using the text, then mirror and...
Hi all I have been trying to save a selected part of a drawing as a DWG with no luck. I chech the box that says "selected" but it saves the whole drawing. It...
If it is being stubborn, copy the selected part, open a new drawing, paste and save the DWG from there. I know the save selected function is supposed to work,...
Thanks Brian will give that a go. Is the "Select" Check box a bug? John ... From: BRIAN MANSKY To: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 05,...
Some days it is, some days it behaves. It seems to be inconsistent in it's operation, especially when you are creating a .dwg with it. Brian L. Mansky...
... I've found the same thing. I usually do a "Selection" SaveAs *.VCD then open that file and then SaveAs *.DWG. As for the color of the lines when saving...
... I just realized that Noel Browning did this work a few years ago and that I have his "Color Swatches" on my machine. I'm going to post a ZIP file with 4...
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Oct 5, 2005 4:22 pm
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John Maybe I'm not answering the right question, but I save a style called NoName.sty where the layers are all unnamed, and check only the Layer box checked in...
Jag är på resa, åter 11 okt. I´m out of the office. I will be back 11 Oct. /Johan Küller JMG Support AB...
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Oct 5, 2005 9:58 pm
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To All, I like having PU on the mouse menu when using the trim tool, but always have a hard time figuring out how to add it when I have to set up VCADD from...
Brian, Tnx ur response, but my problem was the import of Acadd .DWG's WITH named layers which I did not want to keep. My error was in cahnging the name to ...
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Oct 5, 2005 10:21 pm
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... Paul: A good summary. Your instructions show that one can add *.POP menus for almost all of the commands. For example I have added a HATCH.POP to my list....
... John: I think what Brian was trying to get across is by loading a style sheet that has no layer names you can "un-name" the layers with a few simple...
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