arctext exploding

[kkennedy]

I'm trying to arctext at the top and bottom of a circle. I've made a break in the circle, creating two arcs, and added text at the top and bottom of the circle. I have no problem exploding the text at the top of the circle but cannot explode the text at the bottom of the circle without making the text backwards.

 

how do I explode text at the bottom of an arc while maintaining the orientation of the text?

[kkennedy]

i'm using autocad 2000 btw

[eldon]

It is annoying with the text not staying as you would want it. All the individual letters could be rotated by 180°, if you had a suitable lisp.

 

Another fairly painless solution is to create a new text style, using the same font, but apply the effects 'Upside down' and 'Backwards'. Then change all the exploded text to this new Text Style.

[dbroada]

can you use multiple MIRROR to get it right?

[kkennedy]

thanks for the quick replies but I still am having trouble with it. eldon I did the upside down and backwards text and it worked but did not explode correctly. I attached a picture of what the text does at the bottom of my circle once I explode it.

 

Any other ideas?

[eldon]

I changed the text style after it was exploded. Perhaps that makes a difference. I must experiment a bit more.

[eldon]

It worked for me if the style change is done to the exploded text.

[kkennedy]

that actually helped a lot eldon. I finally got it to work by arctext in standard font, then exploding, then changing the style and rotation of each letter from the properties screen. thanks for the help

[kkennedy]

how are you making the style change?

[eldon]

I set up the backward and Upside down style previously. Highlighted the required text only, and then changed the Style by scrolling down and picking the new style.

[eldon]

Oops, I need not have set up the extra style, I can just change the letters at the Properties window for Backwards and Upside down.

[kkennedy]

I did that but it distorted the text after doing an explode text. I got it to work the other way though. I have to have the text exploded cause I need to cut the letters out on a plasma machine. The machine will only accept text that has been exploded as I did on the part of my drawing that says '4 wheel'.

 

all in all I was able to get what I needed. thanks for all your help

[V10]

I faced the same issue. I had to select "Yes" for both "Upside down" and "Backward" options in the Misc properties to overcome the issue and explode the text. I am using Autocad 2016 btw.