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I, however, usually rotate the plan to give one face that is orthogonal. Copy it three times, rotating it by 90 degrees each time. Then rotate3d to give elevations in each direction. I do this because I prefer to work in plan view, and each elevation does not need to see the detail from the other faces. When you rotate by reference, choose the base point at one end of a line, specify R for reference, specify the reference angle by choosing the first point again, then choose the other end of you line as the second point, then if you activate Ortho, when you have to choose the new angle, you can see the proper angle and merely click to choose that angle.

Like tombu our surveyors have around 20 std title blocks that need to go in a layout so have a menu that allows them to pick correct one, inserts a external dwg which only has title block

The quick and easy use a dwt that has the "oblique" in it. Or make a dwg with 1 dim all set up and Steal it from the other dwg. Hint Lee-mac steal.

however if your teacher (unless it is Mr Mac himself) had any credibility they would credit the original source of the code

I've always turned that Off every time I install a new version. Never understood the purpose of a random viewport on a layout that hasn't even had a size set. Might be an easy solution. I added a Drop-down in a custom CUI with macros to add layouts for various sizes & purposes previously set up in my default template file with title block, viewports, and page setups for both plotter and PDF using Lee Mac's Steal from Drawing lisp: http://lee-mac.com/steal.html ^C^C^P(Steal (strcat (vl-filename-directory (getenv "QnewTemplate")) (chr 92) "AutoCAD Template" (chr 92) "TemplateBlks.dwt") (list (list "Page Setups" (list "11×17" "11×17 PDF"))(list "Layouts" (list "11×17")))) You can import any layout from any drawing or template you've already set up the way you want and import text and dimension styles or linetypes at the same time if you wish. Simple and functional.